18th May 2007

Quick bits

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OmegaGranny writes about the merchandising related to SpiderMan 3. Just by coincidence, I had come across (via Clicked) this uproar about the collectable Mary Jane figurine. She features a peek-a-boo thong! She features boobage spilling out the top of her shirt! She’s barefoot! She is daintily washing Peter Parkers’ spidey costume! And, as the feminists say–all that’s lacking is her being barefoot pregnant (pregnant, dammit!…yeah, I can think and type at the same time) and she’ll fit every nerdy geeky comic reader boy’s wet dreams!

Over to the left, you’ll notice a couple of badges that show I’ve been nominated for “Hottest Mommy Blogger” (?!) and “Best Parenting Blog”. The lovely Miss C. did the deed. I think if you want to vote, you just click through and vote, but am not sure.

OmegaDad, the OmegaFamily, and the Geography Gals got together last night for a potluck Mexican feast, capped by a lovely lemon flan made by the marvelous C., whose parents are caterers and who bakes like a dream (Boston Cream Pie with kir ganache, anyone??). We all pigged out greatly.

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  1. 1 On May 18th, 2007, beagle said:

    My eight year old niece got a Br@tz doll for her 8th birthday (from her grandma). It was like a bad version of streetwalker B@rbie!

    Awful really.

    Congrats on your nominations!

  2. 2 On May 18th, 2007, Spacemom said:

    SIgh, I read the Comic book bingo and I am caught on this one.

    On one hand, MJ is the epitomy of a geeky boy’s wet dream
    On the other hand, do we want boys/men to think all women will dress like this to wash their “spidey outfits”.
    Or that women in general are like this…
    Or are we drawing lines that don’t need to be there…

    Don’t start me on Bratz. I hate those. Soleil asked us about them and we told her that Brat means a person who doesn’t think about others. She said that it wasn’t nice….

  3. 3 On May 18th, 2007, GrannyJ said:

    I tried to vote for you, but it turned out that first, it was necessary to register. No big deal, but required. Someone nominated me, too, but the category was very, very broad, there being no “local” or “regional” category that would fit so much better!

  4. 4 On May 18th, 2007, Miss Cellania said:

    Yeah, you have to register, but its a fast form. You can vote for as many blogs as you want, even in the same category, but you can only vote for each blog once in each category. I think I’ve voted for several dozen in my main category (humor) alone!

  5. 5 On May 20th, 2007, omegamom said:

    Beagle–I have mixed feelings about the Bratz. After all, I played with Barbies way back when, and have not become an anorexic fashion feind as a result…

    Spacemom–I think my problem is articulated by a few others: MJ is supposed to be a strong, self-sufficient woman on her own. Some folks scoff about the “washing Peter Parker’s spidey suit”, saying everyone ends up washing their loved ones’ stuff…to which I say, if I’m going to wash OmegaDad’s duds, I dump them into the washing machine, and if they need hand-washing, I wash them at the kitchen sink. I wouldn’t wash the way that figurine washes–my back would scream at me! ;)

    Mamasan–What category were you nominated in??

    Miss C–Thanks for the nomination, and glad to know it’s so (generally) easy to vote!

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