Piece of Shit #18

Despicable Me could have been better...

I went to see this recently released animated film. I have always been a fan of children's entertainment as many of you are aware of my Muppet obsession. I love humor that can resonate through an audience of all ages. However I felt that this movie fell flat when it came to reaching anyone past puberty. Despite a few funny one liners here and there you are left distractedly wondering where Steve Carell came up with his ambiguous Eastern European accent and also why the world's most evil villain can't survive without Starbucks. It also had a touch of "Finding Nemo" and "Up" in the sense that it touched on a very real issue that most young children can't completely grasp and are easily upset by; adoption. The saving grace to the film was of course the Minions, or the little yellow guys who aide Steve Carell's character in his evil doings. Even though they don't not articulate in any way you completely understand their rantings via the physical movements of their Mr. Potato like bodies. They are quite lovable. So go see or rent? A definite rental because then at least if you start to nod off like I did, you'll be on a comfy couch.

Piece of Shit #17

Hugh Hefner has changed your life.

I follow Hugh Hefner on Twitter. I follow him because I firmly believe that when the History of the 20th Century is written it will be noted that he, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Candace Bushnell have done more for women than any other individuals.

So I follow Mr. Hefner on Twitter and saw that recently he has been receiving somewhat hostile tweets from a young woman in Vancouver claiming that he has made a career out of "exploiting women" and also that thanks to the efforts of Playboy and similar publications containing erotic and sexual pictorials of young women, rape and violence against women has risen. I did a quick search to see if this is possibly true. I found no evidence to support this claim or any proof that Playboy has caused digression in the statistics of rape and sexual assault against women. In fact I personally feel that the publication of Playboy opened the door for women's sexuality as a main-stream topic of discussion. Mr. Hefner had the courage to first speak openly about that thing that ultimately makes us human, sex. He contributed the dialogue that gave us Sex and The City and now gives my generation the thing we always seek; options. Playboy provided us with the conversation where women could openly express what they wanted and didn't want sexually. We became equal players in an game that had historically been one sided. We could and do have the sex lives we want because we can simply now talk about them. If Mr. Hefner has done anything it's empower women, and especially the women who have graced his pages. Sex is power. It was in the caves. It was in the huts. And it is in the apartment complexes of today. So if Playboy has done anything for women, it's just that...given us the power of sex. Goooood shit...