As a form of escapism, the furry way of life is already here. When the fractiousness of daily life seems too much to bear, we instantly summon Grumpy Cat or scroll down one of BuzzFeed’s many lists of anthropomorphic animals. By turning yourself into a furry, you can ditch Fluffy the Poop Machine and Ted the Foul-Mouthed Bear, and soothe yourself. It may just be the case that furries are proudly embracing what most of us are too chicken to admit — that we all imagine returning to a kind of animal state, a state that is neither degraded nor juvenile but innocent and full of possibilities. The difference is that furries know that the suit is an escape.
Paula Young Lee is the author of several books about hunting, most recently “Game: A Global History” (2013); “The Hunter’s Haunch” (2014); and the memoir “Deer Hunting in Paris,” which won the 2014 Travel Book Award of the Society of American Travel Writers. Follow her on Twitter @paulayounglee.
Paula Young Lee's most recent books are "Deer Hunting in Paris: A Memoir of God, Guns, and Game Meat"; and "Game: A Global History," both published in 2013. Her serialized novel, The Peepshow, begins August 12 on TheBlot.com. Follower her on Twitter @paulayounglee.
“But I like Hanukkah,” he cried. Sure you do, I thought. Two-timer.What made you want to start writing fiction?
Well it’s nothing that I had anticipated doing … that’s for sure. If the leak of my name didn’t happen. I would be overseas right now, working for the government, trying to make sure the bad guys don’t get nuclear weapons. Making my government salary. And really feeling … satisfaction. But obviously things didn’t turn out that way. After “Fair Game” came out, my publisher approached and asked me how I felt about fiction. I thought, “Alrighty, let’s see how this goes!” I wanted to develop a strong female CIA character. Because what’s out there is just insane. It’s just eye-rolling. They’re sexy. They’re eye candy. They’re good with guns. But it has nothing to do with how intelligence is realistically collected.
Do you think that’s still the general cultural perception? “Homeland” is a different story.
There is certainly persistent sexism toward what females can and can’t do. But in terms of the CIA, we’re fed a steady diet of James Bond for decades. There’s so many movies that show the CIA is omniscient and far more efficient than it really is. And yet, in most films I’ve seen depicting espionage, I always wait for the moment when it starts veering off into the crazy. I did recently see “A Most Wanted Man,” and it did capture the ambiguities and the waiting. It also showed how gray Hamburg is. It captured the essence of intelligence collection. Notice there was not one gun. It’s very hard to collect intelligence when there’s a gun in the room.
My son’s teacher told me they were going to discuss all of the holidays, so I lent them my menorah and candles. My husband said I should lend them my electric menorah, which has little light bulbs instead of candles, because he didn’t think they’d let children near an open flame, but I thought, fire’s all we got.
The annual Christmas greeting comes at a tense time for the Curia, the central administration of the Holy See which governs the 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church. Francis and his nine key cardinal advisers are drawing up plans to revamp the whole bureaucratic structure, merging offices to make them more efficient and responsive.
“The Curia is called on to always improve itself and grow in communion, holiness and knowledge to fulfill its mission,” he said. “But even it, as any human body, can suffer from ailments, dysfunctions, illnesses.”The full letter can be read here, via TMZ, who obtained the correspondence. Singer provided CNN access to Johnson’s former boyfriend Mark Burk. The two dated in the late aughts, years after the alleged drugging. According to Singer’s letter, Burk says that Johnson spoke kind words about Cosby during their relationship.
This is not the first time that Cosby’s lawyers have tried to influence the media. Back in November Singer called for the “media vilification” to end. Earlier in December, Bill Cosby himself said he expected the “black media” to remain “neutral.”
Pope Francis, an Argentine, had never worked in the Italian Curia before becoming pope, so many cardinals feel as if an outsider insults what he does not fully understand.
Colbert’s departure also reminds us how hollow conservative comedic efforts have been, as they fail to play catch-up in the cultural war of political satire. Humor remains a rhetorical weapon that American conservatives simply cannot harness.In March, the President went on Zach Galifiniakis’ fake Funny Or Die talkshow “Between Two Ferns” to plug the Affordable Care Act. Bill O’Reilly thought that it besmirched the Office of the President, saying “All I can tell you is Abe Lincoln wouldn’t have done it,” but we thought it was pretty funny, and it got 8 and a half million youtube views to boot (and probably at least a handful of Obamacare signups).In the correspondence, Martin Singer accuses CNN of “one-sided reporting,” stating that he, Cosby’s lawyer, had provided complete access to two sources that were pro-Bill Cosby, and was unhappy with the way CNN conducted the interview. A portion of the letter read:
“We continue to be shocked by CNN’s outrageous ongoing refusal to investigate and run balanced stories about my client. While airing untested stories from accusers who have seemingly been subject to little or no vetting, CNN takes the opposite approach with anyone who comes forward with relevant information undermining accusers’ claims or with relevant information supporting Mr. Cosby.
Adam Sternbergh is the author of the novels “Near Enemy” (forthcoming in January) and “Shovel Ready”As you slowly regain consciousness from a self-administered and near lethal dose of tryptophan, you have to find a way to maintain your sanity. Instead of suffering through another thankless football game surrounded by all your creepy uncles and in-laws, find yourself a quiet room and strap in for some jokes from comedians whose families who are even more messed up than yours.Between the bushy beard and the acoustic guitar, Folk Heroseems like an appropriate title for Thune’s first special, but don’t let appearances fool you. With bizarre puns, inventive one-liners, and long setups about saving a fireman from a burning building, this comedian’s sense of humor is anything but pedestrian.
Here are 13 standup specials currently streaming on Netflix that are guaranteed to make your Christmas a lot more tolerable.Though his Fox sitcom Mulaney has received a less than stellar reception, it’s not because of this comedian’s lack of material. The former SNL writer and co-creator of the character Stefon might look like your squeaky-clean Irish Catholic white guy in a suit, but there’s a bent to his perspective that makes his comedy so addicting.Maron has been performing since the ’80s, but it wasn’t until he left the stage to interview other comedians in his garage on his podcast WTF With Marc Maron that this comic found his voice. Thanks to some podcast-induced introspection, Maron seems to have found the core of his anger and knows just how to meditate on it till the audience is in stitches.
As a form of escapism, the furry way of life is already here. When the fractiousness of daily life seems too much to bear, we instantly summon Grumpy Cat or scroll down one of BuzzFeed’s many lists of anthropomorphic animals. By turning yourself into a furry, you can ditch Fluffy the Poop Machine and Ted the Foul-Mouthed Bear, and soothe yourself. It may just be the case that furries are proudly embracing what most of us are too chicken to admit — that we all imagine returning to a kind of animal state, a state that is neither degraded nor juvenile but innocent and full of possibilities. The difference is that furries know that the suit is an escape.
Paula Young Lee is the author of several books about hunting, most recently “Game: A Global History” (2013); “The Hunter’s Haunch” (2014); and the memoir “Deer Hunting in Paris,” which won the 2014 Travel Book Award of the Society of American Travel Writers. Follow her on Twitter @paulayounglee.
Paula Young Lee's most recent books are "Deer Hunting in Paris: A Memoir of God, Guns, and Game Meat"; and "Game: A Global History," both published in 2013. Her serialized novel, The Peepshow, begins August 12 on TheBlot.com. Follower her on Twitter @paulayounglee.
“But I like Hanukkah,” he cried. Sure you do, I thought. Two-timer.What made you want to start writing fiction?
Well it’s nothing that I had anticipated doing … that’s for sure. If the leak of my name didn’t happen. I would be overseas right now, working for the government, trying to make sure the bad guys don’t get nuclear weapons. Making my government salary. And really feeling … satisfaction. But obviously things didn’t turn out that way. After “Fair Game” came out, my publisher approached and asked me how I felt about fiction. I thought, “Alrighty, let’s see how this goes!” I wanted to develop a strong female CIA character. Because what’s out there is just insane. It’s just eye-rolling. They’re sexy. They’re eye candy. They’re good with guns. But it has nothing to do with how intelligence is realistically collected.
Do you think that’s still the general cultural perception? “Homeland” is a different story.
There is certainly persistent sexism toward what females can and can’t do. But in terms of the CIA, we’re fed a steady diet of James Bond for decades. There’s so many movies that show the CIA is omniscient and far more efficient than it really is. And yet, in most films I’ve seen depicting espionage, I always wait for the moment when it starts veering off into the crazy. I did recently see “A Most Wanted Man,” and it did capture the ambiguities and the waiting. It also showed how gray Hamburg is. It captured the essence of intelligence collection. Notice there was not one gun. It’s very hard to collect intelligence when there’s a gun in the room.
My son’s teacher told me they were going to discuss all of the holidays, so I lent them my menorah and candles. My husband said I should lend them my electric menorah, which has little light bulbs instead of candles, because he didn’t think they’d let children near an open flame, but I thought, fire’s all we got.
The annual Christmas greeting comes at a tense time for the Curia, the central administration of the Holy See which governs the 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church. Francis and his nine key cardinal advisers are drawing up plans to revamp the whole bureaucratic structure, merging offices to make them more efficient and responsive.
“The Curia is called on to always improve itself and grow in communion, holiness and knowledge to fulfill its mission,” he said. “But even it, as any human body, can suffer from ailments, dysfunctions, illnesses.”The full letter can be read here, via TMZ, who obtained the correspondence. Singer provided CNN access to Johnson’s former boyfriend Mark Burk. The two dated in the late aughts, years after the alleged drugging. According to Singer’s letter, Burk says that Johnson spoke kind words about Cosby during their relationship.
This is not the first time that Cosby’s lawyers have tried to influence the media. Back in November Singer called for the “media vilification” to end. Earlier in December, Bill Cosby himself said he expected the “black media” to remain “neutral.”
Pope Francis, an Argentine, had never worked in the Italian Curia before becoming pope, so many cardinals feel as if an outsider insults what he does not fully understand.
Colbert’s departure also reminds us how hollow conservative comedic efforts have been, as they fail to play catch-up in the cultural war of political satire. Humor remains a rhetorical weapon that American conservatives simply cannot harness.In March, the President went on Zach Galifiniakis’ fake Funny Or Die talkshow “Between Two Ferns” to plug the Affordable Care Act. Bill O’Reilly thought that it besmirched the Office of the President, saying “All I can tell you is Abe Lincoln wouldn’t have done it,” but we thought it was pretty funny, and it got 8 and a half million youtube views to boot (and probably at least a handful of Obamacare signups).In the correspondence, Martin Singer accuses CNN of “one-sided reporting,” stating that he, Cosby’s lawyer, had provided complete access to two sources that were pro-Bill Cosby, and was unhappy with the way CNN conducted the interview. A portion of the letter read:
“We continue to be shocked by CNN’s outrageous ongoing refusal to investigate and run balanced stories about my client. While airing untested stories from accusers who have seemingly been subject to little or no vetting, CNN takes the opposite approach with anyone who comes forward with relevant information undermining accusers’ claims or with relevant information supporting Mr. Cosby.
Adam Sternbergh is the author of the novels “Near Enemy” (forthcoming in January) and “Shovel Ready”As you slowly regain consciousness from a self-administered and near lethal dose of tryptophan, you have to find a way to maintain your sanity. Instead of suffering through another thankless football game surrounded by all your creepy uncles and in-laws, find yourself a quiet room and strap in for some jokes from comedians whose families who are even more messed up than yours.Between the bushy beard and the acoustic guitar, Folk Heroseems like an appropriate title for Thune’s first special, but don’t let appearances fool you. With bizarre puns, inventive one-liners, and long setups about saving a fireman from a burning building, this comedian’s sense of humor is anything but pedestrian.
Here are 13 standup specials currently streaming on Netflix that are guaranteed to make your Christmas a lot more tolerable.Though his Fox sitcom Mulaney has received a less than stellar reception, it’s not because of this comedian’s lack of material. The former SNL writer and co-creator of the character Stefon might look like your squeaky-clean Irish Catholic white guy in a suit, but there’s a bent to his perspective that makes his comedy so addicting.Maron has been performing since the ’80s, but it wasn’t until he left the stage to interview other comedians in his garage on his podcast WTF With Marc Maron that this comic found his voice. Thanks to some podcast-induced introspection, Maron seems to have found the core of his anger and knows just how to meditate on it till the audience is in stitches.
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