tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42869769879389852942024-03-07T05:04:11.858+00:00cinnamon mcbadgergive bad attitude, love your cunt and tattoo your bodycinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-12757187473743474382008-03-03T15:21:00.002+00:002008-03-03T15:22:48.600+00:00long time no blogI feel the need to share yet again. Soon, my lovelies, soon. [perhaps this time round I can muster more than 1 reader? ]cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-15021813000676537202007-10-26T13:58:00.000+00:002007-10-26T14:09:13.556+00:00moments when I believe in capital punishmentI'm glad in the case below that this oxygen thief has been jailed for three years but I doubt it will reform him, more likely to amplify his hideous nature.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7063366.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7063366.stm</a><br /><br />Poor, poor woman, such an undiginified death.cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-56772785311091252112007-10-23T16:03:00.000+00:002007-10-23T16:06:45.068+00:00cute. and true.cats. <a href="http://www.funnieststuff.net/viewmovie.php?id=614">gotta love em</a>.cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-39848625622612483602007-06-11T09:35:00.000+00:002007-06-11T09:39:30.525+00:00the buffalo shall return<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LU8DDYz68kM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LU8DDYz68kM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />this does take a little while for something to happen but watch it all the way through, its amazing.<br /><br />Today, buffalos are the bomb.cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-62565100746258376002007-06-08T11:08:00.000+00:002007-06-08T11:11:55.444+00:00mentalism from across the pond #8765<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TYXUUsDGxkU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TYXUUsDGxkU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />you can only laugh [or you would cry]<br /><br />For the women of Texas, USA, I'll collect/use/enjoy dildo's on your behalf [apologies mum]cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-82428889225709184662007-06-01T14:06:00.001+00:002007-06-08T14:01:41.034+00:00smokin!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GfxOl11YsTZywj3x_W7iOo0eiYLw0gSStDdrw61xXDWzSI-DtT9MC-7ta3xtXAvcWdtF7kAvbKcM9b22RcyojkJoYx_i8anrPA1tqvaE0amJeO2y4No43zHiNjG7susbYd22iBgrRUM/s1600-h/beth+nude.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071102792955945490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GfxOl11YsTZywj3x_W7iOo0eiYLw0gSStDdrw61xXDWzSI-DtT9MC-7ta3xtXAvcWdtF7kAvbKcM9b22RcyojkJoYx_i8anrPA1tqvaE0amJeO2y4No43zHiNjG7susbYd22iBgrRUM/s320/beth+nude.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>well done my dear, you rock.</div>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-52441975435167403312007-06-01T12:45:00.000+00:002007-06-01T12:48:34.675+00:00fake bruises, fake campaign?Below I ranted about Benetton being a bunch of low-life, exploitative assholes because of their 'colours of domestic violence' campaign. Well it seems it <a href="http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/30/benetton_not/index.html">aint the work of Benetton after all</a><br /><br />I'll say sorry when I'm absolutely sure this is the case.cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-18040384505231787542007-05-31T10:07:00.001+00:002007-05-31T10:10:01.713+00:00ditto love<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/poBPu8quCkk"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/poBPu8quCkk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />There is a lot of talk about lovely Beth Ditto, from the <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tm_headline=kate-s-big-mates&method=full&objectid=18882366&siteid=89520-name_page.html">downright vile </a>to the <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/11/why_beth_ditto_is_the_coolest.html">highest praise </a>but all I care about is that she has an effin amazing voice, enigmatic presence and is a beautiful woman.<br /><br />I would rather have her as a role model for young women than someone like this<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIE-Wcbt-7jq9gtOgdYuQwXQofc6b5Z3YV4__du8qQJID6Xrs5CYuE2hJvU3Hol3l0dkhgid03AqVJgyoDJrY4L1VOoHAzaGqOm-2I3JYdWeQbcSe58TYRENDRkpsyScb76qgv3NhyphenhyphenEwI/s1600-h/niceolllledying.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIE-Wcbt-7jq9gtOgdYuQwXQofc6b5Z3YV4__du8qQJID6Xrs5CYuE2hJvU3Hol3l0dkhgid03AqVJgyoDJrY4L1VOoHAzaGqOm-2I3JYdWeQbcSe58TYRENDRkpsyScb76qgv3NhyphenhyphenEwI/s320/niceolllledying.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070664551672930818" /></a>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-75347849631168853332007-05-29T14:21:00.000+00:002007-05-30T09:35:59.051+00:00anything to sell a sweater<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl56qm4yp6DGYjgXCh-uc97X5L6M-AvTR2BV_nO5PnrEIsJRewCnrnCzqJoELUjY6pxEz_IZLHnF7Y_0qtcKwi4UgUtH7beYwS9BsiA3SQaKrd4J52fnk26lK2ES95EtacbC2RrXoNOfg/s1600-h/colors2_preview.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069990220332622306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl56qm4yp6DGYjgXCh-uc97X5L6M-AvTR2BV_nO5PnrEIsJRewCnrnCzqJoELUjY6pxEz_IZLHnF7Y_0qtcKwi4UgUtH7beYwS9BsiA3SQaKrd4J52fnk26lK2ES95EtacbC2RrXoNOfg/s320/colors2_preview.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This [via <a href="http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2007/may#000890">the F word</a>] actually made my jaw drop. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Benetton cant seriously think they are highlighting the plight of abused women by 'using' them to advertise their overpriced and frankly ugly clothing can they?</div><br /><div></div><div>If this was a serious campaign, with money heading in the direction of shelters and organisations for victims of domestic violence, then I may be able to forgive the unsavoury fashion house. However as this seems to not be the case and they are still peddling their expensive , [probably sweat shop produced] clothing to the world, I would urge all to steer well clear of them.</div><br /><div></div><div>They have just been double added to my list of hideous capitalist greed vs ethical consumerism in the NAY column.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-50228974709035166652007-05-29T11:05:00.001+00:002007-05-29T11:20:57.926+00:00go on steal it I dare you...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXuVjJUPJ0UvR1igL6AE6GWFHtT4z_pjfeJuooXKD3TGCVilT3PxcRG3G-Syj2LJ1wfPFLhroRDvtKf1N0261oQ1Nv6KlUgKSXh3kMj15y9uq_L-Lj0Tg1ue2LK0yWdFxidNn2u5LlGI/s1600-h/bike.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069937353580175826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXuVjJUPJ0UvR1igL6AE6GWFHtT4z_pjfeJuooXKD3TGCVilT3PxcRG3G-Syj2LJ1wfPFLhroRDvtKf1N0261oQ1Nv6KlUgKSXh3kMj15y9uq_L-Lj0Tg1ue2LK0yWdFxidNn2u5LlGI/s320/bike.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>Arf.</p><p>Not my bike but a sculpture in Vancouver. With my current security fixation, my Mabel may soon look the same.</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dustinq/501791705/">link</a> via <a href="http://boingboing.net/">boing boing</a></p>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-38573107500015992862007-05-25T16:47:00.000+00:002007-05-25T16:50:45.535+00:00tears on a friday [good ones]<a href="http://www.mycathatesyou.com/cats/2007/03/15">this</a> made me cry laughing<br /><br />and <a href="http://www.mycathatesyou.com/cats/2007/03/5">this</a> one<br /><br />I heart <a href="http://www.mycathatesyou.com/">'my cat hates you'</a>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-25796370849512078672007-05-23T16:24:00.000+00:002007-05-23T16:29:59.157+00:00Their bodies are a battleground...<div align="justify">While browsing through the F – Word, I happened upon this video <a href="http://www.irinnews.org/audiofiles/071220067.wmv">http://www.irinnews.org/audiofiles/071220067.wmv</a> about Female Gential Mutilation or FGM. It is distressing and fairly gruesome to watch but it certainly highlights the plight of some 8-10 million*** girls that suffer this ritualistic mutilation.<br /><br />It occurs to me [particularly when some smart ass points it out] that although us white middle class women, that fight the good fight for feminism, may well have ‘come a long way baby’ practices such as FGM remind me that we have not even scratched the surface. So long as there are women and girls in the world who are forbidden/incapable of speaking out for themselves, we need to spread the word and put pressure on those governments & religious leaders to stop this most hideous and brutal of practices. <a href="http://www.fgmnetwork.org/eradication/state/ai.php">Amnesty International already cover this </a>and do some work toward eradicating FGM but there are other orginisations that you can read about or join <a href="http://www.fgmnetwork.org/eradication/orgs.php">here<br /></a><br />While reading the facts on this <a href="http://www.fgmnetwork.org/intro/fgmintro.php">site</a> I came across this statement, a justification for the mutilation:<br /><br /><em><strong>In various cultures there are many "justifications" for these practices. A girl who is not circumcised is considered "unclean" by local villagers and therefore unmarriageable. A girl who does not have her clitoris removed is considered a great danger and ultimately fatal to a man if her clitoris touches his penis.<br /></strong></em><br />Here in the western world, many have jested about the ever ‘elusive’ clitoris but to my knowledge no man has EVER died due to contact with the little love button. It infuriates me to think that those people hiding behind their religion and culture in order to condone and continue this brutality, are for the most part men.<br /><br />Quelle Suprise?<br /><br />*** taken from http://www.fgmnetwork.org/intro/fgmintro.php</div>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-25978058076031512692007-05-14T12:26:00.000+00:002007-05-14T12:30:19.783+00:00Opting out?<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b-39uHZ-o4o"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b-39uHZ-o4o" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />I found this video via <a href="http://feministing.com/">feministing</a> and think it has real relevance to an event I am helping to co-ordinate at the ICA in London called 'Can Women Have It All?' which is a series of interviews with high profile women who appear to have achieved the work/life balance perfectly.cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-58012447374664570282007-05-11T10:34:00.000+00:002007-05-15T16:54:07.460+00:00Feminaissance?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIviwDqdA22iJA_giOeGbz8MrQsw6s1sfil02TrdoFGXkd1NsIuKxt29joCtlNzkeBPNg5d63mkVMjcDUfxzmFDaB9_sIgEIIhr-Lqx6kmxp7T7l3Kf-f7zHQds8UdQ1IqJSauKJQgmIQ/s1600-h/vulva+1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063261423658407346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIviwDqdA22iJA_giOeGbz8MrQsw6s1sfil02TrdoFGXkd1NsIuKxt29joCtlNzkeBPNg5d63mkVMjcDUfxzmFDaB9_sIgEIIhr-Lqx6kmxp7T7l3Kf-f7zHQds8UdQ1IqJSauKJQgmIQ/s400/vulva+1.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVi7CoLokvPqmUN5bL0pnzhlsPlixPapBcGr52RKeBcZcrqf9tp_3l4fu-lYmqHhZvjkgf0WqF5lFL3t73Ca3N4shss7258imT47tXQ_VR3moq92fj6TJy2qnUYMgCBZd2QWnUwVrEc3I/s1600-h/vulva+2.bmp"></a><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div align="justify">According to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">Guardian Unlimited</a> feminist art is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2077304,00.html">on the up again</a>. I happen to think that it has always been there, ever present, but like most things it really just depends on the exposure it gets. Women [and some men] artists the world over continue to make art that challenges the contructs of gender identity, that challenges the traditionally patriarchal art history and that gets to the heart of gender politics wherever they occur in the world. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">As a feminist and artist myself, I always feel like there are going to be moments when it is considered trendy again to have my 'cunt art' on display, however to make art on the basis of pursuing trends would be a futile and soul destroying exsistence.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">I do think it is great that feminist or indeed women artists get more exposure, I'm sure the <a href="http://www.guerillagirls.com/index.shtml">Guerilla Girls </a>[ one of my favourite exhibitions at the <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/webcasts/guerilla_girls_performance/">Tate Modern </a>] would say it's been a long time coming and we aint there yet but we need to celebrate when it does happen and push, push push for more events, more exposure and a more equal representation of female artists in our museums and art galleries around the world.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">America does seem to be at the forefront of campaigning and pushing for more feminist/women art with events and exhibitions like the WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles as well as Global Feminisms, an exhibition that launches a permanent new wing of New York's Brooklyn Museum, the Elizabeth A Sackler Centre for Feminist Art. I guess we here in the UK need to do more to be better represented.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">I remember the first time I saw slides of <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/dinner_party/">Judy Chicago's 'The Dinner Party'</a>, I was completely gobsmacked at the visual impact of so many vaginas as dinner plates, dedicated to the most inspiring women through history that it instantly inspired me to commit my final year art school degree work to the joy and wonder of the cunt/vulva/vagina. As the badge on the right hand side of my website states, I still love my cunt and although I may not be making as much art as I used to, that statement will always ring true and I hope to inspire other women to do so too.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div></div>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-9318845679105774542007-05-10T15:42:00.000+00:002007-05-10T16:33:16.051+00:00poor little idiot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BeNe7X8xk7eApLSpgtRb_BsH9sSOIHK0whYvcNr7t0dAVySUZV3Y8lqWkarxrD9cSxSeTmljVQXQxGpMYAANjV5uaHLvS9S3j7STL1v6-A3ECVQdUBtWk5s2q-VF9rGY-bpRWIWUTR0/s1600-h/twit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062958383650903442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BeNe7X8xk7eApLSpgtRb_BsH9sSOIHK0whYvcNr7t0dAVySUZV3Y8lqWkarxrD9cSxSeTmljVQXQxGpMYAANjV5uaHLvS9S3j7STL1v6-A3ECVQdUBtWk5s2q-VF9rGY-bpRWIWUTR0/s400/twit.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>As reported on the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6641473.stm">BBC news website</a>, Miss Hilton is soon to be a jailbird. Not a moment too soon I say, as I consider her a complete menace to society.</p><p>One can only hope she reads a book or two while incarcerated [and no Paris, Vogue is not a book]</p>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-39740056508215255812007-04-26T16:21:00.000+00:002007-05-11T11:50:39.986+00:00Mum, YOU ROCK!I love my mum for a multitude of reasons, not least because she birthed me, clothed me and fed me for a good 20 years and had to endure the rather hideous teenage years [I was a teenage goth, enough said] but I also have great respect for her as a woman, as she instilled all my feminist values in me from a very young age and lived them as best she could herself. She also has my utmost respect for being a compassionate human being that works tirelessly with the elderly mentally infirm as a nurse. Every day I marvel at the patience, love and understanding she has for the elderly and I am dumbfounded at how well she deals with the suffering and loss. She is a bloody great woman and I love her a great deal. With this in mind, for the few of you that do read this blog, please go <a href="http://www.maydayfornurses.com/">here</a>. It's a campaign run by <a href="http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/">the Fawcett Society</a>, to get every premiership footballer [including the SPL] to donate a day's wages to a fund to help support the UK's nurses.<br /><br />I think it is a damn fine idea and besides, the WAG's could do without a designer handbag in the name of supporting women that actually work for a living, cant they?cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-20663331782531838892007-04-23T11:34:00.000+00:002007-04-23T11:39:26.051+00:00Gotta love this woman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagsEvohe5EYqWCBXGJfSpVSdxDd4nl6lHx7CwtErkywtZu-mj7i-fpmha4H3Ie69ft8EmXmAnh3SLhZoCmzDV66a0hsm5mEYHgceLC_TLGsdJbQOvD2IElaaswdhCgCzFneeXL4DJSfo/s1600-h/28898_bjorkcover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056585706922842722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagsEvohe5EYqWCBXGJfSpVSdxDd4nl6lHx7CwtErkywtZu-mj7i-fpmha4H3Ie69ft8EmXmAnh3SLhZoCmzDV66a0hsm5mEYHgceLC_TLGsdJbQOvD2IElaaswdhCgCzFneeXL4DJSfo/s400/28898_bjorkcover.jpg" border="0" /></a> The artwork for Bjork's new album <em>Volta</em> [due out May 7th]. She said this about the album:<br /><br /><em>The album cover is meant to evoke pagan femininity and, to some degree, feminism, which is a running theme throughout the music of Volta. "It's not necessarily about me as a woman, but just women," Björk told Stosuy. "Kind of that long leap of 10,000 years back, when they [were] in harmony with nature, and just little things like the fact that there are 13 full moons in a year and most women have certain things happening to them 13 times a year, but Christianity wanted to have 12 months, just to try to put that off." "It's sort of trying to put out some good vibes for the little princesses out there. There are actually other things than losing a glass slipper. I mean, part of it was having a little daughter and realizing, what are we telling girls? All these books out there about finding your prince. All these little girls, all they want to do is be pretty and find their prince, and I'm like, what happened to feminism here?"</em><br /><br />Can hardly wait.<br /><br />excerpt from <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42080-bjork-reveals-ivoltai-artwork-tracklist">pitchfork<br /></a>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-90761003299014840242007-04-23T09:52:00.000+00:002007-04-24T16:03:32.333+00:00another reason to despise China<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOlGTPFXb8En0VP6U4CKhVJRUEjvcg1RCLyf5FdA61mC6anLTbsNCIf8wpmwgHFLIt5fIJByuDnNpaCDvEm9qqUpKoN9Ksvlbv_ehAt49bNEOv4zhwG5C2SGFhfX5gAkHVgASRPciwKY/s1600-h/bears.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056567436131965522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOlGTPFXb8En0VP6U4CKhVJRUEjvcg1RCLyf5FdA61mC6anLTbsNCIf8wpmwgHFLIt5fIJByuDnNpaCDvEm9qqUpKoN9Ksvlbv_ehAt49bNEOv4zhwG5C2SGFhfX5gAkHVgASRPciwKY/s400/bears.jpg" border="0" /></a>Today, the news from China, a country that still thinks it is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">OK</span> to breed tigers for their traditional 'medicines' and have bears perform like circus clowns, there comes some rather worrying news. China is preparing to call for a lift of the ban in tiger products. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/gallery/2007/apr/13/1?picture=329777429"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Xiongsen</span> is the world's largest battery farm </a>of tigers, bred not only for their 'entertainment' value to visitors but for their ultimate use in traditional 'medicines'. This treatment of endangered animals as a disposable commodity makes me sick to my stomach and despair of human beings. In addition to their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">atrocious</span> record of <a href="http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/apro/APROweb.nsf/pages/china_rebiya_interview">human rights violations</a>, they seem unperturbed at their abuse of endangered species as well.<br /><br />China, you should be ashamed of yourself.<br /><br />more on this story <a href="http://environment.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,,2056434,00.html">here</a><br /><br />EDIT:<br /><br />more <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9766870">shockingly disgusting behaviour </a>from Chinacinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-4861755414835202002007-04-20T15:23:00.000+00:002007-04-20T15:27:18.100+00:00Things I love about London #0001This will be a series of things I love about London.<br /><br />#0001 - the fact that my bike ride to and from work features both <a href="http://www.abbeyroad.com/virtual_visit/webcam/">Abbey rd</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barretts_of_Wimpole_Street">Wimpole St</a>.cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-11047774758145722742007-04-19T10:29:00.000+00:002007-04-19T14:18:52.449+00:00just when you think....that we, as women, are advancing in this old patriarchy, something like<a href="http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2060599,00.html"> this </a>comes along and makes you wanna rant, loudly.<br /><br />I mean sure, football is a sport predominantly played by men, supported by men and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz<br /><br />See? that's what happens when football is mentioned, loud snoring from sheer boredom.<br /><br />I really could not care less about the sport itself but really, having a cunt does not disqualify you from commentating on football. Particularly as this woman played the sport herself and is as well qualified if not more so than any arm chair pundit out there who shouts at the telly on a Sat afternoon.<br /><br />Time to play nice boys.cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-91641286369340579202007-04-17T15:46:00.000+00:002007-04-17T15:55:35.491+00:00Anti-feminist Bingo!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRS_ylE8hwYnUsKAkx2J0VeOINzZyzhJ-254dOI4VFmhlAwIeSlbyonFNwEy6jNdomyd3AwgXxcIGIgSbQjw9-ehZiPLMcNUYR6w00VuuDDMIdpNz06ZJhYs_6673eAA_6kuYu0L07xQ/s1600-h/bingo+card.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054426229442625778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="403" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRS_ylE8hwYnUsKAkx2J0VeOINzZyzhJ-254dOI4VFmhlAwIeSlbyonFNwEy6jNdomyd3AwgXxcIGIgSbQjw9-ehZiPLMcNUYR6w00VuuDDMIdpNz06ZJhYs_6673eAA_6kuYu0L07xQ/s400/bingo+card.jpg" width="421" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpfvQHzx2W3xrBB_BUWo7Bhpee_MzP3wvaMoRanCINE7PrUe8dDKt3nQ5800rZh25_MCor-ZzjWPQSQhAoj-jsmJrXhGj4PCdJc1mWB6l2ryFaoqpSDDZ3IaxOOn9sjIsWgbsSv14VLI/s1600-h/bingo+card.jpg"></a></div><br /><div>brought to you via <a href="http://feministe.us/blog/">feministe</a> and by <a href="http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=431">hoyden about town</a><br /><br />If I had a quid for every time I had read or heard most of those statements/opinions I would be a very rich lady or a winner at Bingo.<br /></div><br /><div></div>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-46106543776741511122007-04-17T10:52:00.000+00:002007-04-17T10:53:45.879+00:00cutest kid and future feminist<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WsyiYpnAiKc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WsyiYpnAiKc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />I know this has done the rounds already but it is seriously cute.cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-83093235480959945672007-04-17T10:44:00.000+00:002007-04-17T10:46:59.150+00:00amusing take on life, love & the music industry<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yoN6XfyQsr4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yoN6XfyQsr4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-17094524843760086022007-04-16T09:44:00.000+00:002007-04-17T13:07:50.808+00:00Ethical is like so cool, so chic, dontcha know?Observer Woman Monthly, yet again manages to make me <a href="http://spittingmadwoman.blogspot.com/">[and others]</a> seethe.<br /><br />This month, 'Ethical is Chic', allegedly. Does ethical living really need to be 'sold' to us in a fashion package in order for us to take it seriously? Will wearing <a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/20079">Stella McCartney** heels</a>, an <a href="http://www.edun.ie/">Edun</a> dress and swinging an <a href="http://www.stevenemberton.net/stories/anya/Ethical%20fashion/index.htm">Anya Hindmarch handbag </a>really make me sleep better at night? Well the Vogue girls say yes, so I guess that's it settled. As if the bloody fashionistas out there dont make us 'normal' [ for normal read, not a size zero, prone to picking up a bargain in Primark and never likely to spend £1000 on a designer handbag] women feel bloody worthless enough, now we are not even fashionable enough to be green. Well screw you OWM [ I channel Cartman every now and then] my ethical status is just fine thank you, I can live without fashion facism invading yet another sphere of my life, so bugger off.<br /><br />And as if all that ethical is chic guff was not enough to incite my wrath, they had to go and print <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/woman/story/0,,2054453,00.html">this utter shite</a><br /><br />an excerpt:<br /><br /><em>Introducing then, the Cadogram Agency, a collection of seducers, rakes and immoral (yet highly handsome) men, available for hire. Promising an antidote to 'dreary dates' with 'boorish dullards', Piper and his pals (collective girlfriend count: 'several thousand') offer 'a zest- filled lightning encounter with a masterly raconteur, a rakish man of the world ... Someone,' they say, 'who will hold doors open for you, take command of the situation', and 'pay you undivided attention in the most stylish manner'. Quite a boast. They will also compliment your eyes, look at your arse and flirt with your mate. You can put money on it. Money which, it's fair to say, you'll be splashing around like dirty water - an evening with one of the eight cads available costs £500, and dinner's on you. 'Yes, you'll go somewhere swanky and nobby,' David says, 'perhaps the Wolseley, or Claridge's, and he'll turn up 45 minutes late, drunk.' So far, so fine. 'Then he'll proceed to charm you thoroughly, and get you excited about your future, talking about holidays you could go on, and trips you could take together. It'll never happen.' Sweet. 'He'll keep the intensity rising, while constantly cutting away at it by flirting with the waitress, and returning from the toilet with lipstick traces on his collar. And all night he'll be secretly stealing taxi money.'</em><br /><br />OH right, so that's what's been missing from my life! An opportunity to spend £500 + for an evening with an utter bastard. Think I'll decline thanks, I've over spent on bastards already this month.<br /><br />FOR. THE. LOVE. OF. JEBUS.<br /><br />*takes myself off to count to ten, to stop shaking and to clean my keyboard from all the spit that was the result of my vitriolic outburst<br /><br />**for the record I really like Stella McCartney, she shares the same values as me [vegan, PETA member] but I still aint gonna spend nearly £500 on your shoes love.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://spittingmadwoman.blogspot.com/"></a>cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286976987938985294.post-26913553393276600302007-04-12T10:36:00.000+00:002007-04-12T10:42:50.778+00:00another sad loss<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIikDD7elHZDtQLDiXVlbAzQYs6lU7EpkOlRc1mWEsqzuE68eio2jNsekugHN2oiUtIchKOIGuyJ4aTO5_IdTSGp2N87KdPMTCGr64bJznxvTv9uzB5kYOT2mdGbxVnH-kutDYfCsd0XQ/s1600-h/kurt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIikDD7elHZDtQLDiXVlbAzQYs6lU7EpkOlRc1mWEsqzuE68eio2jNsekugHN2oiUtIchKOIGuyJ4aTO5_IdTSGp2N87KdPMTCGr64bJznxvTv9uzB5kYOT2mdGbxVnH-kutDYfCsd0XQ/s200/kurt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052489370990821586" border="0" /></a><br />And so time to say goodbye to one of my favourite authors and indeed favourite humans. I didn't think I would warm to his war stories and quirky sci-fi tales but he really did engage me and had just about the best attitude to life. You will be missed Mr Vonnegut but your fabulous books will remain. May you rest in peace.cinnamon.mcbadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565245257998976157noreply@blogger.com0