power of women

[abka]

Busy week, quiet weekend. Friday I reported at the faculty meeting on which candidate for the contemporary position the grad. students liked the best. Now I have a ton of work to do over break.

The last couple days I have been reading Idols of Perversity. A recommended book for my symbolism class. It's good but depressing (women clearly always have sex with bulls, goats, snakes, and swans, train their dogs to perform oral sex and want to be raped by animals and/or men.) Glad I wasn't born a century earlier.
Last night we saw Thirteen on HBO. It was excellent, but also disturbing. I related both the girl (although I was so uncool in junior high, I was her uncool old friend who did the science project) but also to the mom although we don't have kids. (I just kept hoping the mom wouldn't fall off the wagon thoughout the movie, although that's not why I related to her. The acting was excellent.)

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[mrsjadephoenix.livejournal.com]

I liked how in Thirteen the mom wasn't ever made out to be some oppressive, overprotective generic bad-guy like parents in these things can easily be made out to be (this is all the more impressive given that the screenplay was by a 13-year-old and not a parent). The mom was actually pretty cool and open-minded, a lot of things considered. She seemed to realize that she wasn't always a saint either, and I definitely could understand how she was freaking out and not knowing what she should do about it.

I think the most disturbing scene for me was: "No bra... No panties... No bra! No panties!"

[abka.livejournal.com]

yeah, I was also impressed that the mom was a real character with her own issues (boyfriend, ex-husband, clients, etc). She was really cool, Denis and I both said that about 20 min. into the movie any kid of ours who acted like that would have been grounded. The dad was also more sympathetic then he could have been. He cared, but was just out of the loop.

"no bra..no panties..." was really disturbing although I was also worried when she was wandering around the street looking for Evie with random guy drinking random stuff from his bottle, and the "let's have a three-some with your hot neighbor" scene. It was good to see a sane male character who refused to be seduced.

Pieridae Media Group 's

[hudson1425.livejournal.com]

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Pieridae Media Group seeks part-time arts/design/photo collaborators

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Pieridae Media Group seeks part-time arts/design/photo collaborators

Hi,

I'm Richard Chu, founder and Creative and Vision
Director of startup Pieridae Media Group composing
of cross-pollinating Talent, Model and Publishing
agencies and autonomous Filmworks production
company

I'm seeking part-time, collaborative services
in arts/design/illustration on deferred, pooled
stake-shares compensation

Please let me know if you might be interested
and I will respond with RSVP invite to our open
house interview next Sunday, March 27, 2005
at our premises in McLean, VA

Contact Richard and Marianna by e-mail
at RCHU1619@YAHOO.COM


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Pieridae Media Group 's "Inner Beauties, Washington DC project
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Pieridae Media Group seeks women 21+ of all
cultural backgrounds for "Inner Beauties of DC"
photo collage book

We are working on a photo collage & lifestory
vignettes book about professional DC women titled
"Inner Beauties of Washington DC" that is
an antidote to the vacuous, one-dimensional,
and airbrushed LA glamour type of nothing-to-say
models that are too tritely prevalent today.

We want to shed light through artistic photographs
and your own edited lifestory vignettes of the
inner beauties, women age 21-50, of Washington
DC Metro area who juggle work, social, family and creative
lives with the grace, character and indomitable
spirits that we believe are the epitome presentations
of the strength, sensibilities and sensualities
of modern womanhood.

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PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A RIGOROUS BUT
FAIR, EXCITING AND FUN SCREENING AND EVALUATION
PROCESS TO SELECT THE FINALISTS - THANKS, RICHARD
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You will be anonymously represented (first name only)
with shooting locations and wardrobe in natural settings
of our collaborative choosing and have final-proof approval
on your photo and copy spread

If "Inner Beauties" does well in local bookstores
in its limited initial print, we're going to seek regional
and nationwide distribution deal with major photo-arts
publishers.

Twenty percent of the after-tax profit is going to
be equally divided by the women portrayed in the
book and ten percent to be directly contributed to
the Red Cross chapter of Washington DC

Shooting sessions will be conducted on Thursday & Friday
evening and Saturdays in McLean, VA

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We bear all the publishing, marketing and administrative costs -
there are no fees whatsoever to be incurred by you except the time
and commitment to do something you can be proud to be a
part of to showcase the inner and outer-manifested beauty,
creativity, and stylistic flair of Washington DC women!

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Contact Marianna and Richard by e-mail
with digital pictures (if available) and
short bio at:

rchu1619@yahoo.com

Best regards,
Richard

Richard Chu
Creative & Vision Director
Pieridae Media Group
8205 Peridot Dr., Studio 407
McLean, VA 22102
(571) 331-2525 cellular