As many know by now, Sally Field’s acceptance speech at the Emmys this week recognized the mothers of U.S. troops. She ended her speech with, “Let’s face it: If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no [CUT TO SILENCE BY FOX CENSORS].”

The rest of line was this: “…goddamn wars in the first place.”

I found it rather satisfying to watch the uncensored version, here. Try it. You’ll see what I mean.

(The embedded video from YouTube in this post is the CENSORED version. Thank you, Jeff, for the clarification!)

The 45th Carnival of Feminists is now up over at Feminist Philosophers. For those of you still wondering what a carnival is, do check this one out. The philosophes have nailed it with a fabulous round-up of links from around the feminist blogosphere.

Many of you know “Marco” as the dude I refer to now and again, the one who sends me links and clips, comes to every last one of my readings, and made me my shiny GWP logo. Well, he’s emerging from the shadows. I’m thrilled to introduce him, officially, as a Guest Blogger here on GWP. Keep an eye out soon for his occasional posts! He’ll be offering his own observations on popular reality, in particular, myths about masculinity and boyhood, and he’ll also throw in on my favorite subjects here of course: feminism personal, political, and in public.

OMG – if the video below doesn’t work (trying to figure it out…) go here and hit play! Hit it!

Courtesy of Marco (always lookin out for me, that one!) comes this YouTube retrobite in which Moses Znaimer interviews Gloria Steinem in 1968 about being a “groovy chick” and an ex-Playboy bunny. Highlights:

Znaimer to Steinem: “You’ve been described as a chick with a good sense of the vibrations.”

Steinem on reporting circa 1968: “To report with compassion is important now, because we’ve been so inundated by the statistics.”

Life Magazine to Steinem: “We want a writer, not a girl.'”

Znaimer on Playboy Bunnydom: “I thought you had to be stacked to be a bunny girl.”

Steinem to Znaimer: “A lot of that is plastic dry cleaner bags, really.”

P.S. I just started a category called “feminist history.” Were you there? Got pics to share? You send ’em, I’ll post ’em!
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Ok, I rarely do this (and don’t think I don’t have a damn cute cat), but I’m animal blogging. According to an article in the Daily Mail,

The 12-week-old macaque – who was abandoned by his mother – was close to death when it was rescued on Neilingding Island, in Goangdong Province. After being taken to an animal hospital his health began to improve but he seemed spiritless – until he developed a friendship with a white pigeon. The blossoming relationship helped to revive the macaque who has developed a new lease of life, say staff at the sanctuary.

Now the unlikely duo are never far from each other’s side, but they aren’t the only ones to strike up an unusual friendship. Earlier this year a pig adopted a tiger cub and raised him along with her piglets because his mother couldn’t feed him. And in 2005 a baby dear named Mi-Lu befriended lurcher Geoffrey at the Knowsley Animal Park in Merseyside after she was rejected by her mother.

And who says we can’t all get along? This one’s for you, Mom, to brighten your day.

Wendy Schneider just sent me word of her new documentary, CUT: Teens and Self Injury. The film looks like a much-needed resource in schools, and Wendy is currently seeking a distributor. CUT premiered at the Wisconsin Film Festival in Madison this week. Do check out this glowing review in the Isthmus. Ah, the Isthmus: A paper I once placed a personal ad in during the dark lonely days of grad school only to be answered by someone with whom a friend had already tried to set me up. Total non sequitor there — I blame the chocolate hangover. Anyway, Wendy is setting off on a college screening tour in a few weeks. For those of you on campuses, keep an eye out for this film! More on it all on this MySpace page. Good luck, Wendy, and do keep us posted!

The amazing Samhita over at feministing will be live blogging from the Web of Change conference, an annual gathering connecting folks working at the convergence of online strategy, technology, and social change. It’s held at a place called Hollyhock Center (left), on Cortes Island. Rumors of a hot tub on the beach. Um, how do I score an invitation to that next year?!

First of all, I’m here to report that there is such a thing as a chocolate hangover.

Second, check out the news about this course that Pitzer College media studies professor and documentary filmmaker Alexandra Juhasz is teaching on YouTube. Literally. The course’s subject? The popular role of YouTube!

Class members control most of the class content and YouTube watchers from around the world are encouraged to comment. Mainstream media coverage is all “you’re kidding–college credit for watching YouTube?” But if you ask me, it’s an incredibly innovative venture. I’m eager to see where this leads.

To check out the course and join the conversation, click here. Juhasz is blogging about it all at Media Praxis, a project she’s developing for Mediacommons, where interesting commentary on the project is also underway.

Just got home from a post-reading chocolate fest at Max Brenner’s with Lauren Sandler, Nona W-A, and Marco. I think I’m going to be up all night. I highly recommend ordering mass quantities of chocolate fondue after you read. Assuming you don’t have to be anywhere early the next morning. Is there such thing as a chocolate hangover? I guess I’ll soon find out.

(Thank you, Kelley McMasters and KGB bar, for organizing the reading tonight, and thank you, Sassy girls Kara Jesella and Marisa Meltzer, for your fabulous book! And big shout out to Lauren and Nona for coming! Grandma Pearl: this reading was dedicated to YOU.)