By Fausto Fernós on June 11, 2007 | Share & Save | Link | Print |
In and out, in and out. We’re not talking about the infamous illicit video that made the rounds on the internet that showed America’s sweetheart Paris Hilton an instant celebrity, we’re talking about her erratic prison sentence.
In case you had better things to do this past weekend, Paris Hilton is now back in jail. Again. And this time they have mandated the full sentence to 45 days in prison. Originally the time was going to be 23 days for good behavior.
But the ultimate question here is just HOW black are her roots?
The reason why so many people and media sources (like us) are obsessing on this is because whenever a celebrity goes through the legal system, it both illustrates the inadequacies of our current system and how we have a long ways to go to create an egalitarian society, one where justice is served equally regardless of income, race or class.
Poor Paris. Stay strong girl, you’ll be out soon. Look at what it did for our home-girl Martha Stewart.
Stop for a second and take a look at this pink blob. What do you think this abstract shape is? We thought it looked like a “social worker” doing the old Lewinsky on somebody. Believe it or not, it’s the official logo for this.
According to Sebastian Coe, chairman for this, he thinks the logo:
“Won’t be to be everybody’s taste immediately but it’s… about reaching out and engaging young people, which is where our challenge is over the next five years…”
You know, young people just love this sort of thing.
Did you know that the first earthling in space was a bitch? No we’re not talking about diaper-wearing mace-toting, psychotic NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak, we’re talking about a real dog. Laika.
The Russian Space agency just released classified information this past week that revealed the first earthling in outer space had a hell of a trip. The poor little stray dog Laika died within hours of her one-way trip into outer space from overheating, humidity and stress.
We salute you Laika and all the other dogs like you who lost their lives going into outer space.
Join Marc, Ronnie and me, Fausto as we dish the dirt on Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington as he gets the boot officially from the TV show, psychology tests, and advice for our sweet young trans-identified listeners.
EXTRA: What was up with the Soprano’s final episode? That was an hour I’ll never get back.
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austinextinguished says:
June 11, 2007 at 08:13Hah! I love it.
Prison-Paris: “This jumpsuit has horizontal stripes. I don’t do horizontal stripes, it’s so low-rent…” and not wanting to drink anything for fear of the toilet, fabulous. She’s gonna dry up in there! Oh Fausto, thanks for commenting on my site this morning. Can’t wait to hear the rest of the show after my 9-5! Take care guys.
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Andrew J says:
June 11, 2007 at 09:19I’m with Fausto. The logo definitely looks like someone “doing the old Lewinsky”. I saw that immediately when I looked at it.
ThePaganJew says:
June 11, 2007 at 11:30So now I’m going to break into the trans discussion. Yes I agree you do need to work on yourself, but you usually know yourself well enough to know what makes you happy. For me, I didn’t change anything on the inside, all I knew was when I was looking in the mirror it wasn’t me looking back. So I started taking hormones about 2 years ago and I look in the mirror I’m happy. Unfortunately it does matter how people see you and not just how you see yourself. There are things you can do to make you appear more male while not on T, such as different ways of cutting hair, certain clothes that hide more then other, binders. Also please remember that gender, gender presentation and sexuality are 3 completely different things. You can be a trans guy and be femme (my partner is). It also is a lot easier to transition with a friend by your side, Some one to run to and tell when you get your first chin or belly hairs. Also make sure to do it legally, please please please go though a doctor. Other then that, just be yourself, and everything will work out in the end.
ellis says:
June 11, 2007 at 21:53i’ll chime in with ThePaganJew about the trans discussion. for me, at least, transitioning is not about becoming “someone else”. what i want is to make physical changes so that i can be comfortable that when people look at my body, they are seeing me. and much more importantly than other people’s opinion, i want to look in a mirror and recognize myself.
i think that this is what most people are after: self-contentment. this is why we work to lose weight, do our hair the way we do. people want to be satisfied with what they see in the mirror. some people just have a longer process to go through to get there.
and since most of the physical changes of transitioning are permanent, it’s not something that a person just jumps right into without any forethought. i’ve been considering my options for two years and, being 16, i still have two more years to consider my options before i’ll be of legal age to begin physical transition. this is the frustrating part of being trans at a young age, without parental consent it is fairly difficult to make any progress. maybe this is why the rate of suicides amongst trans youth is so high.
Rich says:
June 12, 2007 at 13:12Mark: The Swedish movie you were trying to recall is My Life as a Dog. Awesome film.
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Barbara says:
June 11, 2007 at 05:23It was reported on my local ABC station out of LA that Paris would not drink anything because she did not want to be seen on the toilet.