Brokeback KISS

Ah, the kiss from "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), how sweet. These two, at least in the movie were so into each other, a passion so strong, that nothing else mattered, much. A sad story really, how hiding from an oppressive society led to hurting innocent people, the women in their lives. It didn't even end happy but I guess this was an needed story to help our LAME society progress (get over it). I still love "Maurice" (1987) even though Hugh Grant is in it. It's a love story too with a gay happy ending. We need more happy endings.

This fag is their Momma!

I was reading this blog by an inspirational speaker/educator(Maryln something or other), she inspires teachers (WHATEVER), about WHO IS MOMMA? She was trying to say, kids have moms that may not be their "mom", sometimes kids need a momma as comforter and a teacher can be that person. She invited comments, so I commented about how I would LOVE it if she could let educators know that sometimes kids don't have a mom 'cause they have 2 dads and please stop sending home the MOTHER'S DAY GIFT with "MOM" written on it. Change it to "Dad" for Christ's sake. Well, she deleted my post. Oh, she kept the other flattering posts but not mine. Apparently, my story is not inspirational enough for her and her followers. How's this? My child who happens to be adopted from Russia called me MOMMA-PAPA, on his own accord, for months after he got here from Russia. That's right BITCH, I am their Momma Papa, and don't you forget it.

Unwind

What if your parents could unwind you? That's the premise behind Neal Shusterman's novel "Unwind". After the HeartLand Wars, the heartland of America war over reproductive rights, ended in a stalemate a pregnancy can not be aborted BUT a child can be retroactively aborted between the ages of 13 and 18. Once you're an adult you are safe. Some kids don't want to be unwound, basically having ALL of their body parts harvested and used for spare parts, thus the story and the question do they ever really die? The adults tell the kids they'll go on living in another form as part of another person. Well, it was a GREAT read, for young adults readers and adults alike, but I've heard people say that the premise is too preposterous, as if anyone would retroactively abort their child. To these people I say, "WAKE UP"! Now I am all PRO-CHOICE and anti-death penalty but I will tell you that some people who claim to be religious and pro-life WOULD retroactively abort their child. Case in point: my partner's mother. When she found out they were gay, she told he and his LESBIAN sister that they were "going to burn in hell" and she "wished they were dead". Great fiction, sci-fi or otherwise, is great when it shows us something about being human through a fantastical story. Shusterman's premise may be fantastic but how hard is it to imagine America gone to war with itself over just such an issue? My 12 year old son and I loved this book. We highly recommend it.