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Pharrell “I’m Not A Feminist”
He may be happy but Pharrell has said he is not a feminist because he doesn’t think it is possible. He told Channel 4: “I’ve been asked, am I a feminist? I don’t think it’s possible for me to be that. I’m a man. It makes sense up until a certain point. But what I do is, I do support feminists. There’s injustices; there are inequalities that need to be addressed.”
Well, Pharrell, we have good news: you CAN be a feminist. Anyone can be a feminist, the only requirement is that you want men and women to be equal. Despite the whole ‘Blurred Lines’ embarrassment we think it is still possible for Pharrell. This is what he said about Hilary Clinton: “I would love to see a woman run the country, Historically, this world has been run by man. And what would a world be like if 75 percent our world leaders, our presidents and prime ministers, were female? What would that world be like? We don’t know, because we haven’t given it a shot. We’re too busy telling them what they can and can’t do with their bodies. Or, we’re too busy, you know, not allowing them to make the same amount of money that a man makes.”
Well said Pharrell, now come and join our club.
What do you think?
Goat Riding a Man Riding a Bike | Video
This is something you don’t see everyday: a goat riding a man riding a bike. The goat seems to be enjoying it, casually looking around on it’s journey in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
The video has had 150,000 hits since Wednesday.
What do you think?
David Walliams Writes Book For Simon Cowell’s Son
Apparently David Walliams loves teasing Simon Cowell so much that he wrote a book. David’s latest is all about Simon’s son, Eric. He apparently gave Simon fifty copies of the book, David Walliams presents Baby Eric, backstage at Britain’s Got Talent.
The cover is an illustration of Simon and girlfriend Lauren Silverman with their son.
The blurb reads: “Simon Cowell was the man who thought he had everything, until the day Baby Eric arrived in his life. This is the story of how Eric David Sinitta Louis-Walsh Cowell came into the world.”
A source told The Sun “He didn’t quite know what to say” at first but was then really touched. We wonder who Simon will give the other copies to?
Laura Bush: ‘First Ladies Don’t Deserve Salaries’
In a C-SPAN interview for First Ladies: Influence and Image, former first lady Laura Bush, has said that first ladies don’t deserve to be paid.
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“There are plenty of perks, believe me. A chef, that was really great, I miss the chef.”
She then went on to point out the sexist double-standard.
“That’s what we’ll have to come to terms with, Certainly a first gentleman might continue to work at whatever he did.
I think that the American public sees the first lady in very glamorous circumstances…I think what they may not imagine looking at the White House from the outside is that it’s actually a very normal life upstairs…The first lady probably, and I know I did, lays on the couch an reads a book. In my case, my cat would always curl up next to me.”
Cat Plays Jenga With Owner
Alan Palesko from Austin, Texas, plays Jenga with his cat, Moe. Moe is very good at Jenga but tends to throw a hissy fit if things get too difficult. Uber cute.
Mansfield Park Still Least Favourite Jane Austen Novel After 200 Years
Mansfield Park attracted just two per cent of votes in a poll.
Some things change, but sadly for celebrated author Jane Austen some things don’t.
A new survey by book recommendation website LoveReading.co.uk has found that 200 years on from its publication in May 1814, Mansfield Park is still Austen’s least-liked novel.
The novel garnered just two per cent of a poll to find readers’ favourite Austen book.
The outright winner – with nearly 60 per cent of the vote – was Pride and Prejudice – the tale of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage that featured the iconic Mr Darcy.
Second most-popular was Jane Austen’s first novel, Sense and Sensibility, followed in third place by her fourth book, Emma – the last to be published while she was still alive.
Peter Crawshaw, Director and Co-Founder of Lovereading.co.uk said “Since its first publication 200 years ago, Mansfield Park has always been a divisive novel — the Jane Austen equivalent of Marmite.
“But least liked doesn’t necessarily mean worst and even though the Pygmalion morality epic that is Mansfield Park doesn’t have the glamorous appeal of Pride and Prejudice it certainly has some resonance today.
“Perhaps it just needs a Hollywood makeover to finally get a popularity boost.”
Mansfield Park is noted for being the most controversial of Austen’s major novels
Published in May 1814, her third novel was praised by Regency critics for its “wholesome morality”, but has since earned the dubious distinction of being the most disliked among Jane Austen fans.
Many readers find the book’s protagonist, Fanny Price, too “timid” and “priggish” to be likeable, for example, with Jane Austen’s own mother, Cassandra, herself complaining that Fanny was “insipid”.
Heated debates about the novel’s literary worth have even spawned so-called ‘Fanny Wars’ on internet discussion forums.
Crawshaw added: “Discussions between Austen fans often get heated while discussing the literary value of Mansfield Park.
“Mansfield Park is quite a complex work in comparison to Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility, and this often puts readers off, as does the unsympathetic lead character, Fanny,”
Jane Austen, who lived from 1775 to 1817, is regarded as one of English literature’s greatest authors.
Her novels include Emma, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility.
The Bank of England has announced that it will feature Austen’s face on £10 notes from 2017.
The Sons – Relic | Music Profile
Their New Single
Relic
Release Date: Monday 9th June 2014 as a digital download
Relic is a heartfelt and gentle song that showcases singer Paul Herron’s accomplished vocal performance against a simple yet effective piano and guitar accompaniment, but the song’s lyrics come from a place of mourning for what has passed.
The Sons, an independent British five piece, draw inspiration for their alternative guitar pop from the likes of Crowded House, Wilco, Paul Simon and Fleetwood Mac.
Creating a current sound with a timeless feel, they are masters at coupling upbeat, catchy songs with rather dark, complex lyrics about the pains and hardships of life.
Having toured the UK & Europe extensively, The Sons have attracted a large and a very loyal following with fans fully funding the making of the band’s third studio album, ‘Heading Into Land’. This record hit the UK album charts upon its release in March 2014, marking a new chapter for the band.
The premiere single from the album, ‘Death Love Money’ was released in January 2014. To mark the release, The Sons invited everyone who pledged money toward the album to a free show at the historic Guildhall Theatre in Derby, England. More than two hundred people packed into the theatre to witness the band debut its new songs, with excited post-gig reactions exploding on social media.