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Feb. 1st, 2009 10:38 amMy Sister's Keeper (or the decline of the 70s feminist utopia)
...These days, she and other members worry about the future of Alapine, which is one of about 100 below-the-radar lesbian communities in North America, known as womyn’s lands (their preferred spelling), whose guiding philosophies date from a mostly bygone era.
The communities, most in rural areas from Oregon to Florida, have as few as two members; Alapine is one of the largest. Many have steadily lost residents over the decades as members have moved on or died. As the impulse to withdraw from heterosexual society has lost its appeal to younger lesbians, womyn’s lands face some of the same challenges as Catholic convents that struggle to attract women to cloistered lives.
And in entertainment news:
Resident Evil 4 movie in works. They're setting it in Tokyo for some reason. Maybe they're copying that Vin Diesel-less car movie sequel nobody remembers.
Director of 'Kung-Fu Panda takes on Masters of the Universe. If it was the scriptwriter for KFP, I'd be more excited. But sadly, there *is* a charge for awesomeness.
It's an interesting week for non-He-man related sci fi. First, Red Dwarf is returning!. I don't care as much as I once would have, but the return-to-Earth plot should provide an interesting counterpoint to BSG's depressing saga of depressingness. Scott Derrickson is to Direct Simmons' "Hyperion" Saga, and there will be a 3rd Narnia movie after all. Which is good, because I like Dawn Treader, and would have been sad if it never got made.
For those whose taste runs more to crazy CIA assassins, there's a new Brotherhood of the Rose movie in the works. Hey, I remember that book! Go 80s beach reads! Mind you, I'd have prefered a version of Fraternity of the Stone, because killer monks = awesome.
Sorry Ben. Yet another movie in the works about the Battle of Hastings
And lastly, Tomb Raider reboot in the works. Do you think this time they can actually make a *good* movie?
...These days, she and other members worry about the future of Alapine, which is one of about 100 below-the-radar lesbian communities in North America, known as womyn’s lands (their preferred spelling), whose guiding philosophies date from a mostly bygone era.
The communities, most in rural areas from Oregon to Florida, have as few as two members; Alapine is one of the largest. Many have steadily lost residents over the decades as members have moved on or died. As the impulse to withdraw from heterosexual society has lost its appeal to younger lesbians, womyn’s lands face some of the same challenges as Catholic convents that struggle to attract women to cloistered lives.
And in entertainment news:
Resident Evil 4 movie in works. They're setting it in Tokyo for some reason. Maybe they're copying that Vin Diesel-less car movie sequel nobody remembers.
Director of 'Kung-Fu Panda takes on Masters of the Universe. If it was the scriptwriter for KFP, I'd be more excited. But sadly, there *is* a charge for awesomeness.
It's an interesting week for non-He-man related sci fi. First, Red Dwarf is returning!. I don't care as much as I once would have, but the return-to-Earth plot should provide an interesting counterpoint to BSG's depressing saga of depressingness. Scott Derrickson is to Direct Simmons' "Hyperion" Saga, and there will be a 3rd Narnia movie after all. Which is good, because I like Dawn Treader, and would have been sad if it never got made.
For those whose taste runs more to crazy CIA assassins, there's a new Brotherhood of the Rose movie in the works. Hey, I remember that book! Go 80s beach reads! Mind you, I'd have prefered a version of Fraternity of the Stone, because killer monks = awesome.
Sorry Ben. Yet another movie in the works about the Battle of Hastings
And lastly, Tomb Raider reboot in the works. Do you think this time they can actually make a *good* movie?
