On gay marriage and gender

There's been a bunch of discussion about Prop 8 (to ban gay marriage) in California on my flist recently. Now, not being californian or even american it's not something I have much specific to say on but it got me thinking.

First, some links:( Read more... )

( And now some thoughts on abolishing gender )

Now they're not even trying

So you know how I said West Wing totally stole the plot of the current election? Well the Chief of staff of Obama Santos was the cute(*) and unrealistically snarky Josh Lyman, who was a senior advisor to the previous democratic president. Josh was apparently based on the democratic politician Rahm Emanuel.

And now? Rahm Emanuel is Obama's chief of staff. You have to watch Rahm Emanuel reads a love letter, really, it's bizarre (ok, he's a bit more Jon Stewart than Josh Lyman, but still)

(*)At least to me :)