Mark Your Calendars! October 3rd is the day!

[ThomCat]

It might even be the the greatest day for American women since August 18, 1920. “That will be a national day of celebration for feminists (and, really, for all human beings) everywhere, with dancing in the streets, parades, and fireworks...

http://www.feministe.us/blog/

:)

[ThomCat]

1. Wow. I guess I shouldn't have posted this.

:(

Not serious enough, I guess. Sorry.

I have always been a huge fan of comics. Comic books and comic strips. But this is one that I just could not read without getting irritated. I always thought Cathy was a horrible portrayal of an adult woman who was supposed to be a successful business professional. So its cancellation caught my attention.

Not a big issue, but it made me smile.

[ismnotwasm]

2. I clicked on the link

And got something different than what you've described? Just got off work, and I have to got to bed, maybe you could check it out?

No worries Thomcat

[ThomCat]

4. Oh, the article on the other end must change periodically.

I didn't know that.

Edit:

If you scroll down you'll see it.



It might even be the the greatest day for American women since August 18, 1920. “That will be a national day of celebration for feminists (and, really, for all human beings) everywhere, with dancing in the streets, parades, and fireworks. That is the day that the final Cathy comic strip will be published.”*

For those who are unfamiliar with it, the comic strip, which has been running for 34 years chronicled the life of a woman who spent most of her adulthood freaking out about her weight, embracing a variety of tropes about the planetary origins of men and women, desperately trying to find Prince Charming, and dealing with her mother. Pretty much every strip involved a gag about how Cathy didn’t fit into a bathing suit, a state of complete and total agitation, followed by making a total mess and winding up covered in chocolate. About 30 years into the strip, Cathy married her hapless boyfriend Irving after many, many years of terrible jokes drawn from The Rules and other similarly awful dating advice books. And for the most part, Cathy had the personality of a poorly drawn wet mop. I honestly have no idea how it lasted so long telling the exact same five jokes over and over.

I’ve always gotten the impression that Cathy was meant as something for women to bond over, but for the most part it just reinforced a lot of wretched stereotypes about women: chocoholics who are always desperate to lose weight but can’t part with the carbs, women who ruin their finances by splurging on overpriced handbags and shoes, being mean to Nice Guys™ knowing in the end that they’re the reliable and steady kind you want to marry, mortal panic about being single, etc.

I can remember reading the comics in my local paper at about the age of nine and thinking that Cathy was particularly ridiculous. Wasn’t she ever going to DO something? Didn’t she like herself? What was going on with all the chocolate, shredded wrapping paper, and bemused looking dog? I really wanted her to have a decent relationship with her mother rather than one premised on her mom’s desire for her to find a nice young man and have a respectable life, and wondered why she had the same conversations over and over and over.

[Control-Z]

3. I too got something unexpected at your link.

Can you check it and re-post?

I appreciate all of your posts, ThomCat. It is always good to hear from you. :hug:

Control-Z (formerly dancingAlone :) )

[ThomCat]

5. See above.

That blog keeps updating with new posts, so you have to scroll down to see older posts if something new has been posted. The post I was linking too is now down a few.

[Cerridwen]

6. This should work as a direct link to the blog post you wanted.

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2010/08/13/mark-your-calendars-october-3rd-is-the-day/

And because sometimes DU software does funky stuff with links: http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2010/08/13/mark-your-calendars-october-3rd-is-the-day/">direct link

[ThomCat]

7. Cool. Thank you.

:)

[Cerridwen]

8. You're welcome. It was a fun blog post and I'd hate to see people

miss it. I despised the Cathy cartoon. lol

For future reference when linking to blogs; click the blog entry's title. It should take you to the page with just that entry and provide you with a direct link to that specific blog post.

:hi:

edited because my grammar looked funky to me.

[ismnotwasm]

9. Ok I got it now

Thanks for the links and tips all

Cathy, I remember that comic, I seem to remember at one time it was very popular, with interviews with the artist, which never stopped it from being VERY irritating.


What was her perennial boyfriends name? Clyde or something? Poor Cathy, always a bridesmaid and never a bride with her commitment issues boyfriend. That always struck me as stupid.

Yeah, raise a glass October 3rd and treat yourself to WKWD (what Kathy wouldn't do)and call it good.

[ThomCat]

10. She eventually married him.

But by then I was too disgusted to follow the strip any more.

[bliss_eternal]

11. LOL!

:rofl:

[spooky3]

12. Thom, ha! Is there anything you can do

to hurry along a substantial change to, or cancellation of "Hot in Cleveland?" I think it is a tragic waste of the talent of four good actors. It seems to be "Cathy" on steroids, with a few added bases for jokes -- women who are allegedly friends backstabbing (and frontstabbing) each other; women who feel their age is a terrible thing and who must desperately try to resemble women 30 years younger in order to have any value; and women being as vulgar about their sexuality as the worst stereotypes we have of male locker rooms. Gotta be "edgy", you know.

[ThomCat]

13. I've seen posters for that show

but I don't watch TV so I haven't see the actual show yet.

Just from the advertisements it did not look like it was going to be a very promising show. :(

If I had any clout at all I'd see what I could do. I really would. But if it gets canceled, I promise to break out the good silverware and serving trays and help celebrate with you. :)

[spooky3]

14. and I will break out a nice bottle of something...

but I really wish the show would grow rather than be canceled. I suspect the producers are hoping to create another "Sex in the City" but they ought to bring in a few feminist writers to make the show much more interesting and realistic, and good for the careers of women who are not 20 years old.