Her Identity as an Extraterrestrial

"Don't bother looking for my belly button, boys-

You won't find it."

"At this very moment, little girls are whispering their woes

into my hollow solar plexus."

"planning an Earth girl's emancipation."

My favorite poem in Kinky is called: Barbie, Her Identity As An Extraterrestrial Finally Suspected, Bravely Battles the Interrogation Of The Pentagon Task Force Who's Captured Her. (VERY Long title, I know) This poem caught my attention because all throughout the quarter, as we read about Barbie, not often is she referred to as an extraterrestrial. It was definitely a unique outlook on Barbie and her effect on us. It was a fresh and funny approach, that in my opinion, holds a lot of truths.

"By some accounts, Barbie has strange and unnatural powers. Like an alien from another planet, she enters the home of unsuspecting victims and turns them into aliens too."

The passage in Barbie's Queer Accessories, Sister From Another Planet, also refers to Barbie as an extraterrestrial being. However, in BQA, Barbie is dealt with more negatively where she is possessing women and children. But in Kinky she is emancipating "Earth girls". Two completely different ideas involving alien Barbie. Possessing or Emancipating? Which is it? They have opposite meanings and therefore she cannot be both. Right?

France has began the dismantling of Islam

On CNN: French Burqa Ban Clears Last Legal Obstacle...

Oct. 7th 2010

Reading this article was quite a trip for me. I found myself both aggravated and confused. Normally, I am against Governments infringing the right's of individuals and specific groups for the "betterment" of the public. But I found myself agreeing with the logic behind this ban. I still haven't figured it out, which still pisses me off that I cannot make up my mind as to what my opinion is regarding this. While I like to believe that everyone deserves to dress and worship in the way that they feel is right for them, this freedom may endanger the general public. As much as I hated it when she said this, my mom used to always tell me when I did something wrong: "Once you abuse a freedom, you will have it taken away." When I got upset at a teacher for punishing the whole class she responded: "Sorry hun, the few bad ones will spoil it for you all." It is sad that French-Muslim Women will not be able to perform their beliefs regarding the burqa. However, it is also sad that Radical Muslims have used the burqas as masks during their cruel terror acts.