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Music, Money and Hip Hop Honeys was a look into the world of the infamous 'video chick' so common across the UK and US hip hop scenes. Overall, I found it well presented with Hedayat's informal method of interviewing played to it's strength. She managed to ask probing questions in a way the interviewee wouldn't find too rude whilst still challenging their ideas and allowing hers to be challenged at the same time. Her silences, though, were just as golden as her interviews, and I can't wait until she presents another documentary. Considering the dearth of intelligent young women on TV these days, I found her to be a breath of fresh air.

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I think it was just hearing the way the young men spoke about the women they exploit that makes me (still) feel rather sad. Both sexes were depicted as playing some game with each other, but the playing field seems pretty well skewed to me.

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Random A/N: on a very superficial positive side, I finally found out the name of this amazing tune I am hooked on:

 I've still yet to sort my life out - at the moment I've exams and thus am undergoing the usual periods of manic revision and depression (though can I say I think I am improving my studying habits of last year and what do you know now we're being taught the facts of life as they stand, suddenly all the little facts and weird random equations make perfect sense. Or at least, the closest to perfect they could get at this present time and space). The webcomic and the novel are still pretty much where they were six months ago; the series of paintings needs to be finished quicksmart; I am still far too lazy for my own good.

Anyway. What a world we live in. The last I heard, China had bought up Spain and all of Studentkind were revolting. I'll admit I missed out on the latter. I think I had a lecture or something.

And then today, I read this:

The personal cost of fighting femicide in Juarez

God-fucking-damn. God-fucking-DAMN.

WTF is wrong with these people?
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Went to see 'There Will Be Blood' this afternoon avec Dill. The first two thirds were excellent, and the acting was equally satisfying throughout... the last third was a little, 'mm', with little in the way of clearcut motivation (for me, at least). Still, the climax was worth it, and the music for the last scene was suitably jarring.

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I find it amsuing how expenive th 'new writers' courses are (£15-£85). Not interested in the slightest in them, but I took a peek just to see how up and coming local writers find themselves getting supported. Quite impressively, clearly...

...and a short cameo made by the topic of vegetarianism!

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The best thing about City of Vice is the relationship between Mary (whose name, when mentioned in the series, is often followed by several exclamation marks) and Henry Fielding. Well, one of the best things because there's that wonderful music (cellos are a tad cliched, but here they work really well) and the blind half-brother who I find the most humane and pragmatic of the two (despite being quite harsh in his judgements of the humanity he encounters), in an odd sort of way. He seems to be the one who really sees his London for what it is, rather than as a (possible) source of inspiration for a couple of short stories.

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Someone came up with the marvellous quote by Mahatma Gandhi which goes along the lines that a truly great society is one where it's animals are treated well/equally. Said person was a vegetarian and was upholding her moral superiority before a load of rather ignorant, rude and prejudiced... non-vegetarians.

My problem with this quote and her use of it, is that she was implying, demonstrated by the rest of her post, that by being a vegetarian, she was superior to 'society'.

This made me think and come to the conclusion that unfortunately not. If only, perhaps. Just because you are a vegetarian, does not make you apart from non-vegetarian society. You still pay taxes, buy clothes from shops, live in a house, go to college/University... in short, you are still part of the society, regardless of your personal politics. The only way to get away from it would be to set up a sort of commune (the logic of which was then beginning to dawn on me) and just 'drop out' of society. Then you would be part of a society that really was morally superior. w00t.

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Or, fuck up the food industry from the inside, heh. That might be a good way to go.

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For some reason, I find I really enjoy watching 'Little Miss Sunshine'. The father is the sort of figure you just love to disparage.