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Family Guy an animated television series on Fox aired an extremely transphobic episode on Mother's Day. The episode called "Quagmire's Dad" was about a big life change for his father, a recognized Navy war hero veteran. The episode is filled with homophobic and transphobic language and judgment.
It starts off with the father coming to town and Quagmire's friends commenting on how "gay" the father seemed, because he exhibited gay stereotypes including an (effeminate voice, desire to entertain, drinks Cosmo's, etc). When Quagmire confronts his dad he admits he admits he is not gay but really a woman trapped inside a man's body.
Quagmire asks for support from the Griffin's, the wife Lois offers that her husband Peter will go to the hospital for the sex change operation. Lois and Peter remark that the whole thing seems "pretty gay" but that it is "obviously weird" and Lois finishes off by telling the two men that they should "enjoy the circus" referring to the hospital visitation.
In the waiting room there is the talk of "he/she" and the "penis being chopped off" an obvious disregard of using correct pronouns and propagation of the myth that transwomen remove their penis.
When Quagmire's father transitions she takes on the name Ida and is invited over to the Griffin's for dinner. She brings a pie but Lois immediately tells her daughter to throw it away. This plays on the irrational fears of interacting with trans people. Over dinner Peter asks the inappropriate question "do you miss your penis?" and asks about the legitimacy of her "knockers".
When Ida meets the Griffin's dog, they develop a relationship. The dog (Brian) is thrilled at meeting a new and wonderful woman but gets disgusted and vomits when he finds out she is transgender.
Real issues came up during the episode which explored issues such as orientation & gender identity, coming out, surgery, and family and societal acceptance of transition. Unfortunately the show misrepresented facts about the transgender experience and instead exploited trans people for a few laughs.
Fox accepts feedback on their shows, please tell them transphobic material does not belong on the air and that they should pull the show.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Family Guy's Transphobic Mother's Day Episode
55 comments:
- Casey McAdams said...
Okay, I'll just come out and say it: you are taking this too seriously. As a transman I will say it again: you are taking this too seriously.
Family Guy is not homophobic or transphobic in the least. If you've watched any other episodes you'd know this. Heck, the baby Stewie is a closeted homosexual.
The purpose of this episode, as with all of the FG episodes on controversial issues, it to put the moral in a way a moronic, douchebag would understand: in humor. Getting the point across in a way that's not too heavy, that'll make a homophobic/transphobic person actually sit through the whole thing to understand the big picture.
And in today's society that is much needed to get through to people. I say kudos to Seth McFarlene. I enjoyed this ep quite a lot. - May 9, 2010 at 10:14 PM
I agree with casey that humor is definitely a good thing nowadays and I also tend to enjoy things that make jokes about homosexuality in a not too offensive way, but this episode might have taken it a bit too far..
- May 9, 2010 at 10:39 PM
- BlackTsunami said...
I don't know, Casey.
I like ribald humor and have enjoyed Family Guy from its inception, but as I really didn't find the episode funny. A little offensive and downright stupid maybe. The vomiting sequence was BEYOND idiotic. All in all a disappointingly sloppy episode. - May 9, 2010 at 10:42 PM
- Megasaurus said...
I'll second Casey: Of course it's tasteless. Family Guy is not about sophisticated humor. It beats you over the head with it. The outrageous reactions might even make people examine their own terrible reactions to transpeople, as one of my friends pointed out.
On a more practical note, complaining to Fox that this is an offensive episode will make about as much sense as complaining to a movie theater that your popcorn is salty. - May 9, 2010 at 10:44 PM
So, it was okay for them to be racist, misogynist, bigoted, xenophobic, anti-semitic, and classist... But it can't be homophobic or transphobic? Come on. Family Guy and their creators and talent are all LGBQTABCDEFG friendly and have always stated such. They have, in the many years they've been on air, lightly touched on gay jokes and the like. This is no different.
- May 9, 2010 at 10:47 PM
I think the episode was disgusting. As a gay man, I found the "Peter becomes gay episode" funny because it poked fun at stereotypes but this was downright hateful and reinforced so many stereotypes about transgender people.
- May 9, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- Queers United said...
I don't think anyone is suggesting that some politically incorrect humor isn't funny. It's good to be able to laugh at ourselves and others within moderation. But this was over the top, there are ways to make a funny episode involving gay and trans folks without exploitation.
- May 9, 2010 at 10:52 PM
- Giselle Renarde said...
I knew I could count on y'all to post on this episode. I missed the first half so I won't say too too much...
...but I will say this: enough with the vomit, already! Seriously. I felt the same way after the Cleavland Show episode we discussed.
Having sex with my transsexual girlfriend does not make me want to vomit, and I'm sick to hell of this enterprise pushing the idea that sleeping with a trans woman is revolting.
Yes, it's comedy--and low comedy at that--but the joke is OLD and it wasn't funny to begin with.
Giselle - May 9, 2010 at 11:05 PM
- FEMily! said...
I am disappointed in two things: 1) The only time trans women ever get any exposure in television is when a cis woman or cis man plays one as either the butt of a joke or a stereotype (violent, prostitute, etc). 2) This episode could have been enlightening. The interactions between Quagmire and Ida were good and the best any of us could have hoped for. I liked when Ida said "I'm not changing my past. I'm changing my future" when Quagmire said that he always saw his dad as a manly war hero. But the ignorance of everyone in that episode (except Quagmire) was so over-the-top. And Ida ending up having sex with Brian, a dog, just reinforced the false belief that trans women are sexually perverted. I don't think viewers are going to change their minds about their transphobic views after watching this episode.
- May 9, 2010 at 11:18 PM
I'm not transgendered, but I am intersexed, so perhaps I am not in a position to to empathize, but having watched Family Guy for years, I've never known them not to offend *somebody*.
Perhaps the problem is when one person in a given community is offended, then feels like they can speak for the whole community. When they made fun of Marlee Matlin for being deaf, she was a great sport about it, but "the deaf community" suddenly was outraged.
Whatever happened to being an individual?
In other words, I don't see them making fun of all deaf people, just Marlee Matlin. I don't see them making fun of all transgendered people, just Cleveland's dad.
--Nathan - May 9, 2010 at 11:24 PM
Get ya off ya shoulders and get over it. It's a good show that has done a decent job covering gay issues. I agree with what someone else said about how they have made fun of every other type of person. That's how these shows work. Pick a f*ckin' cause and learn to choose your battles people. Come onnnn!
- May 9, 2010 at 11:27 PM
They make fun of everyone across the board - if it were a constant or singular storyline that perpetuated harmful views that would be different...but it is all in good fun and not to be taken that seriously.
- May 9, 2010 at 11:57 PM
I am a huge fan of the show. Sometimes it makes me squirm uncomfortably, but normally I laugh out loud. However, this episode wasn't at all intelligent. Every segment of society should be open to a little humor at their expense, but there was there was no moment of that Family guy is known for. Not cool.
- May 10, 2010 at 12:18 AM
Yes the show makes fun of a variety of groups, but they went out of their way to take a group who gets maimed, beaten and even killed for something as simple as trying to use a bathroom to sex offenders. It's actually disappointing that they've bothered to try to be at least a bit more balanced with issues like gay marriage. I wonder which lazy writer thought pulling out old, stale, mean spirited views of transsexuals was the way to go for this episode.
- May 10, 2010 at 12:23 AM
Evert time I come to this website I always end up thinking that the author is overreacting. I wonder whether overreactions like this do LGBT people more harm than good by making us look like angry folks out of touch with reality. It certainly detracts focus from actual concerns. Shame.
- May 10, 2010 at 12:35 AM
C'mon folks, It IS "Fammily Guy" after all. they go overboard about every issue they've had. Actually, one way to bring about change is to force people to see the truth so much that it is impossible to go on ignoring the issue without publicly showing their stupidly. It also allows some people to openly discuss an issue where before they would have been embarrased or afraid to speak about it when it might offend friends or family. Remember the old show biz axiom, "any publicity is good publicity".
- May 10, 2010 at 1:34 AM
- GrrrlRomeo said...
I've watched Family Guy for years. I've never been offended by an episode until now. For one, I could see the "vomiting scene" coming from a mile away. That's almost always how the characters on TV who unknowingly sleep with a transsexual person react upon finding out. In reality transsexual women are actually murdered in those situations. I was somewhat prepared for the usual offensive vomiting. But Brian didn't just vomit, he vomited for an extended period of time. Classic Seth McFarland to try to make something funny funnier by extending it an absurd amount of time. Only this time it wasn't funny to begin with, so he only extended the awfulness of it.
All this episode succeeded in doing was to say transphobia is funny. It didn't succeed in making fun of transphobia or point out the errs of it as satire is supposed to do.
When Family Guy portrays racism, or classism or homophobia it's funny because it shows how absurd it is. They failed to do that here. - May 10, 2010 at 1:52 AM
Can ANYONE name a character on Family Guy that was the center of attention came off as positive? Everytime theere was a character that had a storyline they did nothing positive...oddly enough ...except for Chris. It's usually the person that he is with that acts the fool.
Peter gets a new black best friend he imagines the black guy having his way with his wife.
Peter gets a restaurant he doesn't want physically challenged people in there.
Family Guy is a parody of the usual family sows where Daddy knows best and mother is pure and big sister is beautiful and precious. have you SEEN the way they treat Meg? NO ONE ever behaves properly. It's usually some outside party that corrects the main protagonist of the episode.
So..we were expecting a positive way to talk about anybody queer positive on THAT show?
Here's is a hint: THEY ARE ROLE MODELS FOR DOING WRONG! THEY A GOOFUS AND GOOFUS. No Galant! - May 10, 2010 at 3:28 AM
Oh look, trans guys saying that something which exploits and belittles trans women isn't a big deal. Shocking.
- May 10, 2010 at 3:53 AM
As the actor who played the girl with autism said, it's about making fun of yourself and learning to laugh and not just go through life milking the sympathy train - obviously, you have to be secure enough in your own being to laugh at yourself...which many aren't.
I agree with a few of the posters here - Family Guy has been very consistent with making fun of topics such as obesity, 'red-necks', Catholics, nerds, black, asian, autistic and Jewish people, etc. The point of the show is to highlight and personify the ignorance of mainstream society, as with what the Simpsons had done in the 80/90s.
At the end of the episode, Quagmire DID show acceptance and there was a heart to heart and he STILL loved his father regardless. The show's creator is in no way homophobic and has been a huge supporter of gay rights.
Lighten up and laugh a little! - May 10, 2010 at 4:02 AM
- Will said...
There are many serious and important issues facing the LGBT communities. Dealing with a cartoon isn't one of them. Pick your battles people before devoting resources to them. When even winning won't amount to jack, then choose a different fight.
- May 10, 2010 at 4:11 AM
Family Guy has a way of reaching a level of satire most do not understand, and in response, do not like. It just so happens that the level in question is the exploitation of the moronic and how it is a fundamental part of our existence. Not all stories end in a nice big hug or with some enlightened understanding that changes views. Family Guy realizes this and employs it to their benefit, thus gaining humor from it. It is the fact that enlightenment is absent that we find humorous. Most of the responses (not necessarily here) to this episode by the LGBT community have been so-so and that is understandable: when satirizing something near and dear to so many people, they become more defensive than if it was over something less personal. By assuming this episode was damaging or problematic causes one to miss the point: that the statement the episode is making is realistic in its treatment of the issue. There are still several people uncomfortable with not only transsexuals but also homosexuals in the world; therefore, to nicely tighty up the ends with some bias moral message would deride the subtly in the actual message being conveyed that a logical, reasoning individual would be able to pick up on: there is nothing to be stated but only shown. To show the discomfort and phobia toward transsexual individuals, the viewed is able to see the dilemma instead of being patronized over why it is wrong; the old "actions speak louder than words" ideal is the main point. I've heard the entire series be called tacky, crude, uncivilized, etc. and that is what it goes for because that is the way in which most people think. Not every thought is good and tolerate that we think; by showing this, it makes us deal with our own interpretations of those around us and proves to be more enlightening than if it was beating us over the head with a blatant message.
- May 10, 2010 at 5:00 AM
- Fabio Beaverhausen said...
Well I agree with Casey, this was hilarious i had a lot fun watching it and i'm gay...
You're all taking this wayyyyyyy to seriously - May 10, 2010 at 5:14 AM
I think the characters were made to overreact on purpose. It stimulates people to reason about such things, and to make us see the characters' stupidity and ignorance.
- May 10, 2010 at 5:30 AM
What everyone is forgetting is that straight people find transgendered people "weird", even gay people need to get used to it. My BEST friend is FTM and it took me years to cope with. Family Guy portrayed how a "typical" low class family would react to the news that someone they know is transgendered. They act stupid, make tasteless jokes, but the one person it mattered to understand was Quagmire and after he got over his insecurity he did the most important thing, and loved his parent! As for Ida having sex with Bryan and being a pervert...BRIAN HAS SEX WITH STRAIGHT GIRLS CONSTANTLY! Does that make straight women perverts? His cousin(a dog!) has sex with a foreign gay man, does that make foreign gay men perverts? What we all need to realize and embrace here is that IT'S A F**KING CARTOON!
- May 10, 2010 at 8:20 AM
People, it's satire. They were purposely 'making fun' of a subject to raise the public's awareness of it. If anything, the show was using it's characters as a way of showing the irrational 'fear' that many people have of trans-gender people is absolutely unnecessary. Family Guy does this sort of thing ALL THE TIME, whether it's about race, sexuality, etc. This is what they did in that episode. Plus, you calling for people to contact FOX to have the show pulled off the air makes you no better than those ridiculous Christian groups (the Parents TV Council) who always call for FOX to pull the show because it makes fun of Christian values. Also, I could see being upset if the episode ended with the characters continuing to 'bash' the trans-gender character, but it ended with Quagmire coming to terms with his father's decision and embracing their relationship.
- May 10, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Shine On said...
why would you expect enlightenment from Family Guy. It's family Guy. I'm gay. I'm a person of color. And never once have I taken anything Family Guy has chosen to poke fun at as personal attack against the group. I mean if they chose to leave all sub-cultures and ethnic backgrounds other than the main stream alone all we would get is jokes about overweight white guys. By-the-way main character is a running joke that way. So calm down please. It's totally fine. They're not saying transwomen are gross. If anything the over-reaction should spell out how ridiculous a real persons fear might be.
And hey, the trans women had sex with a dog. opps. - May 10, 2010 at 11:08 AM
OKAY SERIOUSLY, read up on the show and it's creator: Seth MacFarlane is an activist for gay and transgendered rights. He created Family Guy as a stereotype to show it's viewers a mockery of what America has become. In fact MacFarlane has a gay cousin and he became infuriated when some other family members suggested that 'curing' his cousin would be the way to go. That's what prompted his defense for LBGT rights.
Do your research before you start blasting.
Iiiiidiots.... - May 10, 2010 at 11:15 AM
I was going to post a rebuttal to this post, but I see almost all of the other commenters already did!
Honestly, you don't want to overreact to humor- don't be like the fundamentalist Muslims reacting to South Park.
Just like that case, you are upset about superficial aspects of the show, not the deeper message- Transphobia exists. The Griffin family portrayed it. and in case you don't watch the show, the Griffin family are not role models.
What was important was what Quagmire's father said, and that Quagmire grew to accept his new mother.
... and to the person who complained about Ida having sex with a dog, Brian is not exactly a dog. He is an anthropomorphic character, common in cartoons. He has relationships with human women all the time, it's not bestiality. Think of him as a man in his early thirties. - May 10, 2010 at 11:43 AM
Oh please! Family guy makes fun of EVERYONE! This is NO different. They've made fun of african americans, gays, women, children (they have a pedophile as a regular character for goodness sake!) and every other type of person.
Why this is any different I have no idea?
It's nitpicking like this that makes me realize that the LGBT community (of which I am a member of) needs to re-evaluate which side of the fence they stand on and pick their battles wisely.
Family Guy has always been for the LGBT community and to whine and complain about it seems extremely counter-productive when there are so many bigger fish to fry in this country. - May 10, 2010 at 11:54 AM
While some of the viewpoints within this article are valid (depending on one chooses to interpret them) I am surprised that the writer chose NOT to discuss any of the things the episode did "right". Just as the author feels trans people have been misrepresented, the suthor also chose to misrepresent this episode (and overall structure and style of this show).
Bored. - May 10, 2010 at 12:09 PM
I don't know whether to call it transphobia or satire. The things said and done in that episode where the typical (ignorant, hateful, & downright hurtful) reactions that most people have to transgendered people. The things that Peter and Lois said & did; Brian's exaggerated reaction to finding about Ida; even Quagmire's reaction to his own father's sex change are all things that I've heard come out of people's mouth. They're all ignorant and maybe the folks behind Family Guy were making fun of that and not people who identify as transgendered. Then again they could cruel & insensitive so who really knows?
- May 10, 2010 at 3:13 PM
Lighten up people! It's cartoon that makes fun of everybody.
- May 10, 2010 at 3:20 PM
Well, I didn't think it was too bad.
Family Guy is known for being over the top and pushing the limits.
I don't think they were intentionally setting out to hurt people's feelings, especially when Seth McFarlane is a big LGBT rights activist.
I think they were just doing the usual pushing the limit thing. However, it is quite possible that maybe this time it was taken just a bit too far. - May 10, 2010 at 5:31 PM
The people who equate this with picking on ___... it's not the same. Transsexuals and transgender people are a ridiculed minority. Yes, Family Guy picks on everyone, but going on and on about how a transwoman is GROSSDISGUSTINGVOMITWORTHY is not the same as picking on, say, African Americans -- because it's UNDERSTOOD that picking on African Americans is wrong. People are only just beginning to think that MAYBE it isn't A-OK to discriminate and hate transpeople, and those are the most "progressive, liberal people."
To the majority, transpeople are fair game and always in season. That's why this is wrong. It's not picking on transpeople to pick on everyone; it's reinforcing the idea that picking on transpeople is normal and good for humor. - May 10, 2010 at 6:22 PM
I am so glad someone else agrees (Thanks Casey!! well said)... Family guy makes fun of EVERYONE and thats the whole point.. I haven't watched the episode yet but now I can't wait, because its probably hilarious. People need to relax. (I will add that I am also a transman for reference and do NOT feel I'lm speaking out of turn, thanks)
Jordan - May 10, 2010 at 7:10 PM
- R.J. said...
These comments make me sick. I was expecting people to say things like "It's Family Guy, you're not going to win", but "It's Family Guy, so it's not a problem"? I was a fan of Family Guy during its unpopular first run, but recently it's been a shitshow on every topic, playing off of hateful stereotypes under the guise of "edginess". The fact that they talk about something does not make an episode a "satire" of the issue. I know they make fun of everyone - and this isn't my first problem with them. Shit like this does nothing but confirm the fear and ridicule that a lot of the Family Guy audience already treat trans people with.
- May 10, 2010 at 8:23 PM
how the hell is this offensive? its clever satire about how people treat transexuals. notice she's the only one there whos not crazy, and that brian was obviously on the right mind track about her as a person; but it satirizes it by showing regular people acting like retards.
- May 10, 2010 at 8:51 PM
I'll admit that the vomit was a little cliche. I expected more from them. Maybe they ran out of ideas or something >.> but Family Guy is far from homophobic. When we first met Quagmire's dad I actually thought, "Wow, seems like everyone on Family Guy is gay." A lot of the funnier characters (i.e. Stewie and Bruce) are gay.
- May 10, 2010 at 8:55 PM
They show no mercy for anyone so why would they show some for gays and transgenders. And this is coming from a gay man.
- May 11, 2010 at 12:37 AM
Hey, Family Guy is an equal-opportunity offender. Nobody is immune, everyone gets mocked, humiliated, degraded or otherwise offended.
Check out the OneMillionMoms website. Family Guy is on their radar at least once a month, and those sandy ladies have got some serious clout.
Don't tilt at windmills, folks. - May 11, 2010 at 1:26 AM
Here's what I posted on facebook regarding this:
Being transgender, I would have found it far more insulting and patronizing for Family Guy to disregard the ignorant, unintentionally hurtful and flat-out bigoted responses and epithets we are commonly subjected to when coming out. This program is constantly "offensive" and not PC which is why I generally avoid it. I made sure to look this particular episode up before making a judgment. I was most bothered by the lazy recycling of the "Oh no I slept with a transwoman" vomit gag from The Cleveland Show. All of the slurs were not something I wanted to hear but that is because Family Guy is not the type of program I typically enjoy, not because Family Guy had suddenly lost it's strong moral high ground.
I really appreciated the distinction being made between gender and sexuality. My own parents asked me if I was now a lesbian when coming out as trans. I had to explain to them that identifying as male doesn't alter my attraction to men. - May 11, 2010 at 2:36 AM
- libhom said...
Wow, Fox's PR people are sending an army of trolls to this post.
The show is horribly bigoted, and this Astroturf "support" for it is sleazy.
I'm so glad I never, never watch anything on any of Rupert Murdoch's fascist propaganda networks. - May 11, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- Just Jennifer said...
Several thoughts...
"the myth that transwomen remove their penis..." Now, since I don't identify as a "transwoman," but as simply a woman, I can only speak for myself. While it is true that parts of my penis were used to create a clitoris and to line my vagina, I certainly DON'T think of myself as still having a penis. I know that some like to retain that link to their manhood, I am glad to be rid of my "penis."
As to the comments defending Family Guy. I like the show generally, but this episode was inexcusable. Nothing substantive was done to offset the impression that their is something wrong with transsexuals. Stuff like Brian's prolonged vomiting, his psychotic showering, the hateful comments...these all played to common bigoted views of transsexuals. This show was not satire, it was not mocking hate, it was not even really mocking "transgenders." It was mocking people with a legitimate medical issue. And it was playing to the worst stereotypes. - May 11, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Brian's reaction seems a little unsettling because Brian is generally portrayed as one of the saner, more intellectual members of the Griffin clan. I wouldn't expect him to perpetuate myths and prejudices as much as some of the other characters would.
I can see both sides on this. Some people like Family Guy's brand of humor. Personally, I don't. But I think it's really wrong to tell people who are upset to "get over it." Just because some people are okay with it doesn't mean that everyone has to be. - May 11, 2010 at 2:58 PM
Other than the puking scene I thought it was fine (not so much that I found that particular scene to be offensive, but more of that it was just a bit too much and over the top).
And as it has been said many times before, you have to take Family Guy with a grain of salt. They have presented people of the transgendered umbrella before (though I will admit with stereotypes rather intact) - for instance, Stewie cross-dresses in a few different episodes and in the one where they go to Texas and Brian dresses him up as a girl to protect him from the religious radicals, Stewie notes that he feels right for the first time (which I found a bit clever, though the gender-identity or sexual-orientation of Stewie is completely unclear despite the stereotypes that would quickly land him in the area of straight transgendered female or cross-dressing gay male), or the episode where Stewie goes to the future and Ron (Meg after transition) walks into the Griffin house and Peter tries to call him Meg.
I think the only stereotype they've possibly actually made truly stronger, though, is maybe the concept that transgender is a new level of gay... but all things considered, unless someone's to understand what is means to be trans, it's pretty hard to avoid or squash that one. (And while Lous's comments in the conversation with Quagmire and Peter about Ira's SRS are a bit offensive, they are ones that would be common ones made by the ignorant folks of society - which the Griffins certainly are - considering their reactions to people of color, different religions, alternative lifestyles, ect)
The episode may not have nearly as much merit as the rest of the show, and may be offensive in ways (but then, what episode of Family Guy isn't offensive?), but that's not a reason to start a wave of hate-mail to Fox or Seth McaFarlane. - May 11, 2010 at 5:50 PM
- Zoe Brain said...
Seth McFarlane said:
"I can safely say that the transsexual community will be very, very happy with the "Quagmire" episode that we have coming up in a couple of months. It's probably the most sympathetic portrayal of a transexual character that has ever been on television, dare I say."
The thing is... he's probably right. Having a dog projectile vomit after having had sex with a "tranny", throwing out food that IT had prepared, and comparing them with sex offenders is mild compared to the way they're usually treated. - May 12, 2010 at 3:38 AM
- The Wizard of 'OZ' said...
As I watched that show I continued to hope for some plot change - but ended up being so disgusted with the flat out hate message and tone of the show. I created a fb page :
and it appears that some folks disagree. I am a very tolerant person. I think that this particular episode, for me at least was teh last straw w/ Mr. MacFarlane. He is continually attacking all marginalized people and that is not helping the world become tolerant and certainly not accepting of people who are percieved as different. To some people, Different equates with Afraid. Afraid to me results from lack of knowledge on a particular subject making it an unknown and worthy of an attack. Get a grip Seth! - May 12, 2010 at 6:47 PM
- Bee said...
I know the show is supposed to be satirical, but it's really not my thing. I don't get the humor in mocking struggling minority groups.
- May 15, 2010 at 2:31 AM
As a trans guy (and I know there are not enough of us saying this) I absolutely agree that this episode was transphobic and misogynistic (and it's no secret that Family Guy has an issue with misogyny.) But if they did actually pull the episode? I would fear a Streisand effect, like the South Park "Trapped in the Closet" episode that was pulled and ended up getting even more attention.
- May 15, 2010 at 7:56 PM
If you found this offensive then you need to stop being so oversensitive.
- May 27, 2010 at 9:02 AM
May I be the only one to point out Quagmire's dad is NOT gay hes a trani. There is a difference. And the fact that Peter and the guys were saying he was "gay" was only to point out in the story line how femenine his Quagmire's dad was acting. Besides the fact that Seth Macfalane is an openly strong supporter of hommosexual rites. I dont think he would allow something so offensive to pass through his show. In my opinion your are seeing things that are just not there.
- May 31, 2010 at 3:11 PM
I think Seth McFarlane should publicly apologize for the offensive episode. I am a fan of Family Guy, but this went too far. I don't think the show should be pulled off the air permanently, but I do think some things need to be explained and Seth REALLY needs to address this, because the line between humor and insults was just crossed.
- June 6, 2010 at 11:48 PM
- bed frames said...
I know the show is supposed to be satirical, but it's really not my thing. I don't get the humor in mocking struggling minority groups.
- June 23, 2010 at 4:10 AM
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To be very frank I m so crazy about Family Guy Tv . - September 30, 2010 at 5:20 AM


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Today I am borrowing some of your time to pay tribute to my grandmother, Paulette. No tears. No drama. No long drawn out sadness on my part. I am over all that. I have been over it even before she passed, three years ago. Quietly. Softly. That's how I am spending my day. Flipping through photo albums. Trying to sort emotions, thoughts and feelings about her. Smiling. Mostly smiling. And I am finding a bit of comfort by preparing some rice pudding like she used to make us when we had a rough time.
Like many of you, a lot of my memories evolve around food. Some bring me back to her apricot tart, some to her floating islands. And many colds, sore throats and heartbreaks to her rice pudding. There is something about the smell of milk and vanilla simmering on the stove that instantly calms me down. Its simplicity and the memories associated with the gestures of making "riz au lait" helps me focus on the important. It's nothing fancy, but simply good and homey. Like Mamie Paulette.
I was here when my mom called me to tell me she had passed. We were actually packing our suitcases to go on a short vacation. I remember calling the airline to immdiately change my plane ticket and actually tell the agent on the other end "I don't care if I am being a pain. No one messes with me today." She would have said it just like that too. A few hours later I was on a plane, doing what I had done just a few years before for my brother. Yep, August could clearly suck if I did let it get to me. But it does not. Not anymore.
There are birthdays to be celebrated. There are dinners and get togethers to be had. Most importantly there is plenty of sun to be enjoyed. And for my grandmother, if there was any of the above in her day, she was happy. I am like her in that way. In many other ways too as Bill likes to remind me constantly (some are not that endearing mind you!). I like that.
Today I am happy because I have all three. A good dinner is planned with friends and I am making another batch of rice pudding for dessert. It may not be a summer dessert per se but I know our friends will enjoy it. The slightly intoxicating smells of vanilla beans, the simmering of a good story to go along with it. I am also serving it with some citrus spiked caramel sauce tonight. I don't remember Mamie ever making it like this but that's my way of creating new memories.
I called my grandfather this morning (he'll be 99 in wo weeks!). My mother was there too. As were my uncles and cousins. We shared a few chosen moments that defined grandma for us. We laughed and we smiled, exactly like the day we told her goodbye. All is well.
As bloggers, we are here for the good times and the bad. There are a couple of posts that struck a cord with me this week. We all are comfortable enough with you, readers, to give you the upbeat, the fun, the creative but also the truth that sometimes, we don't really feel like jumping and down. But we feel enough at ease to tell you so because the good moments as well as the harder ones define our personalities and how they come throughout our blogs, throughout the days. Thank you for that.
We all celebrate the ones we love in different ways. That's why we and they are unique. If you have a minute, leave a note to Marc who is paying tribute to his wife and blogger Bri from Figs With Bri (warning: I sobbed for a few minutes) and to my bad-ass chica, Jen from Use Real Butter who is remembering her lovely sister Kris. I also would love to hear about some of the memories you may have. Good or bad.
Here is one about my grandmother everytime I make Floating Islands. My space is yours.
One year ago: Roasted Apricot and Lavender Panna Cottas.
Riz Au Lait A La Vanille – Vanilla Rice Pudding:
Serves 4
For the rice:
1/2 cup (100gr) arborio rice
1 1/2 cups (315ml) whole milk
1/2 cup (60ml) heavy cream
1/2 vanilla bean, split open and seeded
1/4 cup (50gr) sugar
For the citrus caramel sauce: (optional)
1/2 cup (100gr) sugar
2 tablespoons water
zest and juice of one lemon
Prepare the rice pudding:
In a stainer, rinse the rice under cold water for a minute to remove some of its natural starch.
In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, bring the rice, milk, cream and vanilla bean and seeds to a simmer. Cook until tender, stirring occasionally for about 20 to 30 minutes. Add the sugar, stir briefly and remove from the heat. Let cool for a few minutes and divide the pudding evenly among ramekins. Let cool to room temperature and serve with the caramel sauce.
Prepare the caramel:
Place the sugar and water in a medium sized saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook until the mixture becomes a golden amber color. Carefully add the lemon juice and zest (it will splatter so stand back a little). Stir the caramel until completely smooth again. Remove from the heat and let it cool until ready to serve.

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Our experts can provide a wide variety of conversions in Tone, ranging across all shapes and sizes. Even now, we are working across the UK with a long list of clients in need of garage conversion help – and we have made sure that each one walks away satisfied with our work.
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Garage conversion costs are never an exact number. There can be a lot of details or additions that change how much it costs, for better or for worse, and you may want to push your budget a little higher than necessary to cover any additional costs that might crop up during the project.
A garage conversion will always have a base cost of some kind, usually, one based on the amount of materials and work involved. These are general estimates and are decided on a case-by-case basis. Since each garage project is unique, our work is bespoke, so no two clients get the exact same cost estimate.
The larger your garage conversion is, both in physical size and in scope, the more it costs on average. Larger conversions need more materials, more extensive checks, additional supply trips and sometimes even more manpower to create.
The scale of your existing garage, as well as the size and scope of the conversion being done, are important. We can help you refine your plan to remove unnecessary costs, helping you stay within budget while still giving you the same kind of conversion that you had initially planned for.
The more complex a garage conversion is, the more it will cost. While we aim to keep everything we create as affordable for the client as possible, there will always be certain things that are simply more expensive than others – such as extending a garage roof or building an entire new room.
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A garage conversion, just like a loft conversion project, can add up to 20% additional value to your home in Tone. Of course, this varied based on the kind of conversion that you are aiming for since some are more valued by the housing market than others.
For example, an en-suite bathroom can often give you a solid 20% extra value to your home, while something more niche might not raise the value quite as much.
If you are adding a room that potential buyers would want in a new home in Tone, then you can expect the value of your home to shoot up further.
By contrast, something very specific (like a utility room that is designed for a single hobby) will still increase the value of the house, but not as much.
Either way, making the new space into a usable room is still a value-adding move, even if you do not furnish the room yourself.
Knowing the estimated cost of your garage conversion can be important, even if you are still at the planning stage. One of the most important factors in determining your budget is the type of garage conversion that you are getting.
Not only do different types of garage conversion have different results, but they also take different levels of effort. One garage conversion option in Tone may require far more work and time than another – especially if it adjusts the existing foundations and room – while offering a much larger amount of extra living space in return.
An attached garage conversion focuses on converting a garage attached to your home separately. Since attached garages are connected to the main house through at least one door, they do not require much work to transform into a new space.
The existing structure of this garage can remain relatively unchanged, although you may want to remove the existing garage door. Removing every external ground-level door makes the attached garage much more secure, but keeping the garage doors is still practical if you are turning it into a hobby space.
Most of the garage conversion cost here comes from having to install new pipework and electrical wires, as well as the installation or removal of certain internal walls. Some clients even prefer to knock down the wall separating the garage from the main room that it connects to, extending their floor space instead by combining the two rooms together.
Attached garage conversion projects often cost around £10,000 to £20,000 in total, depending on the scale of the project and the amount of work done. Removing load-bearing walls would bump this up slightly higher, as would changing the foundations.
We can make sure that your attached garage is converted quickly and within your budget, turning it into a habitable space that matches your specifications. Every garage conversion specialist within our ranks is fully equipped to break down the costs involved in each step of the process, so let us know if you need more information.
Integral garage jobs are a lot cheaper than attached garage conversion projects. Since these garages are already taking up floor space by 'replacing' a room within your home, converting them can be a better way to get more floor space from the existing structure of your home.
These are the cheapest options due to the nature of the garage itself. Since it is 'slotted' into the existing structure, it often has the same wall quality as the rest of the house, and two-storey homes have a room up above instead of a garage roof that will need improving.
Features like a damp-proof course and roof insulation are already either taken care of or completely irrelevant, meaning that most of the work goes into the garage space itself.
It is not hard for us to turn your garage into a liveable space worthy of the main house. The highest cost may come from removing the original garage doors and installing a new wall space instead.
An integral garage conversion is the cheapest option at around £7,500 to £12,500. The entire project boils down to overhauling a single room. Roofing usually is not a problem, and the walls are often just as reliable as any other room's, meaning the two major problem areas are the door and garage floors.
Since this kind of garage is so cheap and unobtrusive to convert, you often have more flexibility with how your garage is laid out. We can have a structural engineer or another specialist look over your plans, helping you refine your layout while still allowing you to break up the new room however you like.
Detached garage conversion work is much more expensive than the previous two types since the garage is completely separate. Even a single garage can be costly since the expenses involved in setting up electrical, water and gas lines can be much higher due to the distance and the effort needed to get everything installed.
There can also be a lot more work required during the conversion itself. The existing foundations and structure of the garage may need to be overhauled, and even our garage conversion specialists will need to work hard to help you stay within budget. In many cases, this is more of a building project than a conversion one.
On the other hand, these garages have near limitless potential since they are not attached to your home. They can become a private office, a playhouse for children, a home bar, somewhere to sit and relax, a hobby space or even just a generic habitable room to use when you have guests around.
These garages are expensive to convert, mostly because a lot more work is needed to get everything finished. Ensuring that the garage is structurally sound is important, but your new space may also need a lot of additional equipment for safety reasons, such as its own miniature circuit breaker.
Expect to pay around £17,500 at a minimum (the average for a 36-meter-squared space), with double detached garages of the same size needing at least £45,000 to fully convert. Of course, this can always change, depending on the state of the garage and the number of alterations made.
Double garage projects are, in general, just more expensive and larger-scale versions of regular conversion work. A double garage often has a dual garage door design and might even be designed as two distinct rooms – both of which mean that more work might be needed to fully convert them.
Even if you keep each door, you will be working with a larger space that might have internal walls (load-bearing or otherwise) and other obstructions that need to be moved or adjusted.
Planning is vital when working with this kind of garage, and our specialists are able to help you adapt the space to your needs.
We can also help you with a garage conversion that only adjusts one half of a double garage or converting the space into two separate rooms. Whatever specific design you are looking for, we can make sure that you have what you need planned out and ready to install within short notice.
A double garage has a massive amount of potential but with a higher cost to match. You can convert it into one big space, split both garages into separate rooms, or even use internal walls to create multiple different sub-rooms. All of this adds to the complexity (and cost) of what you are trying to create.
Internal doors, different types of floor slab or flooring for different areas, windows, lighting for individual spaces and the adjustment of each garage door can all cost more than you might expect. Estimate at least double what you would pay for a single garage – perhaps more if your plan is quite complex.
A partial garage conversion allows you to turn a single garage into a dual-purpose space, either with physical dividers or just using temporary internal walls. These are often very cheap and quick since they are not even a full garage conversion, but it depends on the exact design and plan that you go for.
For example, you might decide to extend your living room into half of the garage or build a dividing wall in your garage so that half of it can become a secondary bathroom. This gives you a massive range of flexibility but also means that there is not really a 'standard' for how much it will cost or how long it will take.
In general, if you are converting only a small part of your garage's internal structure (such as extending another room into one half of the garage or setting up a bathroom), then you can expect the process to be fairly quick.
If you are doing something more complex, it will take more time and money, but not nearly as much as a full conversion in Tone.
Since there is not a single specific way that you might want your garage to be converted, it is impossible to estimate a cost. However, some of the simplest partial conversions fall between the £5,500 and £8,500 price range – usually things that do not involve many extra materials to set up.
This all varies heavily depending on what you do, so remember that you will want a professional to estimate the costs. Contact us, or get in touch with one of our experts, if you need help with planning around a tight budget.
A garage conversion in Tone can take a varying length of time depending on the kind of work involved. A standard single-garage conversion can often be around 3 to 6 weeks in length, although this is only an estimate based on some of our previous work.
This may seem like a long time, but it is far faster than attempting a DIY garage conversion job. This time can also include things like getting planning permission or going over inspections, something that can take a while if you attempt to arrange them all by yourself.
Type of Garage Conversion | Estimated Timeframe |
Attached Garage Conversions | 6 to 8 weeks |
Integral Garage Conversions | 8 to 10 weeks |
Detached Garage Conversions | 8 to 12 weeks |
Double Garage Conversions | 10 to 14 weeks |
Partial Garage Conversions | 4 to 6 weeks (for a single room or area within the garage) |
Planning permission is usually not required for most garage conversion work, as long as almost all of the work is internal and does not alter the building's shape. Most integral garage conversions are like this, and something like modifying an old garage door will not necessarily need planning permission either.
Generally, you will have to get planning permission if you are making any major changes to the shape, look, or structure of your garage or home.
For example, planning permission would be necessary for extending your garage into your garden, but not for extending your living room into the garage (since that would be all internal work).
Most garage work is covered under permitted development. Permitted development rights mean that you can make internal, cosmetic, or otherwise non-intrusive changes to your home.
We can make sure that you get the correct permissions for the work that you have planned and that everything is above board.
Local council building regulations are important when converting your garage. There are a few core local authority building regulations in Tone that you need to follow.
Building Regulation Description
Structural Integrity Ensure that the conversion does not compromise the structural stability of the building, including foundations, walls, and roof.
Insulation and Ventilation Comply with insulation requirements for walls, floors, and roofs. Adequate ventilation is important to prevent dampness and ensure air quality.
Fire Safety Implement fire-resistant materials, escape routes, and fire doors as necessary to ensure the safety of the new living space.
Means of Escape Provide suitable escape routes in case of fire, such as windows and doors that comply with regulations for safe egress.
Windows and Natural Light Install windows that provide adequate natural light and ventilation for the new living area.
Structural Alterations Any structural alterations, such as removing or altering load-bearing walls, must be carried out in compliance with regulations.
Electrical Safety Comply with electrical safety regulations. All electrical work must be done by a qualified electrician, and new wiring must meet safety standards.
Plumbing and Drainage If the conversion includes new bathrooms or plumbing fixtures, ensure proper connection to existing plumbing and drainage systems.
Sound Insulation Install sound insulation to minimize noise transmission between the converted space and other parts of the house.
Energy Efficiency The converted space should meet energy efficiency standards, including insulation, windows, and heating systems.
Planning Permission and Permits Check whether planning permission or permitted development rights are required for your garage conversion. Obtain any necessary permits.
Following these building regulations is important to getting permission for the changes. We can talk to your local authority or local building control department and get a building control officer to inspect your property.
If a building control officer finds no issues with your compliance to the regulations, you will get a building control certificate of completion – meaning that the local authority is happy with your work and is willing to let the construction go-ahead.
You never need an architect for basic DIY conversions, but larger ones generally require scaled architectural drawings for you to get approval. Our structural engineer and architecture experts can help you draw up a plan that will satisfy local authorities and help you get approval for the project going forward.
There are a few key things to consider before you go ahead with a conversion project in Tone. These are only basic thoughts, but they are something that many people overlook.
Make sure that you question every aspect of your plan. The more you are certain of, the easier it becomes to avoid pitfalls or money sinks that you will run into if you are working off a vague, quickly-planned idea. Alternatively, ask us for direct help and let us handle the planning stages.
Converting a garage into a comfortable space requires multiple vital things. While you can always adjust your design as needed, a real room is more than just a carpeted garage in Tone. You will want to plan ahead for:
Other things, like comfort and style, are more personal and preference focused. However, without some of the core, necessary features of a room, you may not legally be allowed to use a converted garage in Tone as a regular living room.
Converting a detached space in Tone often means looking into some additional factors that would not matter with other types, including important information like:
There are a lot of important things to consider with this kind of garage since they are almost an entirely separate building, so be sure to ask our specialist for help if you need it.
There are also a lot of important steps to take when turning a former parking space into a living room or other comfortable area, and that means knowing what changes you want to make.
Whether you are doing a double garage conversion or a straightforward partial conversion, you want to make sure that you get building regulations approval, a lawful development certificate and fire safety checks as necessary.
The more official approval your plans can get, the easier it becomes to stay confident when working on them. If you are not satisfied with your work, then you will not be happy when it is complete, so always take the first step towards adjusting or correcting anything that seems wrong.
A garage is a great place to convert, giving you a huge amount of space and a lot of ways to use it. However, you can't easily do it alone – and we at Pro Garage Conversions have plenty of specialists in Tone that can help you do it quickly, efficiently, and within your budget.
Whatever you need, we can offer the help you require to get it built. Contact us and let us know what you want, how you plan to set it up, and how much help you need – we can be as active or passive in your project as you would like.
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Today's Names to Know: Cubs. Phillies.
This is an utterly phenomenal baseball playoff field.
All 8 teams present must-watch storylines. I'm not sure there's ever been a playoff field this loaded -- this guaranteed -- to have something dramatic end up as the result. Let me rank the Top 6 potential outcomes for a World Series Champ:
(1) Cubs: Eclipses everone and everything else. Would be the nationally shared sports event of the last 20 years, easily eclipsing the Red Sox winning in 2004.
(Ideally, for maximum ratings, the Cubs would beat the Red Sox. But the Yankees would work nicely too. The Cubs beating the Indians would be kind of sad. The Cubs beating the Angels would be fine. Hey: If the limp Cards can win a title last year, then this Cubs team can win now.)
(2) Indians: If only because, next to the Cubs, they've had the longest drought without a World Series title (or any meaningful title).
(3) Phillies: Because Phillies fans deserve it. Ideally, they too would beat the Red Sox or Yankees to get it done, if only to ease
(5) Yankees or Red Sox: Please don't let this happen. Please don't let this happen. Please don't let this happen. The rest of us just wouldn't be able to take the jacked-up levels of pre-existing smugness.
(6) D'backs or Angels: The least appealing champs (Angels-D'backs in the World Series would be a complete dud, from a "national event" perspective), but this champ would stake its claim as the best baseball team of the decade, with TWO World Series titles. Not unsubstantial.
The Predictions*:
NLDS: Cubs d. D'backs (5); Phils d. Rox (5)
ALDS: Sox d. Angels (5); Indians d. Yanks (5)
LCS: Phils d. Cubs (7); Indians d. Sox (7)
WS: Indians d. Phillies in 7
* - Last year, I believe I was wrong on every single series. So I guess you could call these my aspirational picks. This is for another time, but I'm not sure how I feel about the Cubs winning the World Series. It'll create a time-space continuum wormhole.
I don't think I'm crazy to say that while I'd love to see it, I think it would permanently ruin one of the strongest foundational myths of the sport: The Cubs' annual futility. Like I said about the Red Sox winning it all in 2004: Congratulations! You're now as "special" of a franchise as the Angels or Diamondbacks.
Dean of MSM baseball columnists Tom Boswell sums up the playoff field nicely here (although, as usual, he's a wee bit too bullish on baseball's place in the national conversation).
On to the other news of the day. More of Today's Names to Know: Isiah Thomas. Michael Vick. Willie Randolph. Tim McClelland. Carlos Pena. Dmitri Young. Andruw Jones.
Isiah and MSG found guilty, Dolan and MSG will pay $11.6 million in damages: The real damages, TBD, will come from the NBA. With the guilty verdict in the books, it slides into David Stern's domain, where "punitive damages" might have a little more teeth than mere dollars.
Mike Vick takes an 8-hour PETA course about... empathy: The thought of this is funnier than any SNL sketch of the past 10 years.
Willie Randolph will be back with the Mets: Seeing how he's coming off managing the worst collapse in MLB history, presumably the driving force behind his return was the good news is that things can't possibly get worse.
Rockies/Replay, Cont'd: Great discussion in the comments yesterday about instant replay in baseball. The fact that ump Tim McClelland insists he'd call the play the exact same way if he had another chance PROVES that the sport needs instant replay. Even with the benefit of watching a replay himself, he still makes the wrong call. WTF?!
Carlos Pena, Dmitri Young win MLB Comeback Players of the Year: Young was particularly impressive, given his various off-field problems (drugs, crime) and the fact that he was all but out of baseball a year ago.
Red Sox leave Tim Wakefield off the ALDS roster: First of all, he's not ready to contribute. Second, they don't need him in a 5-game series anyway.
Braves part ways with Andruw Jones: He's one of those players who will look very odd in another team's uniform.
Mitch Cozad gets 7 years for stabbing his
NFL "C" captain patches: There's an article in today's WashPost about the new NFL thing where team captains wear "C" patches on their jerseys. In hockey, this is awesome and distinctive; in the NFL, this is stupid-looking and lame. Here's the link.
NASCAR: Dario Franchitti is coming to NASCAR, which means that Ashley Judd is coming to NASCAR, which needs no further explanation.
Meanwhile, Busch will be replaced by Nationwide as the title sponsor of the AAA/JV/B-league series in the sport.
Video Games: NBA Live 08 releases! Anyone get this on the release day yesterday? How was it? I might get it just because it has my favorite pro athlete Gilbert Arenas on the cover.


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Let me embarrass the Washington Post. Below, the material from the WaPo article, written by Michael Birnbaum, is indented. After the indented part, I've located the relevant quote from the Board of Education text, found here. (I'm searching 3 PDF documents: Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits Subchapter A. High School; Social Studies Subchapter B. Middle School; Social Studies Subchapter C. High School.)
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The Texas state school board gave final approval Friday to controversial social studies standards....The students are required to "describe how McCarthyism, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the arms race, and the space race increased Cold War tensions and how the later release of the Venona Papers confirmed suspicions of communist infiltration in U.S. government..." The word "vindicated" is inflammatory and unfair. What is the Washington Post saying historians deny? One can be informed of the reality of what the Venona Papers revealed about communist infiltration into the U.S. government and still understand and deplore the excesses of "McCarthyism."
The new standards say that the McCarthyism of the 1950s was later vindicated -- something most historians deny --...
...draw an equivalency between Jefferson Davis's and Abraham Lincoln's inaugural addresses...Students are required to "analyze the ideas contained in Jefferson Davis' inaugural address and Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address." The word "equivalency" is uncalled for. The requirement is to analyze, not to be indoctrinated that the ideas are the same.
... say that international institutions such as the United Nations imperil American sovereignty...What I'm seeing is "explain the significance of the League of Nations and the United Nations" and "analyze the human and physical factors that influence the power to control territory, create conflict/war, and impact international political relations such as the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), or the control of resources." Where is the language that can be paraphrased "imperil American sovereignty"?
.... and include a long list of Confederate officials about whom students must learn.Students are required to "explain the roles played by significant individuals and heroes during the Civil War, including Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, and congressional Medal of Honor recipients William Carney and Philip Bazaar." Only Davis and Lee were Confederate officials! There is also this: "describe the role of individuals such as governors George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox and groups, including the Congressional bloc of southern Democrats, that sought to maintain the status quo [in the Civil Rights Era]." That's obviously not from the Civil War, but I can see why it's annoying to Democrats.
They also removed references to capitalism and replaced them with the term "free-enterprise system."The document on economics does use the term "free enterprise system" throughout, but students are required to "understand that the terms free enterprise, free market, and capitalism are synonymous terms to describe the U.S. economic system," so what is the problem?
Virtually everything cited in the article to make the curriculum seem controversial is misstated! Appalling!
ADDED: Birnbaum had an article in the previous day's Washington Post that does contain quotes, and these have to do with changes that went through on Thursday (and which do not — but should! — appear in the documents that are available at the Board of Education website):
Students will now study "efforts by global organizations to undermine U.S. sovereignty," an addition late Thursday evening encouraged by board member Don McLeroy (R), who has put forward many of the most contentious changes....This provides support for Birnbaum's statement that the standards "include a long list of Confederate officials about whom students must learn." And it answers my question "Where is the language that can be paraphrased 'imperil American sovereignty'?" My criticisms about "vindicating" McCarthyism, "the equivalency between Jefferson Davis's and Abraham Lincoln's inaugural addresses," and the term "free-enterprise system" remain.
Another one of the seven conservative board members, David Bradley (R), added a list of Confederate generals and officials to the list of topics that students must study. ...
I have not been defending the Texas standards, only attacking the quality of the journalism that fails to quote or link to a text that is referred to. Birnbaum's Friday article contains some useful quotes (though still not a link to the whole text). The Saturday article was unanchored to text and forced me to look for what I could find on line. I'm also criticizing inaccurate paraphrasing, like the use of the words "vindicating" and "equivalency." Birnbaum's take on the standards might be true, but in an article that refers to a text, I do need to see the text. Paraphrasing, without the text, raises suspicions, and I don't apologize for having those suspicions.
ALSO: I'm critical of the Board of Education for not posting all the relevant text on its website. And — as should be obvious — I'm not endorsing the standards themselves. The complexity and detail alone tends to show that the Board did not have the best interests of children at the center of their project. And it didn't seem to care much about the capacity of teachers. The material on law, for example, would be difficult for a law professor to teach to law students.


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Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh
His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony Bloom (June 6, 1914 - August 4, 2003) was bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh, the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland.
He was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. He spent his early childhood in Russia and Persia, his father being a member of the Russian Imperial Diplomatic Corps. His mother was the sister of Alexander Scriabin, the composer. During the Bolshevik Revolution the family had to leave Persia, and in 1923 they settled in Paris where the future metropolitan was educated, graduating in physics, chemistry and biology, and taking his doctorate in medicine, at the University of Paris.
In 1939, before leaving for the front as a surgeon in the French army, he secretly professed monastic vows in the Russian Orthodox Church. He was tonsured and received the name of Anthony in 1943. During the occupation of France by the Germans he worked as a doctor and took part in the French Resistance After the war he continued practising as a physician until 1948, when he was ordained to the priesthood and sent to England to serve as Orthodox Chaplain of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius. He was appointed vicar of the Russian patriarchal parish in London in 1950, consecrated as Bishop in 1957 and Archbishop in 1962, in charge of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland (the Diocese of Sourozh). In 1963 he was appointed Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe, and in 1966 was raised to the rank of Metropolitan. At his own request he was released in 1974 from the function of Exarch, in order to devote himself more fully to the pastoral needs of the growing flock of his diocese and all who come to him seeking advice and help.
Metropolitan Anthony received honorary doctorates from Aberdeen University ("for preaching the Word of God and renewing the spiritual life of this country"); from the Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary for his theological, pastoral, and preaching work; from Cambridge University; and from the Kiev Theological Academy. His first books on prayer and the spiritual life (Living Prayer, Meditations on a Theme, and God and Man) were published in England, and his texts are now widely published in Russia, both as books and in periodicals.
Many Orthodox Christians in Great Britain and throughout the world consider Metropolitan Anthony to be a saint.
External links
- Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh (English)
- Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh (Russian)
- Funeral of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
- Diocese of Sourozh
- Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Archive: Photos, Video, Audio, and Texts
- Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Sermons in greek
Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh | ||
Preceded by: — |
Metropolitan of Sourozh 1957-2003 |
Succeeded by: Elisey (Ganaba) of Sourozh |
Preceded by: Nicholas (Yeryomin) |
Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe 1963-1974 |
Succeeded by: Nikodem (Rotov) |
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Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor best known for his raw real-life comedy that audiences everywhere can relate to. With his signature wild hair and his often-imitated phrase "what's up fool?" he has been associated with his good friend Gabriel Iglesias who often recounts (and imitates) his experiences with Felipe in his act. After 16 years of stand-up comedy various television appearances and two movies Felipe walked away with the title prize on NBC's "Last Comic Standing" in 2010. In 2012 Felipe starred in and produced his first one-hour special "They're Not Gonna Laugh at You" for Showtime. It is currently available on DVD and Netflix. Felipe is a product of the streets of the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles and much of his material is the result of trying to find the humor in the struggles of everyday life. "Over the years I've noticed so many changes in all the neighborhoods around me. Gentrification starts to happen and bad neighborhoods start to become good but I like to show the other side of it... The guy who hasn't changed and probably never will. I have a joke that kind of shows that. It starts off 'I know I'm not a tough guy but I'm pretty sure I can beat up everyone who shops at Trader Joe's'." Felipe's other television appearances include TruTV's "World's Dumbest…" "Comics Unleashed" Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and "Russell Simmons Presents Stand-Up at the El Rey" Showtime's "Comics Without Borders" TBS's "Lopez Tonight" and Galavisión's first Englishspeaking show "Que Locos" (which spurred the careers of both George Lopez and Gabriel Iglesias). He is currently touring comedy clubs and theaters across the country.


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Toys are Better Than Life Drawing for Cartoon Construction Studies
Life drawing in theory can be useful to an animator. It can teach you perspective and construction, foreshortening and the like, but in reality, it's very hard to look at very complicated structures of human beings and break them down into fundamentals you can use for cartoon shapes.You get too easily distracted and confused by the tons of details on real live creatures. You can't see the underlying forms easily.
Most cartoons don't show any important influence from life drawing anyway. Even the ones that are supposed to be "realistic". They suffer from the confusion between detail and form. Form is more important than detail.
I'd put some examples up, but some folks will freak out.
The details need to follow the physics of the forms, and the more detailed your cartoon design is, the harder it is to control - especially if the underlying form is faulty to begin with. Drawing well sculptured toys makes the fundamentals of construction and perspective much easier to grasp, and just as importantly to then be able to instantly apply them to your cartoon drawings.
When you turn a toy around, you can see how the features change shape as they bend around the curved surfaces.If the head tilts up, then the features that stick out (noses) start to obscure the features above. You see more of the underside of the form than the top. This may sound obvious, but try to draw it!
Construction is not something that comes natural to me. I naturally draw "by design", that is to just put shapes that balance well together in 2 dimensions. That's a fault, because it doesn't mean the characters will turn well when animated.
Some folks have a natural eye (or brain) for construction - like Jim Smith, who just somehow sees the structure of something instantly. I see the details first and have to force myself to think about forms. (Squinting your eyes helps blur details and allows you to see the underlying structures better)
When I draw toys, it helps me to get more used to the logic of structures in space. If I did it a lot, it would start to become second nature and I wouldn't have to think about it so much.
Today, when almost everybody draws ridiculously flat, real animation can't even exist. We have to rely on silly tricks to zip characters from one abstract flat pose to the next. This severely limits what we can achieve creatively.
WHEN YOU COPY, DRAW SLOW, CAREFUL AND THINKNote on the 3/4 poses, the feet have no perspective...(except for that pink stumpy thing on the right)
When you copy something, there is a purpose to it: to learn something. If you draw too fast, you will not learn anything.
You want to carefully study your model.
When I am learning something, I tend to draw stiff, because I am thinking about what I am trying to learn. The drawings don't come out all pretty with clean flowing lines and stuff.
When you study, you are trying to be accurate, as opposed to beautiful and flowing.
Once you have done your stiff drawings, you can loosen up a bit and then try again from memory and see if what you learned sunk in.
I did this quick sketch at a pizza joint a couple days after my Top Cat study. It's a little wonky, but some of what I sketched slowly 2 days earlier sunk in.
If you also start to study and you draw slowly and carefully, and critique your own studies honestly, then you will absorb much information that later you can apply to your own work.
If you want to learn construction well, this is a very good exercise. Draw toys. You can draw the same angles that I did above and compare them to mine, then try these new angles below.
If you want me to critique them, put links in the comments to your drawings.You can also take your drawings into Photoshop along with the photos and lay them on top of each other at a % to check how accurate your copies are.
See, Kali is doing it:


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