Feisty Females

Those who can recall my senior year capstone project about female action heroines in popular culture (from female pirates "gone wild" to video game heroine like Lara Croft), shouldn't be surprised that my interest and curiosity is piqued by a new documentary called Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling directed by Ruth Leitman.

On Fresh Air today, not only did Dave Davies (standing in for Terry Gross) interview Ruth, but also spent a few minutes with The Fabulous Moolah, a female wrestler still going strong (she's 80 something now), who said she'll retire when she reaches 100.

I'm completely intrigued by this documentary. I really must see it.

Today is also Patriot's Day here in Massachusetts. It's a holiday only in the state of MA, and observed most stridently in Boston--it's also the day of the marathon. Apparently as a child, you are dragged to reenactment of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. As an adult, you take the day off of work (some are given it, some take it) and spend it at the Cape or doing gardening work. As nice as today is, I couldn't see justifying the holiday when I have no money to do anything special, and had a wonderful weekend already. The third day would almost be a waste.

On the current affairs front: there almost seems to be a finite amount of peace and good will that can be spread around the globe. Just as India and Pakistan seem to be moving towards peace and good will, China and Japan are getting their hackles up. Tension between those two is not nearly as nerve-wracking as the former, but still it makes me wonder. Maybe peace, like matter, can neither be created nor destroyed, but simply redistributed.

Still on current affairs: Does anyone see the Christian Right moving towards a revolution (subtle, but present) akin to Iran? No, I won't have to be drapped in a burkah, but I'll be pressured to be a stay-at-home mother with ten kids (why ten kids? Ten kids at least! With all forms of birth control banned--and even the word abortion taken out of circulation--I won't have much choice. Because I'm sure my husband will still have access to Viagra. I mean, I'll have to married or choose to be a nun. Afterall, if all birthcontrol is banned--and that means comdoms too, how can I have sex if I'm not married? Ew) and attend lenghty church services every weekend, and have a choice of either Full House reruns or Seventh Heaven. And of course, censorship at the library as well. Oh, and creationism taught in schools with no mention of Darwin and evolution. OK, now I'm panicking. We need to stop "them" now! This is insane.