late night switch up?

It has been leaked that Jimmy Fallon is going to take over for Conan O'Brien, O'Brien for Jay Leno, and Leno will retire to play with his 8,563,290 antique cars.
Personally, I don't care because I don't have TV. At first, when the radio said Jimmy Fallon, I was picturing Chris Kattan and was really worried; he's so annoying. So, as long as it's Fallon and not Kattan, I think it will be okay. And from what I understand, O'Brien is pretty popular and will probably follow well in Leno's footsteps.
Um, one last thing though, where are all the ladies in these late night line ups???

badass female of the week (and past 40 years)

She was a black woman who just wanted to live with and love her white husband in peace. Mildred Loving, who died last week, inadvertently became an icon to those fighting strict and religiously fueled laws regulating marriage. Richard and Mildred Loving were married in Washington, D.C. in 1958, but after moving back to their home state of Virginia, were arrested for violating laws prohibiting interracial unions. Their fight to love each other went all the way to the Supreme Court, where, in 1967, laws banning interracial couples from marrying were turned over when the court said that the freedom to marry is "a basic civil right." Loving's incredibly appropriate last name has even been given to a national organization that recognizes June 12 as Loving Day, a day to celebrate interracial couples.
Unfortunately, this struggle still sounds familiar, even to someone born as late as 1985....Loving's struggle parallels that of many non-traditional couples currently wishing to wed. The court's decision to rid the nation of laws banning someone from marrying another simply because a third-party doesn't like it seems like a no-brainer to many of us today (and did to the court of 1967). Yet, why are we still fighting such a strong force that wants to keep gay unions, marriages, and parenting illegal? Is it only because the nature of the court has changed, thus making such a case obsolete these days? Or are we fighting greater social barriers? Will the issue of gay marriage progress with the passing of time, much as interracial marriage did, or are we facing a fiercer fight? What about those of us who see the issue as much more complicated than gay marriage or no gay marriage?
What do you all think?

video killed the radio star

I found myself listening to "Once in a Lifetime" by the Talking Heads over and over and over today. It made me really sad because that song ALWAYS reminds me of Oberlin, especially my first year there. After cross country camp that year, the team watched "Stop Making Sense", the live DVD. It was pretty much my introduction to the Talking Heads (come on, I went to Winfield...), and was a pivotal moment, foreshadowing how Oberlin was about to change my life. I wanted to share it, especially because I love that I can just get on the internet (Thanks Al Gore!!!) and immediately watch David Byrne hit his own forehead while singing.
I also was reading one of my favorite blogs, Feministing, and they had a Menudo video on there. I could not stop laughing, especially because they are all wearing black boots just like the ones I will be putting on in about one hour to go dancing. These are the boots that my sister-in-law looks at and says "Go back to 1985" when I wear them, but I have to remind her that I was born in 1985, so that would be weird.
After reminiscing about the Talking Heads and watching Menudo videos on feministing.com, I couldn't help but look up other awesome vids on youtube.
Here's some more oldies, but total goodies:

Too bad the crack got him

I never knew a chain link fence could be so sexy

I never knew glasses and a flat-top could be so sexy

When I heard this song as a little girl, I immediately associated it with my parents

Obvi.

what is justice?

Can we ever really answer that? There is so much discussion of the Bell/Snipes trials at this moment, it is hard to gather one's thoughts on it all. Our friend Micah posted a couple things about it over at his blog and I weighed in on the comment section.
Thoughts on justice, racism in the court system, sentencing laws, etc.?

Badass Female of the Week

Her 11th album comes out today and at 49 years old, she is still hot as hell. This is a great post about one of my all-time idols: Madonna. Her latest album, Hard Candy comes out today which includes collaborations with JT, Timbaland, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams. A friend of mine at Oberlin recently went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with her family and they all raved about a letter that is there that Madonna wrote to a friend during her first year in college. Apparently it's really interesting and well written. I think the entry fee for that place is finally worth it.