Here are some Indian men who are hot
Posted: April 29, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment | Tags: Aasif Mandvi, Aziz Ansari, Community, Danny Pudi, Indian Men who are Hot, Michael Cera, OutSourced, Parks & Recreation, racism, Sacha Dhawan, Scottish Terrier, Television, The Daily Show, The Guru Leave a comment »Can you recall the last time American women were given Indian men as love interests or sex objects through cable television programming? I can’t either.
Indian men are so hot right now! And surprisingly, it’s not related to tantric sex or Bollywood…
( I kid, The Guru is super entertaining – way better than Eat, Pray, Love)
The men:
Aasif Mandvi, from The Daily Show
Besides his regular gig on The Daily Show, Mandvi is appearing in three films this year. Mandvi’s coolest roles so far would have to be his TV work in “Jericho” and “ER” , and the only notable movies of his worth watching are ”The Siege” and “Die Hard With a Vengence”. Because of his coloration, poor Mandvi has played his fair share of terrorists.
Gamers have an Image Problem
Posted: April 19, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, Media, Techology, video games, Women | Tags: Casual game, Gamer, Games, GameStop, girl gamer, Jane McGonigal, Michael Cera, Mike Fahey, Reality is Broken, Video game 1 Comment »Abstract: This image problem is rooted in a failure by the mainstream media (and film) to treat video games as an
acceptable pastime, making gaming “a dirty word“, and perpetuating the notion that women shouldn’t have authorship over technology around them. The male gaming community is only partially responsible, and this will be discussed in a subsequent post. This post was formulated after analyzing video game coverage by major female-oriented publications and by my personal memory of video game scenes in movies.
“One of the things we were trying to combat with 3G was how girls are discouraged from learning anything about technology beyond how to use it, [not] to be responsible or have a form of authorship with it.” - Terence Hannum, Internship and External Relations Coordinator at Columbia College
Any female in her 20′s that plays video games knows gaming has an image problem. Not only does the community you play in make you feel unwelcome a la the blog ”Fat, Ugly or Slutty“, your parents find your enjoyment of video games off-putting, as do 30-somethings co-workers. I’ve had more than one conversation at slightly older dinner parties become painfully awkward when I mention I like/want to write about video games. The women scan the room and decide it is time to mingle. Then I am left with some guy, and as the silence continues between us, I begin to question his intentions. Sometimes I can see this male have an OMG-GIRL-GAMER-freak-out moment, all in the eyes, and when it abides he hesitantly remarks I must be the male gamer fantasy or some other weird crap. Then I decide it is time to mingle.
My mom keeps thinking I will grow out of my love of video games. She is not impressed when I tell her I am laying down plumbing because my city’s population explosion is forcing me to expand my city limits.
There is a common thread behind these awkward interactions: people born before the 80′s view video games as either a waste of time or a childish hobby. How can that be, when video games have been around for 30 years - and adults now play video games and teachers use video games as part of their curriculum? Read the rest of this entry »
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