Feeling lost since a certain blog—The something… something organisation—went offline? Wish you could re-live those days of Reverse Gankiness and the “Scary Adventures of Stephen Harper?” Have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about?
If you answered “yes” or “no” to any of the above, then you must visit Slap Upside The Head! It’s so amazingly gay.
Hooray for activism and funny drawings, all in one website! Good job, Mark!
Hear, hear!
However, ‘crazies’ is both politically incorrect and an offensive term to certain people we know. CBC recommends ‘mental health consumer’ (see from their ‘Disability Matters’ feature).
Oh, oh, oh! Speaking of, Calgary’s pride parade is being held in the heart o’ the city this year - Stephen Ave to Olympic Plaza! I imagine it’ll be raining a bit, but I’m bringing my camera. Wouldn’t miss this for the world. Might be interesting to see what the average oily-collared half-American half-redneck Calgarian thinks about pride in general.
I wish I could get excited about Calgary Pride; I really do.
For some perspective, Toronto’s Pride turnout was bigger than the entire population of Calgary last year. It’s a big tourist draw; and the whole city tries to cash in on Pride. But Calgary… It’ll probably draw more protesters than anyone else. More people march in the parade than watch it, and the ‘Pride events’ calendar (which lasts all month, by the way) spans exactly two pages, in large type, including two half-page ads.
Oh, and City TV is the big sponsor. Yay—the same channel that featured this online poll on their news last year. It was so outrageously sad, I took a screenshot for posterity. Oh, and good luck trying to spot City TV promote Pride on the air or their website.
Stupid Alberta bigot-land. I’m glad I’m leaving.
So, are you guys coming to watch the parade with me or not?
Gosh, I’m awful glad I was laid up on Sunday with donair poisoning and didn’t get to go to the parade.
According to CBC, there were about 1000 spectators and a ’scuffle’ broke out. According to CityTV (which delights in printing non-inflammatory quotes such as ‘You disgusting homo!’), a couple of slaps were exchanged and everybody had a miserable time.
Stupid Alberta bigot-land indeed.