Monday Funday with believing

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Monday Funday with "I can't believe they're cupcakes" cupcakes

Blue felt captain's cap tipped to Meganwegan for this one!


For the sceptical here is Bakerella's full post, with pics, on how this was created.

Monday Funday with lol kitteh

From here.

Mostly I thought I'd put this up because I read an article in Canvas on the weekend about the modelling industry and a documentary coming out soon based on five years' footage from behind the scenes. Given our recent discussions about pornography (which I haven't written about yet because I tend to think people who write about porn should be those who have actually seen enough to know what they are talking about) I was thinking about how blurry the line is at times between the modelling world and the porn world. I don't have anything more substantial to offer on that right now, maybe if I win Big Wednesday I'll be blogging full-time from Thursday! ;-)

Monday Funday with words to eat

Aparently there is a whole world out there of edible book contest mania. Some are simply cakes that look like books, others involve some witty book puns. I particularly liked the above and the below from the Annual Loganberry Edible Book Festival.

Plus there's an International festival too. Mmmmmmmm.

More GraphJammy goodness

Further to Emma's fantastically wonderfully awesome post on gay marriage, and this not so fantastic news from Idiot/Savant:


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(You can consider this a delayed Monday Funday if you so desire. I'll be heading back to contemplating my cold now.)

Monday Funday: with geekcakes

Now that is cupcake art! I don't know if I could bring myself to eat them.

Monday Funday with graph fabulousness

Found at www.graphjam.com

Monday Funday: with paranoia

From Johanna at Radical Cross Stitch.

Monday Funday: with more relationship fun for feminists

A little bit old (October 2007) and still good:

Feminism boosts sexual satisfaction for both men and women, a new study suggests.

Busting stereotypes that peg feminists as men-haters, a new study shows that having a feminist partner is linked with healthier, more romantic heterosexual relationships.

The study, published online this week in the journal Sex Roles, relied on surveys of both college students and older adults, finding that women with egalitarian attitudes do find mates and men do find them attractive. In fact, results reveal they are having a good time, maybe a better time than the non-feminists.

Both men and women are prone to holding negative views of feminists, the authors say. Along with the sexually unattractive stereotype, some women also view feminism as a movement for victims, or for women who aren't competent enough to achieve success on their own merit, according to the Rutgers University researchers.

...Among the findings:

* College-age women who reported having feminist male partners also reported higher quality relationships that were more stable than couples involving non-feminist male partners.
* College guys who were themselves feminists and had feminist partners reported more equality in their relationships.
* Older women who perceived their male partners as feminists reported greater relationship health and sexual satisfaction.
* Older men with feminist partners said they had more stable relationships and greater sexual satisfaction.

Overall, feminism and romance do go hand in hand, the scientists say.

Click through for the whole article, I snipped a few bits.

Hurrah!

Monday Funday: with flickr-y feminist fun

US feminist uber-blog Feministing has a great series called Fun with Feminist Flickr, and this recent shot tickled my funny bone:

From here originally.

I made a joke about the internet being a series of tubes at a work team meeting a few months back. Only one person got it. I waz sad.

The great and almighty Sarlacc

No not a Star Wars reference but Sarah Haskins taking on the infamous beaver commercials among others.

Monday Funday: with emp cannon

From the mostly fantastic xkcd.

Monday Funday: with unexpected outlook

Taken at Ambury Park, Sunday 1st March.

Monday Funday: with bento boxes

Found via the March Netguide magazine, here's some amazing bento art.

My favourites were the Where the Wild Things Are box


and the gorgeous sheepy detail in the farmyard box:


And the woman who makes them also has a blog!

Monday Funday: with cake, mmmm cake.

For Uncle John and his two lovely nieces.

From Cake Wrecks.

Monday Funday: with silly purity merchandise

I have to make fun of this because otherwise I'm going to cry.

Perhaps you can help me choose which is worse - the t-shirt above or the one I can't get a shot of which said "No trespassing. I'm waiting for my husband." Or is there no lesser evil in this case?

Monday Funday: with a not so obscure movie reference

From someecards, and props to the ex-expat to getting me thinking about it.

Monday Funday: with Michelle Obama can kick arz

Monday Funday: with wistful thinking

We seem to have something of a baby-theme going on today...

Monday Funday: with my dream job