Matt Baume: A Salute To Sissies

Dr. Smith, Uncle Arthur, Mr. Humphries, and more!

Asshat Of The Day - Christie Blatchford

"I remain convinced that the best way to stop a bully is not to go mewling to the teacher, who will only call the victim’s mummy, or to your own mummy, who will only call the teacher. The best way is to take the bully out for a short pounding after school – and may I make it plain, please, that I don’t mean the victims should do this, but rather others. The onus for stopping bullies lies not with the people being bullied, but with those who see it happen.

"This has been true for centuries, and it is still true, and it works equally well in the locker room, the office, a bar, and on the factory floor or street. It is possible to be a gentle and kind man without speaking in a soft, sibilant voice that makes all sentences sound to my ear as though they were composed entirely of Ss. Glasses should be worn only by people who can’t see, not as props. Gay, as I’ve mentioned, is entirely fine. Fey is a pain in the arse." - Christine Blatchford, in a National Post column titled Toronto, City Of Sissies.

Blatchford's bile was triggered by witnessing a group of school boys greeting each other with hugs. And that's something boys should never do, apparently.

Open Thread Thursday

Since "sissy boys" are in the news this week, tell us about your own history with "gender non-conforming" behaviors. Did you beg your parents for an Easy-Bake Oven? Did you prefer Barbie over G.I. Joe?

Too Girly To Be A Dictator

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has decided that his sissified son Kim Jong-chul is too effeminate to succeed him.

North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il named his third son his successor -- at the expense of an older son whom he considered "too effeminate," according to the dictator's longtime sushi chef. Kim Jong-chul, the 27-year-old middle son, was apparently deemed too girlish to rule the communist nation.

RELATED: If you follow the North Korean government on Twitter, they'll follow you right back. Their tweets are often unintentionally amusing.

UPDATE: Readers have pointed out that the photo I received with the above story does not appear to be the son in question, so I have removed it until I find something better than the mugshot-like pic that can be found in Google Images.