#rick marin

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

Art Credit to Rick Marin

[nonfashionvogue]

“Can Conan Cut It?” by Rick Marin, US Vogue August 1993

[tos-fanart]

Star Trek Into The Dark Side by Misterho

[youbeyond-blog]

I wondered if good marriages had to mean sacrifice, or if it didn't feel like sacrifice if it was a good marriage.

Rick Marin's Cad (Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor)

[youbeyond-blog]

The point is to do what you enjoy. That's really the only way to do your best work.

Rick Marin's Cad (Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor)

[youbeyond-blog]

But this is what a man does when a woman exists his life. He tries to restore order and logic, as if there ever had been any.

Rick Marin's Cad (Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor)

[youbeyond-blog]

Maybe all women were either too sane or too crazy.

Rick Marin's Cad (Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor)

[lolagetslife-blog]

I was first made aware of this article from my dashboard.  It seems that Kudostohope sent this link in a message to Brothermen, and I just got around to reading it this weekend.  This article took me through so many emotions, I just may have had a psychotic break, lol.  

I found this article to be incredibly funny.  I mean, the title, the tone, the stories within, all seemed like one big joke to me.  Apparently, I'm supposed to feel sympathy for those highly educated, extremely well connected, previously successful white men who cant get jobs now?  The men who, despite their being unemployed, are in marriages where the women have good-paying jobs?  These men who, while not enjoying their previous lifestyle, are far from living hand to mouth, unlike millions of other people of color?

GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!

Are you kidding me?  I know way too many people who are struggling in this economy for me to be concerned that these men might have to sell their vacation homes in order to keep paying the bills.  

Now, don't get me wrong, I do feel empathy for those who are having financial and professional difficulties in these trying times.  And a very small part of me feels bad that these men have lost their livelihood.  But just a very small part.  These past few years, people all across America are finding themselves doing things they never thought they'd do, just to get by.  

And, just like the original posters of this link, this article made me mad.  Mad that Newsweek magazine would see fit to publish this.  Mad that the authors of this piece, Rick Marin and Tony Dokoupil, thought that this was news the American public needed to know.  I am even more livid at the fact these people chose to present this article as an issue that was more important than the plights of the "have nots".  

But, ultimately, all I can do is shake my head and laugh.

Read the article and tell me what you all think!  Should we care that the men in the "good-old-boy network" are experiencing less success than in the past?  Or should we read this as a very serious sign that the economy is worse than we thought?  Let a sista know!