#ladytown

Amelia: Does he go to Ladytown?! Because I think if he doesn’t go to Ladytown the first time, should not there be a second ...

today's blog post re: 15 songs that will cure your ladytown hangover... 

Will this city work as intended? Some women who work in these new cities "will no doubt distinguish themselves, but they will still be laboring in segregation," says The Atlantic's Goodyear. If the goal is unleashing the female workforce, "a segregated city will never be as productive or creative as one where the free exchange of ideas among diverse converging people is allowed." Actually, I think "Hofuf will be exceedingly productive," says Zoe Williams at Britain's The Guardian. For one thing, "as an industrial town with no men in it, it will presumably contain none of those mini-impediments to productivity known as 'children.'" In a few years, these Saudi women will be South Korea to their male counterparts' North. These cities will either fail or they'll succeed in further segregating women from the public sphere, says Homa Khaleeli at The Guardian. Maybe women should "flock to them, close the doors, and refuse to leave until the kingdom's rulers understand just what it is like to live without women."

Is this a step forward for women? That's a tough question, says The Guardian's Williams. It's not really "a move forward in women's liberation, not unless you think apartheid was a good system for black people because they got their own swimming pools," but at the same time, we can't know yet that "Ladytown won't boost women in unintended ways." As I suspect the Saudis will soon learn, "when you educate people, refuse to let them work, and then suddenly unleash them, en masse, into economic productivity," that's a recipe for change. Look, in this kingdom, this is the only opportunity for women "to have an income, be financially independent," at least for now, Saudi radio host Samar Fatany tells ABC News. Putting women to work feels inevitable, even in Saudi Arabia, says Doug Barry at Jezebel. And "everyone should have the right to fall into the daily grind, because only then can all people truly appreciate how awesome it will be when robots do all our work for us."

Ladytown problems involving painful swelling.  Needles going in and attacking that swelling.  Needles delivering burning all up in ladytown capitol.  Needles and scalpels systematically attacking Ladytown.  Mayor of Ladytown freaking the fuck out. 

But all is well in Ladytown.  A new town doctor was elected. 

Doctor called away to go deliver a new baby.  Calls his nurse and concludes conversation with "Thanks, Pardner!" with a slight Slovokian accent. 

This has been ...  gross.