Expand your vocabulary

Your word for today is "heteronormative." Why heteronormative, you ask? Well, Jada Pinkett-Smith spoke last week after being honored as Artist of the Year at Harvard University. Since then, The Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance is all upset and decried her speech as extremely heteronormative. What did she say that was so offensive?

``Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career,'' she said. ``They say you gotta choose. Nah, nah, nah. We are a new generation of women. We got to set a new standard of rules around here. You can do whatever it is you want. All you have to do is want it.''

I hate to break it the BGLTSA, but somewhere between 90 and 95 percent of people are heterosexual which meets my definition of normal. You won't be happy in life if you are trying that hard to find something to complain about. She gave a campy speech full of cliches, who cares?