Late to the party (blogtoberfest day 10)

So I guess I am totally late to the Ryan Gosling-fest. I mean, I'd heard of Fuck Yeah! Ryan Gosling, but to me he was just the blond dude in that Notebook movie I never saw. The only Ryan Gosling movie I've seen so far is Lars and the Real Girl, which I admit, I did love.

But this weekend I--along with the rest of the Internet, apparently--discovered the glory and beauty of Feminist Ryan Gosling. Oh my goodness. 

Jezebel covered it (obvs), and so did Twitter, and while I normally would have tweeted about it a little, snorted with my girlfriends, and snickered with my husband rather than blog about it, when I found out how awesome Mr. Gosling is in real life I couldn't resist. (plus, 31 straight days of blogging? Let's take content where we can get it!)

So first, of course, there is the darling fact that he read some FYRG quotes in an interview (how charming. For real.). Then there are the insightful, feminist, anti-patriarchal statements me made about Blue Valentine (pardon me while I swoon daintily).

But then while I was Googling him obsessively diligently this afternoon, I came across this Huffington Post article about conflict minerals--basically our generation's blood diamonds--that he co-authored. What?! If I weren't already married to a blond, blue-eyed, feminist who cares about human security and justice, things might've gotten weird as I hunted down Señor Gosling and forced him to snuggle with me. As it is, I just have a list of flicks to add to my Netflix (Qwikster?) queue once my vacation hold ends.

Anyway, to sum up: Feminist Ryan Gosling = Awesome. Actual Ryan Gosling = Also Awesome! The more you know, right?