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"Not long after the Simpsonites, there appeared two deities in one, Parker-Stone. Perhaps the deities..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:17:52 -0400

“Not long after the Simpsonites, there appeared two deities in one, Parker-Stone. Perhaps the deities were brothers, perhaps lovers, perhaps just co-creators.” Parker-Stone had ruled from a stream called Cahmehdee and spoke plainly to the people, often in the avatar of several young boys. “They spoke of freedom and invisible hands,” The Elderlisa said, “and all who disagreed would be sentenced to death by public ridicule.” Their followers were fierce and loud and had once been abundant in villages called “forums”.”

- Tales From The First Decadian Simpsonites : Mara Wilson Writes Stuff

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:08:15 -0400

futurefutures: Appropriate response to cat calls.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:45:22 -0400

futurefutures:

Appropriate response to cat calls.

"For most of America, Psy is a funny name, a funny face, and a funny personality. He doesn’t sing in..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:22:59 -0400

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For most of America, Psy is a funny name, a funny face, and a funny personality. He doesn’t sing in English and most people just don’t get it leaving most of them to not take him seriously. It’s easy to strip the significance behind “Gangnam Style” down if you don’t know what it means and solely find entertainment in the Asian guy shaking his hips. But what most people don’t realize is that Psy doesn’t take himself seriously. He’s a satirist and political dissident. “Gangnam Style” was a commentary, not just a fun pop tune with a silly dance.

Gangnam is Seoul’s wealthiest and flashiest neighborhood. For South Koreans, Gangnam represents the ideal life of excess and consumerism. Psy’s character in the video is a wannabe Gangnamite. He dreams he’s living the flashy, excessive lifestyle while he’s really just like everyone else, swimming in a public pool and riding the subway. But never in the video does it seem that Psy’s character is unhappy. He’s content to play in a children’s playground and meet the girl of his dreams in the subway. “Gangnam Style” is much more that we have made it, but that’s not surprising considering Psy’s background and how little we know about it.

In America, it seems like “Gangnam Style” was Psy’s big break when in fact the song had been released on his sixth studio album and his music career hadn’t been about making flashy and catchy songs. He believes music is the key to overcoming the intolerance embedded in his country’s political systems. Throughout his career, his songs have been banned for inappropriate content and have been surrounded by controversy, not to mention the fact that he fought his mandatory military draft.

Psy is a voice for his people. He’s fighting the oppression and intolerance he sees in his culture through his music. And by ignoring his worth and his value, we’re reducing the culture of South Korea into a short man with funny pants doing a ridiculous dance.

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- Opinion: American media chooses to undervalue artists like Psy from “Gangnam Style” (via kpop-confessions)

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:41 -0400

"Stop being tormented by everyone else’s reaction to you."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:37:52 -0400

“Stop being tormented by everyone else’s reaction to you.”

- Joyce Meyer (via stellablu)

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:34 -0400

66lanvin: BABY I’m a STAR………..No.1

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:53:05 -0400

66lanvin:

BABY I’m a STAR………..No.1

everythingdolls: riseagainstcaity: Perfect. //

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:30:55 -0400

"Curiouser and Curiouser"

"Go On, Have a Bite"

"In Ageless Sleep, She Finds Repose"

"Just Right"

"What Big Teeth You Have"

everythingdolls:

riseagainstcaity:

Perfect.

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:08:25 -0400

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:45:26 -0400

littlehorrorshop: Male and Female, 1919

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:23:01 -0400

littlehorrorshop:

Male and Female, 1919

roundtop: I’m not like most girls. I’m like all girls. I am the alpha girl and the omega girl. I...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:59:16 -0400

roundtop:

I’m not like most girls. I’m like all girls. I am the alpha girl and the omega girl. I have many faces, and I am called by many names, not all of which are audible to human ears. I contain multitudes. I am legion. All shall be assimilated.

decemberpaladin: adidasfactory: She waited 9 months for her...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:56:55 -0400

decemberpaladin:

adidasfactory:

She waited 9 months for her moment

In my mind, she pressed SEND, leapt into the air, did a flip, and landed in a perfect three-point landing, cracking the travertine of her computer room floor with her fist.

the-lost-and-now-discovered: American Holocaust of Native...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:36:54 -0400

the-lost-and-now-discovered:

American Holocaust of Native American Indians (FULL Documentary)

The powerful and hard-hitting documentary, American Holocaust, is quite possibly the only film that reveals the link between the Nazi holocaust, which claimed at least 6 million Jews, and the American Holocaust which claimed, according to conservative estimates, 19 million Indigenous People.

It is seldom noted anywhere in fact, be it in textbooks or on the internet, that Hitler studied Americas Indian policy, and used it as a model for what he termed the final solution.

He wasnt the only one either. Its not explicitly mentioned in the film, but its well known that members of the National Party government in South Africa studied the American approach before they introduced the system of racial apartheid, which lasted from 1948 to 1994. Other fascist regimes, for instance, in South and Central America, studied the same policy.

Noted even less frequently, Canadas Aboriginal policy was also closely examined for its psychological properties. America always took the more wide-open approach, for example, by decimating the Buffalo to get rid of a primary food source, by introducing pox blankets, and by giving $1 rewards to settlers in return for scalps of Indigenous Men, women, and children, among many, many other horrendous acts. Canada, on the other hand, was more bureaucratic about it. They used what I like to call the gentlemans touch, because instead of extinguishment, Canada sought to remove the Indian from the Man and the Women and the Child, through a long-term, and very specific program of internal breakdown and replacement call it assimilation. America had its own assimilation program, but Canada was far more technical about it.

Perhaps these points would have been more closely examined in American Holocaust if the film had been completed. The films director, Joanelle Romero, says shes been turned down from all sources of funding since she began putting it together in 1995.

Perhaps its just not good business to invest in something that tells so much truth? In any event, Romero produced a shortened, 29-minute version of the film in 2001, with the hope of encouraging new funders so she could complete American Holocaust. Eight years on, Romero is still looking for funds.

American Holocaust may never become the 90-minute documentary Romero hoped to create, to help expose the most substantial act of genocide that the world has ever seen one that continues even as you read these words.

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:20:23 -0400

superseventies: Richard O’Brien in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:37:53 -0400

superseventies:

Richard O’Brien in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show/, 1975.

gunkiss: Miss Piggy is definitely FAB! I’ve deep love for The...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:41 -0400

gunkiss:

Miss Piggy is definitely FAB!

I’ve deep love for The Muppets and specially Miss Piggy. I remember renting the vhs to watch the episodes and the cartoon baby series haha, totally adorable! I wanna grab me some Miss Piggy Tonner dolls in the future but I can’t decide which =P. I really love what Miss Piggy inspired, she is totally awesome and an influence for sure.

_{Some info about her outfit: This is the outfit that Miss Piggy wore at a Selfridges store window in London to celebrate 30 years of the birth punk in 2006 for 6 weeks. Dress by Miu Miu.}

vogue-is-viral: Dolce and Gabbana f/w 2006

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:52:44 -0400

vogue-is-viral:

Dolce and Gabbana f/w 2006

martin-munster: I am slowly turning into Bernhard Black…

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:30:11 -0400

martin-munster:

I am slowly turning into Bernhard Black…