sex, art, and politics

how-to-kiss-distinctly-american: novazembla: (via) If I had...

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:06:49 -0500

novazembla:

(via)

If I had an inspiration board or whatever the fuck they are, this would be front and center.

mohawkcub: das-gefrorene-meer-in-uns: ‎1950’s lyrics: Love me tender, love me true, all my dreams...

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:47:49 -0500

das-gefrorene-meer-in-uns:

‎1950’s lyrics: Love me tender, love me true, all my dreams fulfilled. For, my darling, I love you, and I always will.
1960’s lyrics: When the girl in your arms is the girl in your heart, then you’ve got everything.
1970’s lyrics: I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words, how wonderful life is while you’re in the world.
2012 lyrics: Almost drowned in her pussy so I swam to her butt.

1930’s lyrics: Say I fucked all night, and all the night before baby, and I feel like I just wanna fuck some more, oh great God, daddy, grind me, honey and shave ‘em dry.

Lucille Bogan where have you been all my life? (well, dead… but you know what I mean)

"To Our Galtian Overlords, the real economy is the Great Casino, the rest of it is just inputs into..."

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:17:50 -0500

“To Our Galtian Overlords, the real economy is the Great Casino, the rest of it is just inputs into the probability matrix machine. What matters are “markets,” not whether people have jobs or anything to eat. And the rest of the media largely follows this. When the stock market goes up, you can sense the “economy is fine!!!” narrative taking shape. When the stock market drops, worried coverage reappears.”

- Eschaton: Economies

gapers: My Kind of Protest Town Few photos from the NATO Summit...

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:36:26 -0500

gapers:

My Kind of Protest Town

Few photos from the NATO Summit and protests will be as iconic (and ironic) as this one by GB contributing photographer Steve Stearns.

Almost too perfect.

Guns N’ Roses - Sweet Child O’ Mine

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:05:45 -0500

Guns N’ Roses - Sweet Child O’ Mine

Aerosmith - Janie’s Got A Gun

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:56:44 -0500

Aerosmith - Janie’s Got A Gun

I killed the headmaster in front of the children. Then they...

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:07:00 -0500

I killed the headmaster in front of the children. Then they giggled and laughed and they want to kill for justice!

chelebelleslair: bhof: Miss Topsy, c. 1968. Hello, Miss Topsy.

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:33:57 -0500

chelebelleslair:

bhof: Miss Topsy, c. 1968.

Hello, Miss Topsy.

It's hot outside.

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:32:43 -0500

Oh man my cave of an apartment might have a hard time sustaining plant life but it keeps it at least ten degrees cooler in here.

Drink plenty of fluids, protesters, and remember to seek attention if you are feeling dizzy, confused, or have a rapid heart beat.

thegang: I am extremely excited to present a GAQ feature...

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:29:17 -0500

thegang:

I am extremely excited to present a GAQ feature interview and photo spread with incredible photographer and artist, Sophia Wallace. Wallace merges narrative, documentary, fashion, and performance strategies to create dialogue around notions of gender and identity. And it’s beautiful work. Perhaps the most striking thing about Wallace’s work for me is her ability to create imagery as crisp and fashion-forward as those in your latest issue of Vogue, while simultaneously offering cultural commentary and bringing thought provoking themes to the fore.

I asked Wallace some questions about her work, her process and the ideas behind it all. Click the photo for the entire spread, or click HERE to download.

OutKast - We Luv Deez Hoez

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:53:07 -0500

OutKast - We Luv Deez Hoez

Saturday night gaming!

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:00:37 -0500

Saturday night gaming!

"The Bank of Greece dismisses categorically an article in a Sunday newspaper which refers to an..."

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:22:19 -0500

“The Bank of Greece dismisses categorically an article in a Sunday newspaper which refers to an alleged plan to limit withdrawals and capital movements abroad.”

- Okay so the fact that the Bank of Greece even had to issue this denial indicates that things are about to get much worse there. Between the leftist anti-austerity parties planning to nationalize the banks and the warnings from the European Central Bank that they’re unwilling to prop up the Greek banking sector and the possibility that everyone’s account is going to get surprise-converted to drachma, no one trusts the banks to preserve their value. Bank customers are withdrawing hundreds of millions of euro a day.

Obviously, the banks don’t actually have enough cash to cover everyone’s accounts if everyone withdraws at once - so panic is self-reinforcing, because when you see all your peers draining their accounts then you realize you need to do the same thing while the bank can still give you cash. This process is called a bank run, and it generally leads to riots and wiped-out savings and free-fall economic collapse.

To prevent this from happening, the Bank of Greece may be getting ready to announce limits on withdrawals - say, no more than fifty euro per day. Obviously they’ll deny this right up until it actually happens, but if the withdrawals continue there will be no way around it.

Controls like these lead to huge hardship for consumers and widespread panic, of course. Worse yet, it’s almost certain that the wealthy will be able to evade restrictions - so the pain falls mostly on people who are already impoverished. But once society loses confidence in the banking system then massive disruption is basically inevitable no matter what policy response the government adopts.

(via jakke)

This entire process will be an invigorating tutorial in the reasoning behind the banks bailouts in 2008.

(sa&p here… i see tumblr didn’t fix quote reblogging in the android app. Thecallus wrote the above)

Oh. Dear.

love-and-radiation: Oh, Gravity Kid. I just got a visceral...

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:16:56 -0500

love-and-radiation:

Oh, Gravity Kid.

I just got a visceral desire to suck a drawing’s cock. Ahem.

cruiseorbecruised: Bruce of LA photo series from Hawaii Enjoy...

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:10:49 -0500

cruiseorbecruised:

Bruce of LA photo series from Hawaii

Enjoy your saturday night, western hemisphere.

So here I am at the third test of the pilgrim’s path. I...

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:57:00 -0500

So here I am at the third test of the pilgrim’s path. I got the clue that I’m not supposed to offer her weath, but something that can’t be seen, felt, or held. I remembered a flute way back in the first room so I ran back there, thinking that I was supposed to play her a song.

Apparently, in a game where cooking is a thing you can do, I can’t play music. There goes my one good idea. I don’t even know how to “offer” her anything. I’d assumed there would be a dialogue where she either smites me or lets me pass. I tried dropping a filled soul gem at her feet, that didn’t do anything either.

I’m pretty close to looking this one up.

ETA: Well that was easier than expected.

"Chen Guangcheng’s escape from the grips of Chinese authorities represents the culmination of a..."

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:52:00 -0500

“Chen Guangcheng’s escape from the grips of Chinese authorities represents the culmination of a nearly month-long tale of international intrigue combining car chases along the streets of Beijing with international diplomacy at the highest levels of the world’s two most important nations.”

- Chen’s departure followed month of international intrigue – USATODAY.com

Richard Wolf and the USA TODAY headline writers deserve a prize for using the guy’s name instead of “blind chinese activist.” They don’t even mention it once!

What Fashion's "Ethnic" Prints Are Really Called

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:37:08 -0500

What Fashion's "Ethnic" Prints Are Really Called:

britticisms:

Throughout the past year, Refinery29 has made a noted effort to acknowledge and address privilege in a way that no other mainstream fashion website or magazine has attempted. What I love is that they’ve more or less been rather casual about the situation, treating their diverse fans and followers not as “Others” but as members of their audience who deserve to be acknowledged. One of their better examples was a story on spring beauty techniques that featured a black model. It wasn’t a feature on “black beauty,” but just a feature on universal makeup techniques featuring a black model. It’s the little things, really.

Skyrim

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:30:00 -0500

I like that they made the Stormcloaks xenophobic assholes so that the decision of which side of the civil war to join isn’t too easy.

It is an interesting but very annoying choice that they’ve given potions a non-negligible weight. I’m pretty sure at least 30 pounds of my encumberance is magic liquids that I can’t bring myself to use inefficiently or drop.

I made a new character after having a better idea of the game systems, roughly the same concept, though without the magic. I went to Riften early on this time and I’m about to finish off the Thieves Guild main quest line (I need to go through Pilgrim’s Path or whatever). I’m looking forward to having a home to put things in!

Also I played the game for a long long time before realizing there was a “sprint” command (It took getting the silent roll sneak perk) and that I should be using the horse and cart guy to get around.

Angel 2x11 - Redefinition DARLA You know, in a perfect world,...

Sat, 19 May 2012 08:15:00 -0500

Angel 2x11 - Redefinition

DARLA You know, in a perfect world, Angel would be here right now, helping me burn this city to the ground. This is his job I’m doing. But where is he? Probably flogging himself in a church somewhere.
DRUSILLA Ooh, flogging! Eew, churches.

Love you, Dru.