Stuffs from the internets
Apr. 7th, 2010 01:50 pmOn media and -isms
dear hollywood: I resent you. Srsly. by kaigou - "I'm just plain tired of always the same faces, the same middle-class heterosexual cisgendered cissexed abled white male take on things. I want something different. I'm tired of seeing and hearing ads for movie after movie with fabulous budget and intriguing premise and amazing effects and knowing that the story's centerpiece is, wow, quelle shock, another freaking white guy." YES YES YES.
The Importance of Being Bellatrix Lestrange by Ouyang Dan - Interesting post about mental illness and communication, using Bellatrix from Harry Potter as an example. "The importance of Bellatrix Lestrange is that she represents real people…real women who exist — whether intentional on the part of J.K. Rowling or no — who have valid concerns in the world, and who can not get their voices heard because their mental illness (or any disability) creates a barrier between what they say and what others are willing to hear."
The cost of art by fiction_theory - Amanda Palmer is a trainwreck of ignorance and insensitivity. fiction_theory compares Palmer to Erykah Badu, using Badu's new music video to break down American culture's views on art and women's bodies.
Real world stuff
'I pray lovely creature, comply!' 300-year-old stash of erotica found hidden in Lake District manor house - Human nature doesn't change much. I'd love to read a historical novel where the characters have a stash of steamy stories of their own.
The stunning pictures of sleeping insects covered in water droplets - Absolutely gorgeous.
Summerwind Mansion - A wiki article about a supposedly haunted mansion in Wisconsin. "One example is that when they attempted to draw blueprints, the dimensions of the house would change, with some rooms producing larger measurements on some days than on others. Photographs taken of the same location, on the same film, were also said to show a single room as several different sizes. even if they were taken seconds apart, or to show furnishings that had been in the room when the Hinshaws had lived there, but which had since been removed." Ooooh man. Shivers. Unreliable geometry is one of my favorite scary story tropes.
dear hollywood: I resent you. Srsly. by kaigou - "I'm just plain tired of always the same faces, the same middle-class heterosexual cisgendered cissexed abled white male take on things. I want something different. I'm tired of seeing and hearing ads for movie after movie with fabulous budget and intriguing premise and amazing effects and knowing that the story's centerpiece is, wow, quelle shock, another freaking white guy." YES YES YES.
The Importance of Being Bellatrix Lestrange by Ouyang Dan - Interesting post about mental illness and communication, using Bellatrix from Harry Potter as an example. "The importance of Bellatrix Lestrange is that she represents real people…real women who exist — whether intentional on the part of J.K. Rowling or no — who have valid concerns in the world, and who can not get their voices heard because their mental illness (or any disability) creates a barrier between what they say and what others are willing to hear."
The cost of art by fiction_theory - Amanda Palmer is a trainwreck of ignorance and insensitivity. fiction_theory compares Palmer to Erykah Badu, using Badu's new music video to break down American culture's views on art and women's bodies.
Real world stuff
'I pray lovely creature, comply!' 300-year-old stash of erotica found hidden in Lake District manor house - Human nature doesn't change much. I'd love to read a historical novel where the characters have a stash of steamy stories of their own.
The stunning pictures of sleeping insects covered in water droplets - Absolutely gorgeous.
Summerwind Mansion - A wiki article about a supposedly haunted mansion in Wisconsin. "One example is that when they attempted to draw blueprints, the dimensions of the house would change, with some rooms producing larger measurements on some days than on others. Photographs taken of the same location, on the same film, were also said to show a single room as several different sizes. even if they were taken seconds apart, or to show furnishings that had been in the room when the Hinshaws had lived there, but which had since been removed." Ooooh man. Shivers. Unreliable geometry is one of my favorite scary story tropes.