oh the pretty things

eschergirls: the-dangers-of-ingesting-mercury: good-idea-poorly...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:16:07 -0600

the-dangers-of-ingesting-mercury:

good-idea-poorly-executed:

lostwiginity:

Interesting.

This is actually really interesting.

This is legitimately not jut about boobs,just watch it,youll learn something about modern cinema

A video about the straight male gaze in cinema (and video games), examples of it, and talking about how even when men are sexualized on screen, it’s still as active agents and not as a collection of body parts where the camera zooms in and cuts to various secondary sex characteristics. Not a new concept, but the video is still interesting, even as just food for thought.

I also think having it deconstructed visually like he does, helps one pay a little more attention to how the world around us is constructed via the media we consume, in even small subtle ways, like where the camera focuses, pans, and zooms in on, and the difference between cuts that show pieces of the body versus full face & body shots. (This is, of course, also applicable to stuff like comics, such as this Vampirella page where several panels are dedicated to her bu tt, or Ed Benes’ penchant for drawing “looking up at her butt” angles in panels with women in them.)

Sometimes it’s a conscious decision, and the artist wants to do it that way, or has been told to by higher ups, or it’s a goal of the company/marketing department, and sometimes, I think, it’s not necessarily conscious, but just how we’ve grown used to seeing scenes/panels with women constructed and having grown up with this media, we do it ourselves without thinking (i.e. “just what you do” as discussed in a previous post.)

Also, this doesn’t mean it’s NEVER a thing to do, sometimes it can be used very effectively, and increases the understanding of a scene (like the Austin Powers example where we are supposed to be seeing her through his eyes), but it’s when it becomes the norm of depicting women in all situations, that it can be a barrier to some of the audience in their enjoyment of the media, or their feeling of immersion, and send a message of “this is not for you.”

As I said, just something to think about once you’re aware of it. :)

jmaaso: Shizuoka International Garden - Kengo Kuma and...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:09:42 -0600

jmaaso:

Shizuoka International Garden - Kengo Kuma and Associates

snufflechopsplastic: golden-etches-beauty: It makes me...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:19:03 -0600

snufflechopsplastic:

golden-etches-beauty:

It makes me extremely happy to know this is the proper method for weighing Owls.

ll bash e fookin ead in m8 i swar on e mum

gingerhaze: atheneco: My favorite part about Man of...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:28:06 -0600

gingerhaze:

atheneco:

My favorite part about Man of Steel.

Unf.

legit gonna see this movie just for her okay

potatofarmgirl: qpopshop: potatofarmgirl: My Cutie Honey...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:37:28 -0600

potatofarmgirl:

qpopshop:

potatofarmgirl:

My Cutie Honey piece for the “Devils & Robots: A Tribute to Go Nagai”, this weekend at Q Pop Shop in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Here’s the info, and a list of contributing artists!

Cutie Honey has never looked better.

Available here: http://store.qpopshop.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Brianne%2DDrouhard%2DCutie%2DHoney

It’s in a store! <3

I don’t believe in feeling guilty for the things that make you happy, but Cutie Honey was a guilty pleasure for a long, long time.

Photo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:46:42 -0600

Photo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:56:01 -0600

“I will attack the Greeks with my entire navy.” [x]

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:43:05 -0600

_{“I will attack the Greeks with my entire navy.” [x]}

gingerhaze: Cersei Lannister with Lucille Bluth quotes is a...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:04:49 -0600

gingerhaze:

Cersei Lannister with Lucille Bluth quotes is a thing that’s happening this week

soulpancake: While Sailing

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:14:33 -0600

soulpancake:

While Sailing

thefrogman: Coconot Chanel [tumblr]

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:23:21 -0600

mmmmm, pancakes & champagne!

uh oh! too much champagne!

way too much champagne!

tea time!

thefrogman:

Coconot Chanel [tumblr]

dapperdan22: Jeff Simpson

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:33:09 -0600

dapperdan22:

Jeff Simpson

fuckyou-fuckme-fuckit: disneygirlxx: martin-munster: munchflow...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:42:18 -0600

fuckyou-fuckme-fuckit:

disneygirlxx:

martin-munster:

munchflower:

When my daughter first showed signs of hating herself, I got out photoshop. We went and found an image of her choosing, of a woman. I spent the next two hours showing her just how easy it was to alter this woman. I changed her hair, whitened her teeth, made her thinner. I erased her blemishes and even made her taller while my daughter sat there aghast. At the end of it she loudly said - ” THAT’S NOT FAIR!”

I told her that damn near every image she saw of people in magazines, on television, etc, was altered like this, and that she should never compare herself to that, because even supermodels don’t look like supermodels.

I wish I could do that for every child. I wish it was a mandatory class in school.

I AM SHOWING THIS TO EVERYONE

I SAW THIS IN CLASS BEFORE. THE TEACHER WAS ALL LIKE ”please, never compare yourself to people you see in magazines. They’re always altered. It’s as easy as that.” I ALMOST STOOD UP AND YELLED ”AMEN, MISS. AMEN.”

I think she’s prettier in that first image. In the last one she looks like an alien.

deforest: Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:51:17 -0600

deforest:

_{Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931)}

thefrogman: [The Dainty Squid]

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:09:40 -0600

thefrogman:

[The Dainty Squid]

soulpancake: On Prioritizing Travel

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:19:11 -0600

soulpancake:

On Prioritizing Travel

toxicnotebook: KNAPP The Post-War collection A/W 2012/2013

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:28:38 -0600

toxicnotebook:

KNAPP The Post-War collection A/W 2012/2013

birdstump: Kitty, by Paolo Rivera

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:37:23 -0600

birdstump:

Kitty, by Paolo Rivera

animationtidbits: Mulan - Paul Felix & Hans Bacher

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:46:36 -0600

animationtidbits:

Mulan - Paul Felix & Hans Bacher

"God we fuck up teenagers’ heads. We tell them that biological conditions are moral punishments and..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:04:54 -0600

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God we fuck up teenagers’ heads. We tell them that biological conditions are moral punishments and then we get all shocked when they don’t practice rational risk management of biological conditions. We teach them “sex is super desirable and all the cool kids do it, and it’s hideously shameful and will destroy your life” and we wonder why they act an eensy bit neurotic about it. If you tried to design a system for making sexually active kids confused and unsafe, you couldn’t do much better than the American media and school system.

And for once, the answer is relatively simple. Just talk about sex like it’s a part of life. Some people have sex and some people don’t, because people are different. STIs aren’t bad because they’re Dirty Crotch Rot; they’re bad because they’re contagious illnesses like strep throat or whooping cough, and you can ask a doctor to check for and treat them just like you would with strep throat. Unwanted pregnancy isn’t a scarlet A; it’s a mostly-preventable accident that sometimes occurs when people are going about their normal business of having sex. You can ask the school counselor about a variety of topics, including career planning, problems at home, questions about sex, or conflicts with teachers.

If we could just get the goddamn stick out of our collective ass and accept that sex is a human activity and teenagers are humans, maybe there wouldn’t be quite so many plaintive “I don’t understand my body and I’m confused and scared and I don’t know anyone I can ask in person” messages flying out into the world.

”

- The Pervocracy - “Teenage Panic.” (via klonazepam)