May 2010
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Important euphemisms, you guys!
We’ve all heard the “Kristen Stewart can’t come out before Twilight is finished because it would distort her for-Edward’s-penis-only billion dollar persona” argument. Then this past week, Kristen appeared on Oprah with the rest of Twilight’s main cast. Here is part of the transcript. KRISTEN STEWART: I get so nervous, and… OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): Okay, let me...
RA Sushi's response to the offended. I feel all...
In early April, RA Sushi began a sweet promotion: perpetuate an Asian stereotype that was conveniently packaged into a catchphrase by Stanley Kubrick, and get a free side order of edamame. The idea was so popular that it spread to Chicago! God Bless America. (full article) Yesterday RA Sushi posted an “apology” on their Facebook page: Are you fucking kidding me? This is worse than...
"...the Myth of Land Discovery."
Quoted from Racialious… This ad seems to encapsulate two of the ways that North America cleanses the story of its origin, refusing to acknowledge that our nations are founded on genocide. The first: calling the Europeans’ arrival in the Americas “Discovery,” rather than Colonisation or Genocide. You can only call their arrival “discovery” if there weren’t any humans here who had already...
Unhappy cute indie boy musicians.
They and their photoshoots all look like this now. Elements are arranged in ascending order, from first noticed to last noticed. - bokeh - none are smiling, not even with their eyes - yet they still appear so content about themselves - moderate desaturation - it is autumn - the blazer guy - the cardigan-over-dress-shirt guy - the vintage eye frames guy (a.k.a. blazer guy) - the kinda ugly guy...