Russell Brand Destroys MSNBC Talk Show Host for Treating Him Like Shit
“Casual objectification” is an excellent term for not only what these people were doing to him, but for pretty much the entire institution of “celebrity.”
Also, Russell Brand is very funny. These people have no idea how to handle intelligent discourse blended with humor. They are speaking very different cultural languages. It’s a fascinating thing to watch.
THE 10 MOST DISASTROUS FILM PRODUCTIONS OF ALL TIME
This Friday’s “World War Z” is one of the most troubled would-be blockbusters in recent memory. Cost estimates have ranged from $200 to $400 million, with the reasons for the overspending chronicled in this hypnotically detailed “Vanity Fair” article. Though the sheer amount of misspent money might be unique, the root causes — a chaotic set overrun by too many unsupervised extras, miscommunication and conflict between all members of the cast and crew, endless rewrites and re-shoots — are hardly unprecedented. Here’s a look at ten of the most troubled productions in film history.
The Universe is Made of Music: Human evolution made us long-distance runners, but it didn’t make us like it.
Why Is Exercise Such a Chore?
A resident looks out from a window of his apartment at people running during the Virada Esportiva program in Sao Paulo, July 1, 2012.
Photo by Paulo…
Today in History: The First American woman in space, 1983
In 1983 the space shuttle Challenger was launched into space on its second mission. Sally Kristen Ride was an American physicist and astronaut. Ride joined NASA in 1978 and at the age of 32, became the first American woman to enter into low Earth orbit in 1983, she was also the youngest astronaut to be launched into space.
During the six-day mission, Ride, an astrophysicist from Stanford University, operated the shuttle’s robot arm, which she had helped design.
Her historic journey was preceded almost 20 years to the day by cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova of the Soviet Union, who on June 16, 1963, became the first woman ever to travel into space. The United States had screened a group of female pilots in 1959 and 1960 for possible astronaut training but later decided to restrict astronaut qualification to men. In 1978, NASA changed its policy and announced that it had approved six women to become the first female astronauts in the U.S. space program.
Dan Harmon Poops: It Won't Happen Again Again
My apolotweets might not have fit the scale of the crime for some, so I’m following them up with one of my patented apoloblogs. I want to clarify, I’m apoloblogging in an effort to counteract pain I caused other people. Not because I think what I have to say is important - this is one of those…
Oppression of punks in Indonesia.
I want to cry
I kind of see the metaphor behind the Save Rock & Roll album cover now.
Details about these images:
Via: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464727/indonesian-punk-concert-leads-to-head-shaving-by-police
“Police shave the hair of detained Indonesian punks at a police school in Aceh Besar in Aceh province. Sharia police are “morally rehabilitating” more than 60 young punk rock fans, saying the youths tarnish the province’s staunch Islamic image. After being arrested at a punk rock concert in the provincial capital Banda Aceh Saturday night, 59 male and five female punk rock fans have been forced to have their hair cut, bathe in a lake, change clothes and pray, an AFP correspondent on the scene said December 14.”
Via: http://www.punknews.org/article/46119/postcards-from-aceh-talks-to-oppressed-punks-about-december-incident
These images are powerful and frightening displays of fascism. But I worry, when choosing to share them, especially when not sharing them in any kind of context, if they aren’t being reduced to tragedy porn or- worse- to images of ‘look what those horrible brown people are doing to eachother’ or ‘this is religion’s fault’.
This is fascism. These are acts of power and control. That needs to be stated loudly and often.
and it is frighteningly easy to imagine that happening here. there are plenty of people who would look at those images and applaud, who would be perfectly happy to do what was done here, who probably are taking notes and thinking it’s a good idea.
imagine the things you like that “mainstream society” doesn’t consider normal or safe. imagine you are dragged out of a convention, have your head shaved, are forced into gender-conforming clothes (you get to watch as your clothes, the ones you wore to the convention, your cosplay outfits, are shredded and burned). and then you are forced to thank God and Jesus for the intervention that is “saving your soul”—at gunpoint.
PRISM is part of this. you should be angry—and afraid.
(Source: maskdeuh, via kingrobbstark)
(Source: andreii-tarkovsky, via film-dot-com)
Gay Rights in Russia — Moscow, June 11, 2013
(Photos by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)
1. A radical Orthodox believer (R) throws an egg at gay rights activists during a protest against a proposed new law termed by the State Duma as “against advocating the rejection of traditional family values” in central Moscow June 11, 2013.
2. Gay rights activists shout slogans from a police van after being detained during a protest against a proposed new law termed by the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, as “against advocating the rejection of traditional family values” in central Moscow June 11, 2013.
3. Youths kick a gay rights activist during a protest against a proposed new law termed by the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, as “against advocating the rejection of traditional family values” in central Moscow June 11, 2013. Activists say the bill, backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies in parliament, would prohibit all gay-rights rallies and fear it is fuelling violence against gays. Russian authorities say two recent murders were motivated by homophobia.
(via kingrobbstark)
