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pollums: brain-food: The Pilots Melancholyby Dominik...

lilebile — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:34:23 -0400

pollums:

brain-food:

The Pilots Melancholy
by Dominik Smialowski

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lilebile — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:05:06 -0400

pollums: appolsaucy: good-idea-poorly-executed: lostwiginity: ...

lilebile — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:05:58 -0400

pollums:

appolsaucy:

good-idea-poorly-executed:

lostwiginity:

Interesting.

This is actually really interesting.

I love that he pointed out that it’s different when men and women are objectified on film, not only because of the way our society views men and women, but also in the specific way those shots are framed.

When consuming media it’s so important to remember that filmmakers and ad companies have so many tools at their disposal that the average viewer is not even aware of. The way a scene is set, the way the camera moves, which parts of a person are included in the fame, the number of seconds the camera views each particular part of a person. All of these things very subtly evoke responses from us. We don’t notice them because we aren’t supposed to notice them—if they are doing their job right, everything feels seamless and correct to the viewer. And even if we do notice, we may not be able to articulate it because most of us haven’t studied filmmaking techniques.

If you think you are 100% impenetrable to the effects of the content you view, you are deluding yourself.

excellent explanation of the Male Gaze, a must watch

oxgall: yasahime: lulz-time: toocooltobehipster: THE HOLE IN...

lilebile — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 04:45:37 -0400

oxgall:

yasahime:

lulz-time:

toocooltobehipster:

THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE IS TERRIFYING OMG

Omygosh the third one down… PUPIL TEXTURE.

I want to vomit or faint or cry or something.

Wow pretty cool.. at last when I look at the lovely little flecks in people’s eyes I can remind myself they are not flecks but gaping holes in the stringy, mucusy-looking tissue craters that are eyeballs.

albinwonderland: caterinasforzas: manticoreimaginary: Laetitia...

lilebile — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:37:01 -0400

albinwonderland:

caterinasforzas:

manticoreimaginary:

Laetitia Casta, Cannes Film Festival (May 26, 2013)

#oh god oh god oh god #clytemnestra leda helen phoenix siren angel icarus winged nike menrva alpan ishtar mythical winged queens and goddesses and !!! #there has never ever been a better cloak than this

holy fucking shit that’s stunning

jessebalmer: dive bomber

lilebile — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:48:02 -0400

jessebalmer:

dive bomber

sparth: “the way” second image done with Hexels Pro. trixel...

lilebile — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:36:13 -0400

sparth:

“the way”

second image done with Hexels Pro. trixel mode, 90 degrees horizontal for those who wonder about the technique. glow was close to zero. contrast and hue saturation changes done in Photoshop.

charleshuettner: a continuation of the Tiny Story comic. words...

lilebile — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:15:56 -0400

charleshuettner:

a continuation of the Tiny Story comic. words by Sloane

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lilebile — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:50:33 -0400

[insert literary reference]: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?

lilebile — Fri, 31 May 2013 20:12:02 -0400

[insert literary reference]: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?:

literaryreference:

You know how it is, right, ladies? You know a guy for a while. You hang out with him. You do fun things with him—play video games, watch movies, go hiking, go to concerts. You invite him to your parties. You listen to his problems. You do all this because you think he wants to be your friend.

But…

wizzard890: andreasmroberts: Nicola Samori (b. 1977)....

lilebile — Wed, 29 May 2013 18:47:18 -0400

wizzard890:

andreasmroberts:

Nicola Samori (b. 1977). Italian.

Neo-Baroque??

Nicola Samori is fucking incredible. He works out of Italy, and he’s managed to nail the style of the Old Masters: his exhibitions contain everything from beautiful Baroque saints to Flemish still lifes — all painted now, in the modern era, in his studio. And that would be amazing in and of itself, but his work is so much more than simple reproduction. See, once he’s finished with a painting, or once he’s adapted one that’s been previously created, he takes a scalpel to it, a spatula, or a square of sandpaper, and begins to peel it apart. He flays painted skin right off his subjects’ bones.

Sometimes the “destruction” of the images asks the audience to think about what, exactly, the painting communicates when it’s whole. Other times it adds a strange level of corporeality to religious works, or gives portraits a darkly spiritual dimention they never had before.

He’s said in interviews that he views the layers of paint on the canvas as analogous to the muscle and tissue of the human body, and that by wearing it away, he changes the identity of the paintings themselves.

Dark and sometimes chilling as it is, I think his work is genuinely brilliant, and he’s one of my favorite living artists.

(Long story short, here’s his website, go check it out!)

nevver: Ernesto García “El Chango” Cabral

lilebile — Wed, 29 May 2013 02:10:49 -0400

nevver:

Ernesto García “El Chango” Cabral

"It’s a monumental overask to expect women to be gentle with the egos of men who only feigned..."

lilebile — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:43:48 -0400

“It’s a monumental overask to expect women to be gentle with the egos of men who only feigned friendship in order to get laid.”

- No One is Entitled to Sex: Why We Should Mock the Nice Guys of OkCupid (via peachersen)

Welp

(via callingoutbigotry)

marllone: #5 Mermaid And you thought I gave up on the monster...

lilebile — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:09:52 -0400

marllone:

#5 Mermaid

And you thought I gave up on the monster girl challenge! No way! Even if it takes me forever I’m going to finish (most of) it!.

I really wanted to do something non-traditional for mermaid, and I ended up with a sea slug girl after quite a bit of brainstorming. I’m quite happy with the results which wouldn’t have come out so awesome without a lot of help from beginning to finish from my very lovely boyfriend.

Don’t know when you should expect the next monster girl, but it’ll be less than eight months this time, I promise.

Good job on the tentacles! I love how you used the cell shading on them.

What happened with the color-picked-from-photo attempt? Was it just too intense?

Some concluding thoughts and answers to questions.

lilebile — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:21:19 -0400

bombsfall:

Anonymous asks:

Boys are doing significantly worse in school than girls, did you know that? Comparably, in terms of writing and reading, boys are doing as worse than girls than girls where doing worse than boys in science and math in 1950. That’s right, 1950. When was the last time you heard someone talk about this? You probably never have, so I’ll keep talking. Current college enrollment numbers are 60-40. Even if huge campaigns start tomorrow this gap won’t close minimum 30 years. This is just one issue.

Hey! This is going to be a very long answer, anonymous, so I hope you come back to read it. This is also a general statement to commenters and those who might take issue with the video. Anonymous, your answer is in the second paragraph after the break if you are impatient. Not all of this is addressed to you necessarily.

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“But I’m A Nice Guy” on Vimeo

Here’s a very eloquent and well-thought-out post on gender equality that sums up all my frustrations from last night’s tumbls. It’s a wordy post but absolutely worth the read! Also bonus animation that is also great!

"A woman’s worst nightmare? That’s pretty easy. Novelist Margaret Atwood writes that when she asked a..."

lilebile — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:43:31 -0400

“A woman’s worst nightmare? That’s pretty easy. Novelist Margaret Atwood writes that when she asked a male friend why men feel threatened by women, he answered, “They are afraid women will laugh at them.” When she asked a group of women why they feel threatened by men, they said, “We’re afraid of being killed.””

- Mary Dickson

[CW: discussion of rape culture and violence]

This reminds me of an article about online (heterosexual) dating that I read a while ago. It listed men’s and women’s worst fears about meeting someone from online. The highest ranked fear that men had was that their date would be fat, whereas the highest ranked fear that women had was that their date would turn out to be violent and kill them.

I think that says a lot.

(via kaitg)

Its interesting also that these fears sit subconsciously until woman are asked to exams their responses to men. We women will operate with this fear in mind, the way we protect ourselves, make sure our friends know where we are when we go on a date, words that we use while interacting with men, all in hopes they will not kill us, but simultaneously love us.

I think bell hooks made a point about this in her series on love. Something along the lines of how can women hope to love and receive love from men when at the foundation of our relationships there is this strong fear of men. You can’t build true trust when your foundation is crumbling under you.

The scariest part is, once you recognize this fear, and face it, how do you address it when there is evidence of “good” men abusing, hurting, and killing women everyday?

(via becomingchichi)

I was in my early 20’s when one of my homegirls broke this down for me.

I was in a broken relationship, and one of the things was that bugged me at the time was that the girlfriend at the time would freak out whenever I got angry - I never yelled, never throw or hit things, mostly, I just needed some time to cool out.

“Why does she get scared when I’m angry? I’d never hit her!”

“But she doesn’t KNOW that. She can’t assume that. Look at how many dudes are out there pulling shit.”

And that stuck with me for a hot minute. The relationship was broken on so many levels anyway, but that fact still remains, as a man, I can’t fault women for assuming the worst in order to protect themselves, especially how the world’s patriarchy and misogyny rolls.

(via bankuei)

I’ve had continual discussions with Tchy about this, and I don’t expect to stop. It’s fair to say that there’s no one in the world that I trust more, and he has been extremely careful with me, but… the fact remains that he leans quite a bit towards the masculine, and this means that that fear is always there. The news of transmasculine folks abusing/raping people doesn’t help that fear any. :(

I’m learning not to apologize for it. It’s not my fault (nor, really, is it his) that I’m scared of dude-type people. But it’s always there. Which is another reason why I get so pissed off when trans men try to make transmisogyny about them.

(via kiriamaya)

This is an incredible thread of responses. I’ve seen this quote before, but not the dialogue that built up around it. The part about loud=violent hits home particularly hard for me. I am terrified of getting into irl arguments with men, especially when they get loud. It’s always going to sit in the pit of my stomach.

(via mizbingley)

That part resonates for me too, although from a completely different angle. Despite being more terrified of sexual violence than I am of anything other than my own brain, I do not hesitate to yell, confront, get up in the face of, threaten, even hit men twice my size and many times my strength. Faced with a threat of violence from men, I will either imply or state “I dare you to.”

I also, as previously established on this blog, have a death wish.

To me, that encapsulates everything about the violence, especially sexual violence, coded into relationships between men and women in our society: for a woman to assert herself in the face of maleness may require the woman in question (such as me) to be perpetually suicidal.

(via 14kgoldnyc)

Reblogging for commentary. I have been frightened and scared by men being loud with me, even if I don’t think they’ll be violent. Like people have said above, it’s just a latent response in your brain to fear violence from men.

I went out to dinner with someone a couple of weeks ago (LONG story, was supposed to be a group dinner but it ended up just being me & a strange man) and I told him I blogged about feminism and politics, and he went off on me. He told me feelings were bullshit and women just wanted special privileges, and then he said, “Women don’t give men enough credit for not being violent psychopaths. That’s what we are, deep down. We want to rape and pillage, and we don’t, and women don’t give us enough credit for that.” I burst into tears. That shit was terrifying.

(via stfuconservatives)

I too am reblogging this for the amazing commentary.

When supposed feminist ally men deny this very basic, simple truth - that’s how you know they are an ally to no one.

This all gets taught to women at a very young age, how dangerous the world is when you’re in it being a woman. I’ve been struggling to write about something that happened with my daughter a few weeks ago, how to form the words, but this is possibly the best context.

We were in the wine shop, in line to pay, and she was so excited to get her lollipop (in the time honored tradition of wine stores everywhere). A man two people ahead of us started fighting with the woman behind the counter about how much money he’d given her. As I was moving her behind my body, my daughter froze, and when I say froze, I mean wasn’t moving a muscle except to shake.

It sorted itself out pretty quickly. We paid and left.

Once we got back into the car, she started crying. I asked her what was the matter, and she said, “Mama, I was so scared. When men get angry they shoot people.”

That’s a direct quote. When men get angry, they shoot people.

I asked her, “Baby, why do you think that?” She replied, “on NPR, that’s what happens. When men get really mad they kill people. That guy was really mad, what if he had a gun? What would you do?”

The talk we had afterwards was difficult; no one said parenting was easy. But this is the life we live as women. If my 9 year old understands it, then men of the world, alleged feminist allies, Nice Guys, random douches on the street, and even actual non-dangerous men: so can you.

(via someauthorgirl)

I’ve reblogged this quote before, I think. But reblogging now for the amazing commentary.

I was having a discussion with my father and brother the other day. We were talking about receiving threats of rape or violence via the internet. Their whole argument was “just ignore it and walk away from your computer”. Amazing solution. Can’t believe I never thought of that. It’s so clever because we all know that when you leave your keyboard the threat of violence disappears.

Urgh.

(via lavenderlabia)

rosalarian: Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you...

lilebile — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:12:09 -0400

rosalarian:

Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you hadn’t heard. How dare she remove those ticking time bombs from her chest, amiright? Like, hasn’t she learned by now that her body is public domain and we all get to vote on what she does with it? Sheesh, how selfish can ya get.

densetsu-no-stahpenisu: plantrophy: Keita Takahashi (高橋慶太)...

lilebile — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:09:23 -0400

densetsu-no-stahpenisu:

plantrophy:

Keita Takahashi (高橋慶太) Born 1975, known for his quirky, innovative videogames Katamari Damacy and Nobi Nobi Boy, Takahashi was invited to create a new playground at Woodthorpe Grange in Nottingham, Britain. “I hope that whole families will be able to play in the park together. It would be great if people’s pet dogs can also play with the equipment. What gives me the most joy is seeing people having fun. [Playgrounds and video games] are both fun things. They actually aren’t that different.” Says Takahashi. That is what I particularity like about Keita Takahashi. If your aim is to see people having fun, why limit yourself to a single branch?

(Source: http://www.uvula.jp/)
(Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/nottingham/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8806000/8806081.stm)

The dude stopped making video games to design playgrounds—he’s probably the most cheerful person in the world.

"… the socialization of boys regarding masculinity is often at the expense of women. I came to..."

lilebile — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:01:13 -0400

“… the socialization of boys regarding masculinity is often at the expense of women. I came to realize that we don’t raise boys to be men, we raise them not to be women (or gay men). We teach boys that girls and women are “less than” and that leads to violence by some and silence by many. It’s important for men to stand up to not only stop men’s violence against women but, to teach young men a broader definition of masculinity that includes being empathetic, loving and non-violent.”

- Don McPherson, former NFL quarterback, feminist and educator (via albinwonderland)

thehystericalsociety: Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie...

lilebile — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:12:43 -0400

thehystericalsociety:

Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie stereoviews - dated 1923 (Via)

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pollums: brain-food: The Pilots Melancholyby Dominik...

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pollums: appolsaucy: good-idea-poorly-executed: lostwiginity: ...

oxgall: yasahime: lulz-time: toocooltobehipster: THE HOLE IN...

albinwonderland: caterinasforzas: manticoreimaginary: Laetitia...

jessebalmer: dive bomber

sparth: “the way” second image done with Hexels Pro. trixel...

charleshuettner: a continuation of the Tiny Story comic. words...

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[insert literary reference]: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?

wizzard890: andreasmroberts: Nicola Samori (b. 1977)....

nevver: Ernesto García “El Chango” Cabral

"It’s a monumental overask to expect women to be gentle with the egos of men who only feigned..."

marllone: #5 Mermaid And you thought I gave up on the monster...

Some concluding thoughts and answers to questions.

"A woman’s worst nightmare? That’s pretty easy. Novelist Margaret Atwood writes that when she asked a..."

rosalarian: Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you...

densetsu-no-stahpenisu: plantrophy: Keita Takahashi (高橋 慶太)...

"… the socialization of boys regarding masculinity is often at the expense of women. I came to..."

thehystericalsociety: Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie...

densetsu-no-stahpenisu: plantrophy: Keita Takahashi (高橋慶太)...