Unbelievably good report on MSNBC of police brutality on Wall Street and throughout the country: “… a group of troublemakers turned a peaceful protest in NYC into a violent melee this past weekend. Those troublemakers were wearing badges and carrying guns” and later “… there is a Rodney King everyday in this country.”
*huffy face*
It’s good to see this coverage but it would be AWESOME if they could, you know, talk about the actual issues the protest is dealing with.
Makeover Magic
Photo by: Greg Kessler
Okay, note to self, don’t ever start your day off with tumblr unless you want a big hot mug full of “the fuck?!” to be your new morning mantra.
I saw this and I said to myself, “no, that’s not the same girl. Nah, they wouldn’t make her blatantly lighters as some form of beautification. That’d be way too over the line.” So I clicked the tumblr, found the website and the interactive version of this thing, right here. Go ahead, drag the bar… Now tell me what they did that doesn’t include making her lighter, giving her lipstick, and combing her straightened hair?
Here is the description next to the interactive version:
“Photographer Greg Kessler captures the model-morphoses of New York Fashion Week. Here, the modelNyasha @Marilyn before (right) and after (left) is transformed at Richard Chai, with makeup by James Kaliardos and hair by Tippi Shorter for Avon Techniques. (Drag the grey bar horizontally to reveal the full makeover magic.)”
Jame Kaliardos and I need to have a fucking talk, then.
Is this not blatant fuckery or am I trippin’? Maybe it’s the lighting, Demi. It’s just a lighting difference.
Nah, fuck that. And if you ask me her nose looks photoshopped smaller too.
Good morning to you too, tumblr.
no. this is blatant racist shadist fuckey.
Schools have classes called “women’s studies,” and “African-American literature” because the standard for existence set by white men has yet to be rescinded in this age. “Normal” history is the history of a certain class of white people, from the perspective of men. All the other histories are precisely that: other.
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| — | Cunt: A Declaration of Independence. |
As political and social protests grip the Middle East, are growing in Europe and a riot exploded in north London this weekend, here’s a sad truth, expressed by a Londoner when asked by a television reporter: Is rioting the correct way to express your discontent? “Yes,” said the young man. “You wouldn’t be talking to me now if we didn’t riot, would you?”
The TV reporter from Britain’s ITV had no response. So the young man pressed his advantage. “Two months ago we marched to Scotland Yard, more than 2,000 of us, all blacks, and it was peaceful and calm and you know what? Not a word in the press. Last night a bit of rioting and looting and look around you.”
