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Sun, 12 May 2013 22:14:00 +0200

Said to Lady Journos: A 2009 email to a New York Times reporter

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:15:07 +0200

Said to Lady Journos: A 2009 email to a New York Times reporter:

I think highly of you and I wanted to simply suggest something. I think you could be more beautiful with a different haircut and just a tad bit of eyeliner and mascara. Please don’t get upset, I haven’t the slightest idea how to write this, but I think you could dazzle withjust a little effort….

“The Voice - Kids” - Das bringt uns Sat1 bald, wird mir heute auf Plakatwänden...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:21:00 +0200

“The Voice - Kids” - Das bringt uns Sat1 bald, wird mir heute auf Plakatwänden mitgeteilt.

Warum denn nicht gleich “Germany’s Kidz got Singing”?

discovery: Watch it again, here → http://bit.ly/13fV66l Das...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:55:00 +0200

discovery:

Watch it again, here → http://bit.ly/13fV66l

Das Auge, das Auge!

Die große Maria Bamford ist zurück und macht euch alle platt.

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:56:51 +0100

Die große Maria Bamford ist zurück und macht euch alle platt.

theatlantic: This Is a Flash Mob Playing ‘Here Comes the Sun’...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:28:00 +0100

theatlantic:

This Is a Flash Mob Playing ‘Here Comes the Sun’ In a Spanish Unemployment Office

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:06:00 +0100

frohes Neues

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:10:00 +0100

frohes Neues

achja

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:40:00 +0100

achja

bigmisterc: Love Is Blindness - Cassandra Wilson

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:59:00 +0200

bigmisterc:

Love Is Blindness - Cassandra Wilson

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Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:39:23 +0200

where is this?

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:24:38 +0200

where is this?

theatlantic: Is ‘Drag Queen’ Barbie Basically Just...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:06:41 +0200

theatlantic:

Is ‘Drag Queen’ Barbie Basically Just Barbie?

[Image: The Blondes via Facebook]

yup.

Video

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:19:10 +0200

putthison: There’s no better master class on the semiotics of...

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:07:31 +0200

putthison:

There’s no better master class on the semiotics of getting dressed than the documentary Paris Is Burning. Released at the start of the 1990s, it chronicles the Ball scene in late 1980s New York. The Balls featured bisexual and gay men and transgendered women in all manner of drag - from clothes intended to convincingly portray a beautiful woman to clothes intended to convincingly portray an executive or a member of the military.

For folks like these, passing was and is essential to living safely, and being conversant in cultural norms was more than just a passing interest. As one of the interview subjects above says, “When you’re gay, you monitor everything you do. You monitor how you look, how you talk, how you act. Do they see me? What do they think of me?”

I’m guessing that most of the people who read this blog were born in a position where they don’t usually rely on cultural signifiers to ensure their physical safety, like the people in Paris Is Burning. The stakes are lower for most of us. Thankfully, they’re even somewhat lower for GLBT men and women twenty years after the film was made.

But if you want to learn something about how cultural cues like clothing can affect your place in the world, watch Paris Is Burning. That’s realness.

“The Outshot: Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get...

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:08:00 +0200

“The Outshot: Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready”…

[via: maxfun]

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Sun, 13 May 2012 16:34:29 +0200

Trailer der Dokumentation “Work Hard, Play Hard” von...

Sun, 13 May 2012 09:49:04 +0200

Trailer der Dokumentation “Work Hard, Play Hard” von Carmen Losmann.

oscarraymundo: Artist Jason de Caires Taylor creates life-size...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:39:51 +0200

oscarraymundo:

Artist Jason de Caires Taylor creates life-size cement sculptures of people and submerges them into the waters of South America. As time passes the sculptures become part of the underwater landscape and slowly become artificial reefs ripe with marine life.

Hey, Doctor Who writers, are you on this?

jessethorn: For a long time, my friend Josie Long’s amazing...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:51:03 +0200

jessethorn:

For a long time, my friend Josie Long’s amazing series All Of The Planet’s Wonders was hidden behind a BBC region wall. Now, it appears that someone has kindly uploaded it to YouTube so you can hear it. It’s so great! Listen to it!