Saturday, February 27, 2010
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Because this is ridiculous.
Australia's government is "banning" adult publications and films featuring women with "small breasts," says Aussie activist Fiona Patten, on the grounds that such images encourage pedophilia. Patton, leader of the anti-censorship Australian Sex Party, is taking issue with a 2005 ruling which specified that even depictions of women who are over 18 but "appear to be" underage may be judged "illegal." Is this alleged practice a strategic way to fight child pornography, or — as Patten maintains — an absurd reaction to a perfectly normal female body type?
How could censoring small breasts curb kiddie porn? This "is a terrible idea for many reasons," says Maureen O'Connor in Gawker. Not only would such a ban do nothing to "reduce smut," censoring images of "small breasts" only codifies "an arbitrary set of female sexual ideals."
"Prude Australians try to ban small boobs and female ejaculation in porn"
Patton is exaggerating: We're all taking this too far, says Australian censorship blog Somebody Think of the Children. While it's true that the law does ban women who "look younger" than 18 from appearing in adult publications and films, images of small breasts alone are not "automatically" considered "illegal." For instance, "it’s highly unlikely that a naked photograph of a 30-, 40- or 50-year-old woman with small breasts" would ever be banned.
"Australia bans small breasts"
Regardless, the law is sexist: A ban that classifies normal female bodies as "obscene" could not be "any more insulting," says adult industry blog Ms Naughty. Not only does this encourage women to have breast augmentations, it characterizes men who think "small boobs are sexy" as "perverts." There's an easier way to determine if a woman is "'too young" — it's called checking her date of birth.
"Now Australia is banning small boobs".
Source: http://www.theweek.com/article/index/105766/Australias_small_breast_ban
Good or Bad?
I can't tell whether this commercial makes me sad or not. On the one hand, it's very upbeat, etc. BUT on
the other hand, it depicts people in real life paying completely no attention to their surroundings,
work, friends, etc. Will our dependence on technology reach this stage one day? (as I type this on
my computer, not socializing... OOPS).
The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
Attention-grabbing commerical. I think it's successful just because of how surprising it is- the set, or the main character, or the objects hes holding are always changing!
Brain Scratch
Here's the episode of Cowboy Bebop that reminded me of Mariko Mori:
I suggest watching the first 3 or so minutes/ this entire series!!! It's a great show. High qual.
I suggest watching the first 3 or so minutes/ this entire series!!! It's a great show. High qual.
| "Brain Scratch" "Burein Sukuracchi" (ブレイン・スクラッチ) | April 02, 1999 | |
| Unbeknownst to the rest of the Bebop crew, Faye goes undercover in SCRATCH, a cult that believes in achieving eternal life by digitizing the soul and uploading it into the internet. 100 cult members have committed suicide so there is a bounty on the leader's head. This way she can eliminate her debt, but she falls unconscious in a giant room with a pyramid of TVs, all with the cult leader's face on. Spike approaches cult members canvassing but cannot meet their leader- Dr. Londes. Jet puts on the AR headset the cult provides and nearly falls unconcoius before Ein bites his leg and saves him. Edward discovers Dr. Londes' past was faked, he is actually a 15-year-old in a coma for two years. While Spike uselessly shoots at Londes' screen faces, Jet and Edward bluff their way into the hospital and unplug the link to the boy's brain. | ||
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