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January 27, 2012
gothiccharmschool: It will surprise very few people to know that I kind of agree with this. Math is not my strong point. I got a passing grade in my (long-ago) algebra class by going on the theory that “when in doubt “X” = 8”. Don’t follow my example, kids! I remember asking one of my math teachers, “How do you KNOW that’s the answer?” and not getting a very satisfactory response. I’m in full agreement with Calvin.

gothiccharmschool:

It will surprise very few people to know that I kind of agree with this. Math is not my strong point. I got a passing grade in my (long-ago) algebra class by going on the theory that “when in doubt “X” = 8”. Don’t follow my example, kids!

I remember asking one of my math teachers, “How do you KNOW that’s the answer?” and not getting a very satisfactory response. I’m in full agreement with Calvin.

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January 27, 2012
Banksy on Advertising “People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are ‘The Advertisers’ and they are laughing at you.You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”

Banksy on Advertising

“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are ‘The Advertisers’ and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”

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January 27, 2012
“It seems as if the considerable push back again victim-blaming has pushed all the way past prudence and levelheadedness, making anyone who suggests that “women can actually be taught how to behave too” insensitive or a “rape enabler.” And, while the sentiment in Maxwell’s article suggests that victim-blaming is dangerous, I think it’s even more dangerous to neglect to remind young women that, while it’s never their fault if they happen to get sexually assaulted, they shouldn’t thumb their noses to common sense either.”

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(I only link to people I like, so check out this takedown if you want the original source.)

Oh my god this is so stupid.

Let me try to explain this as simply as I can:

Risk-avoidant behavior (to pick a less charged example: lock your door when you leave your house) reduces the probability that one person will become a victim of a crime.

Teaching aversion to doing harm (to hell with less charged examples, how about “HEY SON DON’T BE A RAPIST”) prevents the crime from happening in the first place.

The most obvious reason “stop dressing slutty” makes you a rape enabler is that IT DOES NOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RAPES AT ALL. At best — and I am talking in your wildest fucking dreams about the effectiveness of demure clothing at rape deterrence — it reduces the chance that certain women will be selected as victims, in favor of other, more sluttily dressed (and therefore expendable???) women.

What you are saying is that “don’t be the one he picks as his victim!” is just as important a message as “hey asshole, stop making people victims at all!” It’s not. Even if this dress code bullshit were incredibly effective (which, news flash: it’s not), all it can ever hope to accomplish is to transfer the burden of victimhood to someone you, personally, care less about.

YOU ARE RESPONDING TO RAPE WITH “NOT IN MY BACK YARD!” AND THEN WONDERING WHY PEOPLE WITH THEIR OWN BACK YARDS THINK YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE.

(via doctordisaster)

Hear, hear.

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January 27, 2012

magnolius:

Head On installation by the renowned Cai Guo-Qiang , consisting of 99 life-sized replicas of wolves.

With few wolves scattered in the front gallery, all ninety-nine wolves run, gallop, and jump toward the far end of the exhibition hall, where a wall stands. The bravery of the wolves is met head on by the unyielding wall. As the leading wolves go down, many more follow with force and determination. As those in the front fall and pile up, those behind take up their positions.

 

This must be so awesome in person.