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bidyke: knucklechuffed: moniquill: panic-atthetesco: kikiisak...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:37 -0400

knucklechuffed:

moniquill:

panic-atthetesco:

kikiisakitty:

potatofart:

Oppression of punks in Indonesia.

I want to cry

I kind of see the metaphor behind the Save Rock & Roll album cover now.

Details about these images:

Via: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464727/indonesian-punk-concert-leads-to-head-shaving-by-police

“Police shave the hair of detained Indonesian punks at a police school in Aceh Besar in Aceh province. Sharia police are “morally rehabilitating” more than 60 young punk rock fans, saying the youths tarnish the province’s staunch Islamic image. After being arrested at a punk rock concert in the provincial capital Banda Aceh Saturday night, 59 male and five female punk rock fans have been forced to have their hair cut, bathe in a lake, change clothes and pray, an AFP correspondent on the scene said December 14.”

Via: http://www.punknews.org/article/46119/postcards-from-aceh-talks-to-oppressed-punks-about-december-incident

These images are powerful and frightening displays of fascism. But I worry, when choosing to share them, especially when not sharing them in any kind of context, if they aren’t being reduced to tragedy porn or- worse- to images of ‘look what those horrible brown people are doing to eachother’ or ‘this is religion’s fault’.

This is fascism. These are acts of power and control. That needs to be stated loudly and often.

and it is frighteningly easy to imagine that happening here. there are plenty of people who would look at those images and applaud, who would be perfectly happy to do what was done here, who probably are taking notes and thinking it’s a good idea.

imagine the things you like that “mainstream society” doesn’t consider normal or safe. imagine you are dragged out of a convention, have your head shaved, are forced into gender-conforming clothes (you get to watch as your clothes, the ones you wore to the convention, your cosplay outfits, are shredded and burned). and then you are forced to thank God and Jesus for the intervention that is “saving your soul”—at gunpoint.

PRISM is part of this. you should be angry—and afraid.

Terrible.

spadesslick: tokomon: The original pitch for the Powerpuff...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:33:07 -0400

spadesslick:

tokomon:

The original pitch for the Powerpuff Girls was a student film called Whoopass Stew. Craig McCracken originally intended to show what the perfect little girl was before Professor Utonium added a can of Whoopass to the concoction. The perfect little girl (sitting on the rainbow) was supposed to be the perfect mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice. When the accidental extra ingredient was added, the three original ingredients split up to match the personalities of the three new girls. Bubbles being sugar, Buttercup being spice, and Blossom being everything nice.

Chemical X is whoopass.

This is the greatest day of my life.

studioghibligifs: “Brave, self-sufficient girls that don’t...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:16:24 -0400

studioghibligifs:

“Brave, self-sufficient girls that don’t think twice about fighting for what they believe in with all their heart.”

rmeql: Actors Breaking Character To Laugh With Each Other...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:14:04 -0400

rmeql:

Actors Breaking Character To Laugh With Each Other Between Takes

Photo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:43:45 -0400

thefrogman: The Astonishing Annual Red Crab Migration Named...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:05:19 -0400

thefrogman:

The Astonishing Annual Red Crab Migration

Named one of the planet’s most breathtaking migrations, the Christmas Island red crab exodus is a natural phenomenon that continues to astonish.

Making it onto CNN Travel’s recent list of the “10 most spectacular wildlife migrations,” the island’s annual red crab migration is an astounding event that involves the movement of millions of vividly colored crabs as they leave their in-land homes to breed and release eggs into the sea.

An Australian territory, Christmas Island lies some 2,600 kilometers north-west of Perth in the middle of the Indian Ocean. While just 1,500 people live there, it is home to an estimated 120 million crabs.

Photo credit: James Morgan [website]

[h/t: odditiesoflife]