Sparkles McGillicunty

kariflack:

life-tbd:

This is a very indepth look at music videos and how it affects real life men and women. This is just the trailer to this amazing documentary, which can be watched, entirely, on youtube.

Trigger warning for footage/clips of violence against women. I highly recommend this documentary for examining how the larger themes of violence against women we see magnified in the media work themselves out in our interpersonal relationships. 

“The women of the dreamworld are fragmented and presented as a number of simple and disconnected body parts. This is a common filming technique; it is a way to present women as an object of a male gaze. The point here is that the way in which women are filmed, not simply what they are doing or wearing, communicates messages and ideas about them. Specifically focusing on one aspect of, people women in this case, detracts from thinking about them as real people with feelings, emotions, thoughts, intellect, their own dreams and desires. Instead they are just legs in high heels. When you think of someone only as a body part, as on object, you deny them subjectivity, what makes them unique individuals.”

I watched way too much MTV in middle and high school, and I’d be lying if I said I escaped that sad time mentally unaffected.

laughingsquid:

Crazy Clown Time by David Lynch

iheartchaos:

This video is 1000% pure win: Mitt Romney does Eminem with “Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up?”

Whatever you think this video might be at first, just watch it. I can’t imagine how much time and skill went into making this. I’m just absolutely floored. It’s beautiful. 

My dog is on the roof, my dog is on the roof.

Submitted by Delsyd

MoveOn.org

chasewhiteside:

newleftmedia:

NEW VIDEO! Most everyone has noticed the wide swath of internet websites that have been blacked out in protest of the pending PIPA / SOPA legislation in congress, but not as many people understand exactly why those bills are such a problem.

This short documentary explores PIPA and SOPA, how the bills work, who’s behind them, and why all internet users have reason to be concerned.

Please help us by SHARING THIS VIDEO and spreading the word about PIPA / SOPA.

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The fight to prevent online censorship in the U.S. is far from over. While SOPA’s future seems increasingly bleak, PIPA has not been pulled from consideration in the senate, where it will be up for a vote later this month.

It is important to understand that PIPA has the same fundamental problems of SOPA. It is NOT a compromise bill; at this point, it is little more than a legislative strategy to abandon the SOPA branding in favor of PIPA.

Both bills contain vague language and reach too broadly, threatening free speech and innovation on the web. Both institute a private right of action for companies to block access to infringing content without due process. Both contain an immunity clause to protect these companies from legal consequence if they make mistakes. And both set the wrong global precedent by encouraging other countries to censor the internet based on their own domestic laws.

While President Obama is opposed to the DNS-blocked mechanisms proposed in the bills, the language still exists. As well, Obama has not come against the legislation itself, nor has he signaled his intention to veto the legislation if it passes. These bills don’t need to be fixed, they need to be scrapped.

Currently, PIPA or a similar bill have a real chance of passing. But you can help to stop them:

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
Tell them you oppose PIPA, SOPA, and any other form of internet censorship.

CENSOR YOUR WEBSITE OR BLOG
And join hundreds of others like Wikipedia and Reddit in protesting these bills.

SHARE THIS VIDEO
Help spread the word that The News won’t.

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Produced and edited by Chase Whiteside (interviews), Erick Stoll (camera), and Liz Cambron.

Graphic design by Chase Whiteside.
Motion design by Ashley Walton (ashleywalton.com).

THANKS TO:
Ashley Walton
David Cohn and the Center For Democracy & Technology
Chris Riley and Free Press
Steve Bognar
John Aravosis
Jay Marose

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Erick and I have been up for 40 hours getting this piece ready for today. We really think it is an important one, please consider passing it forward and spreading the word about PIPA/SOPA.

bulletinaweave:

Dirty Sanchez - Youth In Asia (by barbeau)

matt1308:

This scene. Holy fuck this scene was so good. The lighting. Everything.

nurrgoth:

machines of loving grace - butterfly wings

Don’t place faith in human beings