New Zealand designer Kate Sylvester is paying homage to sadomasochistic drama/romance Secretary in her Autumn Winter 2012 collection, where modestly dressed models obediently march around a desk setup in a gradually naughty progression. Read more »
Science says that you can identify psychopaths by their frequent uses of the words “since,” “so that,” and “because” paired with repeated mentions of physical needs like food, money or sex… since they write like that so that they can satisfy their needs even if it means inflicting harm on others, because fuck ‘em! Read more »
Billionaire Warren Buffet has enlisted the relevance of fellow Illuminati member rich guy and hip hop mogul Jay-Z to teach America’s children about creating wealth and managing money via the magic of animation. Read more »
Voina’s Natalia and toddler Kasper got arrested again in an ambush by policemen pretending to be German television journalists. Mommy rebel and the Voina heir were kept in a jail cell overnight, but the wanted man and Kasper daddy Leonid made a dramatic escape via bicycle. Read more »
Here’s a beautifully shot, adoring video of the attractive, diverse, spirited young women at OWS, painting signs in slow motion and talking revolution. It’s romantic… or sexist? Nah. Read more »
In a rare move, the NYPD is punishing one of its own. Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, the white-shirted officer with a history of abusing protesters and who mercilessly pepper-sprayed a group of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, twice, will lose 10 paid vacation days. Read more »
Huffington Post Writer Naomi Wolf Arrested in Front of Huffington Post Event
A little after 9PM, academic and feminist writer Naomi Wolf joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in front of Skylight Soho, a space that was hosting an event she attended for the Huffington Post, a website she contributes to. They were protesting Governor Cuomo’s refusal to extend NY’s “Millionaires Tax.” Noticing the crowd that had assembled across the street, she challenged the NYPD’s claim that people can’t march in front. After numerous warnings by police that she would be arrested for obstructing the sidewalk, she ignored them and was promptly apprehended. (Photo: Mike Shane/ANIMALNewYork) UPDATE: Video of arrest below. Read more »
In 1979, not only did the people “occupy Wall Street,” but they surrounded the New York Stock Exchange. Puppets. Trumpets. Peaceful protestors dragged into piles by the police as cigar-puffing suits stood by gawking. Check this prime video cut of NYC history. Read more »
This purchasable poster by Greg Guillemin is nifty. Observe: With the iconography pared down to “Capsule” blobs and minimal amount of distinguishable trimmings, these are quite easy to recognize. It also has several non-amusement-based applications: Teaching American pop culture to Eastern European immigrants. Attracting attention at coffee shops by purchasing the design in the seductive form of a laptop skin. Settling bets between friends via name-everyone races… and go!
Recent video footage caught on a bystander’s cellphone shows the horrific attack of a homeless man in Harlem. Read more »
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