January 2010
187 posts
“We resist the racist, colonialist mentality that positions the Western nuclear...”
– Adoptees of Color Roundtable, Statement on Haiti
how to spot a jap →
from an actual pamphlet distributed to soldiers during WWII. link above for the whole thing.
MEATMEATMATIC: like the postal service, except... →
my friend mike & i are doing this.
BARACK IS BACK: thoughts on the state of the union...
Way to go on the solid defense of the Recovery Act. I didn’t realize just how many jobs it created (over 2 million, including 300,000 in education!).
“How long should we wait? How long should America put its future on hold?” Activists and reformers: he’s talking to you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for pushing clean energy, and doing it in a way that was pragmatic...
The 50 Most Racist Movies You Didn't Think Were... →
A surprisingly comprehensive and well-argued list, with a cliip for each pick. Though I have to say, I just saw The Hangover, and I think that one deserves a spot for the uber-effeminate hilarious-accented Chinese gangster.
31. Jungle 2 Jungle
25. Aladdin
5. Sixteen Candles
“To see what’s in front of one’s nose requires a constant struggle.”
– George Orwell (via crossingborders)
make something cool every day (brock davis) →
(bumper stickers for shoes)
How to Make a Chinese or Japanese Book Cover →
sexismandthecity:
Include :
Blossoms and/or
Fans and/or
Dragons
what is the smell of old books?
“The pleasant aromatic smell is due to aromatic compounds emitted mainly from papers made from ground wood which are characterised by their yellowish-brown colour. They emit vanilla-like, sweetly fragrant vanillin, aromatic anisol and benzaldehyde, with fruity almond-like odor. On the other hand, terpene compounds, deriving from rosin, which is used to make paper more impermeable to inks,...
two films in defense of words
chris marker’s sans soleil: one of my favorite films, this is probably the most beautiful marriage of poetry & moving image i’ve ever seen.
michael snow’s so is this: an amazing use of the medium to explore the written word & the sentence. i just want to put more cameras in poets’ hands and see what they do.
Watchblackpaperpackages:
ahahahahaa
FBI steals image of Spanish politician to make bin...
Spanish lawmaker Gaspar Llamazares was horrified to find out the FBI used his photograph as part of a digitally enhanced image showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today.
As Racialicious says, “It seems to exemplify the profoundly inefficient and superficial way that the US Government has carried out the War on Terror, usually to the detriment of Arabs & Muslims the world over...
