“A Seattle Times review of a recent Madonna tour stop praises the artist for “rocking us as a feminist icon” and applauds the singer for her brazen sexuality: “stripping down to a bra, then pulling her pants down below a thong and baring her cheeks to the Key [Arena].” Even the Guardian’s Freeman, in an ode to Like a Prayer, the writer’s favorite album, speaks longingly about Madonna’s midriff-baring ’80s fashion and the video to the title track, which “featured a woman named Madonna apparently giving a blow job to a black Jesus.” Through a career that has included crotch-grabbing, nudity, BDSM, Marilyn Monroe fetishizing, and a 1992 book devoted to sex, Madonna has been viewed as a feminist provocateur, pushing the boundaries of acceptable femininity. But Beyoncé’s use of her body is criticized as thoughtless and without value beyond male titillation, providing a modern example of the age-old racist juxtaposition of animalistic black sexuality vs. controlled, intentional, and civilized white sexuality.”— All Hail the Queen? | Bitch Media (via npr)
my little brother wrote about me for school and this was one of the sentences he wrote. im sobbing “my sister is my role model because she can watch 12 years worth of law and order in 3 months”
Xbox One Announcement via The Nerdist
“Microsoft Xbox Live VP Marc Whitten confirmed that there is no backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 titles, similar to the PS4′s lack of backwards compatibility.
1) The Xbox One does not require an always-on Internet connection. This should come as a relief to many after rumors began swirling and apocalyptic visions of a Sim City or Diablo III-level fiasco began dancing in our collective heads. The console has been designed so that you can still play games, watch live TV, play Blu-rays, etc. even if you lose your connection.
2) Your Gamertag, achievements and Gamerscore will all carry over to the Xbox One and the new iteration of Xbox Live, so you don’t have to worry about some Johnny-Come-Lately snatching up your coveted BudLight420 handle.
3) Kinect is now a required part of the platform, although now it seems like you won’t have to purchase it separately. All indications from official sources indicate that the Kinect is an integral part of the new platform, especially in terms of enabling voice commands and instant switching between programs.
I think it’s clear that Xbox One trumps PS4 by a longshot but I won’t be turning out my 360 anytime soon. No backwards compatibility??? Fuck that shit. At least my modest gamerscore will transfer over alright. Oh, videogames.
For our own private reasons
We live in each other for an hour.
Stranger, I take your body and its seasons,
Aware the moon has gone a little sour
— from Reasons, Thomas James
i wonder if the initiation to be the executive producer of doctor who is to kill the past executive producer?
like think about it
have you heard anything from Russel T Davies since Moffat has been executive producer?N O Y O U H A V E N O T
<3 moffat’s fate <3
Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.
Die to the past every moment. You don’t need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.
so i was looking up stuff about birth control throughout history and
Birth control: doing it right.
burn. He’d do just as well or even better in a college judicial process.
In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.
When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body’s been.
We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.
— Mark Strand, “Keeping Things Whole” (via arpeggia)
