It's Autumn, which means if I make a Big Pot of Soup it will Fix Everything. No one fact check me on this. We need to let the soup speak for itself.
silicone has done so much for us we gotta appreciate silicone. theres tea diffusers. sex toys. uhhh those are the only two i can think of but both r important 2 me
lets give it up for silicone
People are too self-conscious these days we need to bring back those dances from the 60s where you just kinda wiggle
last sentence hit like an atom bomb
With SNAP and WIC programs being paused until further notice, I wanted to share that TooGoodToGo is a great way to get bread, bakery items and even prepared foods for cheap. It was created to reduce food waste. As itβs grown, restaurants and stores continue to be added.
[Images: screenshots of the app Too Good to Go demonstrating offers from four shops as follows: Whole Foods offers a bakery bag for $6.99 (sold out) and a prepared foods bag for $9.99 (nothing today); New York Bagel Cafe offers a surprise bag for $5.99 (popular); Einstein Bros Bagels offers a baked goods, bagels bag for $5.99 (hidden gem).]
I love when fiction makes the audience feel guilty about their role as the audience. When something fucked up is treated as a joke but later it's recognised how fucked up it was and the audience feels guilty for finding it funny. When a character breaks the fourth wall to plead for help, and you can't do anything so you just watch. And you know that the characters pain isn't real, but they're begging for help and you're not helping because their suffering is entertainment for you
How do I get inside your head
βThe Militarization of the Police Department β Deadly Farce,β an original painting by Richard Williams fromΒ βThe 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2014β³ in Mad magazine #531, published by DC Comics, February 2015.
Hereβs the original, for comparison. And hereβs a bit more about the artist and why he created the piece above for MAD Magazine.
Richard Williams on Norman Rockwell:
βFor most people, he was the painter of βAmerica,ββ he added. βBut even he said his vision was what he wanted βAmericaβ to be. It was a mythical βAmerica,β a place where all people were decent, honest and full of good will. His work was full of gentle humor that made you feel a little better; even if you knew it wasnβt really trueβ¦ you just wished it was. My parody of Rockwellβs painting simply says, βThat myth is dead.ββ
I think itβs relevant to add that even Norman Rockwell chose to leave his cushy job at the Saturday Evening Post because he wanted to make artwork that was more radical. The Post had rules that wouldnβt allow him to do artwork depicting black people as anything other than servants. The job paid really well and that was a huge reason he continued on. But he wanted change that and so he moved to Look magazine.
A lot of people know about the very first piece he did when he left the post which was the The Problem We All Live With which depicts Ruby Bridges walking to school under federal protection.
But I donβt think enough people know about Murder in Mississippi which depicts three real civil rights activists who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and sherriffs. The magazine ran the sketch instead of the finished piece because they felt it had a more striking statement to accompany the article. Norman Rockwell would finish that version after publication which is here
Rockwellβs legacy is sanitized because he decided to maintain his job at the Post for so long despite his frustrations with not being able to express himself. The civil rights movement was just his final straw to change what he could with the little time he had left. Look magazine received a lot of hate for Rockwell painting these as well.
Another favorite piece of mine is The Right to Know which depicts an integrated populace questioning their government. In 1968, the year of Vietnam and the year the Fair Housing Act only just got signed in months prior:
But I think itβs important to include the caption Rockwell originally wrote for the piece as well. I think it represents how a 74 year old Rockwell felt about the America he believed in and the people in it:
We are the governed, but we govern too. Assume our love of country, for it is only the simplest of self-love. Worry little about our strength, for we have our history to show for it. And because we are strong, there are others who have hope. But watch us more closely from now on, for those of us who stand here mean to watch those we put in the seats of power. And listen to us, you who lead, for we are listening harder for the truth that you have not always offered us. Your voice must be ours, and ours speaks of cities that are not safe, and of wars we do not want, of poor in a land of plenty, and of a world that will not take the shape our arms would give it. We are not fierce, and the truth will not frighten us. Trust us, for we have given you our trust. We are the governed, remember, but we govern too.
Regarding Norman Rockwell, I also want to shout out βNew Kids in the Neighborhood (Moving Day)β in 1967:
Also for LOOK magazine, but leaning on his themes of youth and suburban life. Expressing both hope for the curiosity and open-mindedness of children, and the bitter recognition of the suspicion of adults towards racial integration (see the face peeking out of the window in background). Itβs notable that this is what he wanted America to be, too. He hoped for a better future.
I think that MAD Magazine artwork is really good and really poignant, and itβs also interesting to put it in conversation with Norman Rockwellβs own political evolution in his art as well.
today my roommate got the funniest fortune cookie in the world and they framed it and now itβs hanging in our living room
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Everyone knows the classic sight of a leek sticking out of the grocery bag. But what if I told you this gentle aromatic was good for more than just her pleasing silhouette?
well the eagle eats my liver every day around 3pm, but otherwise i can meet when it best suits your schedule!
