The Spiral Dance

"Though both are bound in the spiral dance, I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess." - Donna Haraway

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Mary Shelley’s ’Frankenstein’ - Bookbinding by Dimitri

“I wanted the binding to convey the essence of the story, that its mere view could tell you what’s inside, to be intrigued by it. And what would be more iconic for the specific book than to be bound from leather scraps stitched together? I searched at the drawer where I keep leftovers of the leathers I use and took up random pieces. I wasn’t picky, I even chose some with minor stains, and most of the pieces vary in their texture, from smooth to porous to buffed ones. I wanted something a bit “messy” and just a hint gross.

Last but not least, I wanted something really special for the endpapers, so I found some anatomy notes from 1830 and Voila!” 

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Yes, we live in a sexist culture, in which women have no good choices when it comes to our bodies. We live in a sexist culture in which women are valued primarily as sexual objects, and at the same time are shamed for our sexuality. It seems to me that we have two choices as to how to respond to this. We can try to navigate the narrow, essentially impossible shoals of these contradictory expectations, and try to find that perfect, socially acceptable line between slut and prude.

Or we can say, “Fuck it. There is no way I can win — so I’m going to do whatever the fuck I want. I’m going to wear overalls, or I’m going to wear high heels. I’m going to have sex with twenty strangers in a night, or I’m not going to have sex with anyone. I’m going to dress conservatively and professionally in public at all times, or I’m going to sell naked pictures of myself on the Internet if I bloody well feel like it.”

And in saying, “I can’t win, so I’m going to do whatever the fuck I want to do,” we can create the beginnings of a victory. We can create the beginnings of a world where we really can win. We can create the beginnings of a world where we’re a little more free than the women who came before us… and where the women who come after us are a little more free than we are. We probably can’t create a perfect world, where women’s bodies aren’t commodified in the slightest (not in this generation, anyway). But we can create a better world: a world where women’s bodies and minds belong less to the patriarchy, and more to ourselves.
Greta Christina (What I May Do With My Naked Body: A Reply to Azar Majedi About the #NudePhotoRevolutionaries Calendar)

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To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication.

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This is the most beautiful thing. Can we send her flowers?

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Rick Perry’s Really Gay Creekside Christmas Party

YouTube took our Rick Perry video down again, so here it is in our own video player so you can watch it whenever and forever. We will not remove it. It only took YouTube an hour to remove it the second time. We are baffled by this for two reasons, one being that we know that thousands of people have already flagged the original video, yet it’s still hopping along, spreading its message of holiday togetherness. We’re also baffled because the video was flagged for “nudity or sexual content”, yet the clip we used was found on YouTube. Here. In fact, YouTube, you host hundreds of videos more inappropriate than the one we used.

So you’re honestly saying, YouTube, that enough people were offended by our silly video in one hour, but there still aren’t enough people offended by the original one that has been up for more than a day? Are you saying, YouTube, that Rick Perry being a bigot by a creek is less offensive than two dudes frenching near a creek? If you’re not saying that, then Rick Perry has clearly gotten to you and we’re sorry. We now address Rick Perry.

First of all, Rick Perry, what the fuck are you doing on Tumblr right now? Quit scrolling through reblogs of The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Every Day. You want to lead the country? Fat chance. We also notice that you’ve turned off comments to your video. Class A move there, Rick-who-also-wants-to-be-president. No need to listen to other people when you’re president, right, Rick? Sure, it’s YouTube, so everyone would mostly just call you a fag. But also? Rick? You’re acting pretty faggy right now. Preeeetty faggy.

So anyway jokes jokes jokes and stuff blah blah blah, we are very seriously disappointed in whoever decided to take the video down (twice), but we’re even more disappointed in whoever decided to keep the original video up.

Oh and, hey, Rick Perry and friends, go fuck yourself in whichever way pleases you the least, thanks.

We’re Cracked and we approve this message.

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