C.K. Burch's Blog, page 304
February 16, 2014
ryley-stbatman:
doctorwho:
browsethestacks:
ed-pool:
What if...
What if Doctor Who was an American show?
(via BuzzFeed)
¡¡¡Best Post Ever!!!
'What if Doctor Who was an American Show' fan casting.
Holy crap
If this was all true, I’d drop everything and grab boxsets in a heartbeat and watch the fuck out of this show.
Sam Rockwell followed by Donald Glover followed by Bryan Cranston? And Jeff Golblum followed by Nicolas Cage?
February 15, 2014
seppin:
An Iranian channel ran a story about how a certain...
An Iranian channel ran a story about how a certain kind of martial arts is enjoying increasing popularity among Iranian women. This means that a) Iranian women have rights, b) Iranian women can access the public sphere, c) Iranian women participate in organized, public sports, and d) an Iranian government news channel has no problem with any of this.
Faced with these facts, the Western media panicked: some news agencies resorted to the stereotype of Iranian women as veiled, militant fanatics; others opted for infantilizing portrayals of suffering women using martial arts as their only escape. Can you imagine any self-respecting Western reporter writing a story that explained, unprovoked, the popularity of karate among girls in suburban Los Angeles by citing America’s high rates of sexual assault? Additionally, few bothered to mention that recently it has been Western sports organizations that have prevented Iranian women from playing, for example in 2011 forcing the Iranian women’s soccer team to forfeit hope of reaching the Olympics because they wore sports hijabs on the field.
Narratives of weak or militant Iranian women are not just dishonest; they also fuel a political narrative whereby Islamism is equated with backwardness and the ability of women to reconcile Islamic ideals with feminist goals is entirely obfuscated. Both Western conservatives and many secular feminists often participate in this obfuscation, effectively trying to either hide Iranian women’s successes in order to demonize Iran or by ignoring the ideologies of liberation they have formulated in order to preserve the status of secular feminism as the only path to women’s liberation.
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Leave Your Money on the Dresser
(cover photography by Jack Scoresby)
I’m excited to announce the release of my new collection of short stories and poetry, Leave Your Money on the Dresser.
This collection includes a ton of stories and poems written over the last year, as well as some of my favorites from Trash and…
jackscoresby:
Your ass could be proof
God exists but I want...
Your ass could be proof
God exists but I want it
More than salvation
by Jack Scoresby and Gibson Grand
Featuring poems by the authors and photos submitted by such amazing women as: Sable (cover model), Katie West, Faye Daniels, Jacs Fishburne, Cam Damage, Kace Face, Annatomy, Aemilia McMorbid, Andrea, Josepha-Olala, Mary Taylor, Sara, Veronika Von Volkova, and more!
For sale here in both physical and digital formats.
Tons of thanks to Katie West for putting it all together for Gibson and I, and no amount of thanks could ever be enough for the amazing women who submitted photos for this project. It’s awesome. I love it. I can’t wait for my copy and I hope you can’t either.
Jack and Gibson writing plus fabulous ladies equals auto yes. Go get yours.
February 14, 2014
On Friday, February 14, actress Ellen Page speaks about the...
On Friday, February 14, actress Ellen Page speaks about the brave decision to live openly and authentically.
February 13, 2014
Heimdall sees everything. Get back to work!
Heimdall sees everything. Get back to work!
February 12, 2014
jellobatch:
footybedsheets:
Members of the Palestinian...
Members of the Palestinian security forces take part in a training session in the West Bank city of Jericho. (Reuters)
This is such a boss pic.
If I had a posse- we would look like this.
Ain’t no body fuckin with my clique
Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well.
jrblackwell:
I am J.R. Blackwell. I photograph food, rockstars,...
I am J.R. Blackwell. I photograph food, rockstars, weddings, alien queens, vampires, trolls, arrows, animals, desert landscapes, giant hearts and wonderful people.
You can read more about me at www.jrblackwell.com
