Videos


stephamami:

angrylatinxsunited:

esa-mujerista:

The Dance of Two Cultures: A performance honoring California’s Punjabi and Mexican communities, mixing Bhangra and Mexican folklórico. 

“This show combines Indian form of dance, Mexican form of dance. We are not doing it for the sake of fusion, but our own collaboration is a telling of this story.”

This is what cultural *exchange* looks like.

Two cultures together as one


stephamami:

angrylatinxsunited:

esa-mujerista:

The Dance of Two Cultures: A performance honoring California’s Punjabi and Mexican communities, mixing Bhangra and Mexican folklórico. 

“This show combines Indian form of dance, Mexican form of dance. We are not doing it for the sake of fusion, but our own collaboration is a telling of this story.”

This is what cultural *exchange* looks like.

Two cultures together as one


art-and-barricades:

Q: How many male novelists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: The beast, which had represented his feelings, was dead. “I think I’ll do a pushup,” he announced to the sea. The sea respected him for it.

“Male Novelist Jokes“ by Mallory Ortberg.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Women as Background Decoration: Part 2 – Tropes vs Women in Video Games.

Another great video in the series.

Not sure why such reasoned argument is catnip to trolls.

Oh wait, it’s because of fear and ignorance.

Carry on and please enjoy and learn.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Women as Background Decoration: Part 2 – Tropes vs Women in Video Games.

Another great video in the series.

Not sure why such reasoned argument is catnip to trolls.

Oh wait, it’s because of fear and ignorance.

Carry on and please enjoy and learn.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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stele3:

thoughtremixer:

Ferguson Police have dogs and shotguns. The unarmed crowd is raising their hands.

For anyone not following the Mike Brown story on Twitter: a 17 year old black boy named Mike Brown, who was supposed to start college tomorrow, was shot to death in Ferguson, Missouri by police while jaywalking. He was unarmed. He was shot 9 times.

Initial media reports claimed that an 18 year old black man had been shot and killed while fleeing police after shoplifting.

People in the neighborhood, including members of Mike Brown’s family, came out of their homes and began to protest, shouting “no justice, no peace,” and keeping their hands in the air.

Media reports claimed that a violent mob quickly formed around the shooting location shouting “kill the police.”

Spread this. Tell the truth about what happened to this boy. Tell the truth about what is happening NOW. The police and the mainstream media is painting him as a criminal, and his community as a violent mob.

SPREAD THIS. Don’t let them lie.

(Source: https://vine.co/)

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stele3:

thoughtremixer:

Ferguson Police have dogs and shotguns. The unarmed crowd is raising their hands.

For anyone not following the Mike Brown story on Twitter: a 17 year old black boy named Mike Brown, who was supposed to start college tomorrow, was shot to death in Ferguson, Missouri by police while jaywalking. He was unarmed. He was shot 9 times.

Initial media reports claimed that an 18 year old black man had been shot and killed while fleeing police after shoplifting.

People in the neighborhood, including members of Mike Brown’s family, came out of their homes and began to protest, shouting “no justice, no peace,” and keeping their hands in the air.

Media reports claimed that a violent mob quickly formed around the shooting location shouting “kill the police.”

Spread this. Tell the truth about what happened to this boy. Tell the truth about what is happening NOW. The police and the mainstream media is painting him as a criminal, and his community as a violent mob.

SPREAD THIS. Don’t let them lie.

(Source: https://vine.co/)

reverseracism:

Do you remember those boys that go to the ‘hood’ and mess with people all for the sake of a “prank”? Well, they went to a radio station for an interview and the hosts there called them out on their racist shit and it was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Check this video out. 

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

reverseracism:

Do you remember those boys that go to the ‘hood’ and mess with people all for the sake of a “prank”? Well, they went to a radio station for an interview and the hosts there called them out on their racist shit and it was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Check this video out. 

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

I was just reminded of this stellar performance so thought I’d share it.

The Classic One Man Play – The Old Man and The Chair as performed by Clint Eastwood.

Inspired by the work of Samuel Beckett and Andy Kaufmann.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

I was just reminded of this stellar performance so thought I’d share it.

The Classic One Man Play – The Old Man and The Chair as performed by Clint Eastwood.

Inspired by the work of Samuel Beckett and Andy Kaufmann.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The Watermeloning – Halloween Special Redux


I posted this before but it’s Halloween so I thought the world was ready to re-experience the horror….

Oh Dripping maw of meaty red
Do not look in that cave of dread
We Ope’d the Fruit
And so it bled.
Oh Dreaded Fruit of Rotten Red.

Sleep with the light on tonight…

Mwahahahahahahaha. etc.


In an absolutely glorious coincidence the commercial that just played on youtube before this video, talking about Horkheimer’s critique of the consumer was a commercial, declaring the importance of the consumer. I hope you get the same commercial.


In an absolutely glorious coincidence the commercial that just played on youtube before this video, talking about Horkheimer’s critique of the consumer was a commercial, declaring the importance of the consumer. I hope you get the same commercial.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

siguanaba:

mncyt:

thepeoplesrecord:

Imperialist Feminism: A Historic Review with Deepa Kumar
August 2, 2013

The West has often used the liberation of brown women as an excuse for empire. This talk reviews a few examples and offers some analysis. It begins with the Afghan war but goes back to 19th century colonial narratives in regard to Muslim women.

Source

saving for later

saving for later too

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

siguanaba:

mncyt:

thepeoplesrecord:

Imperialist Feminism: A Historic Review with Deepa Kumar
August 2, 2013

The West has often used the liberation of brown women as an excuse for empire. This talk reviews a few examples and offers some analysis. It begins with the Afghan war but goes back to 19th century colonial narratives in regard to Muslim women.

Source

saving for later

saving for later too

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

revolutionaryrainbows:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

weian-fu:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

danczak:

THE funniest shit I’ve ever seen.

She stole all those diamonds from Africa.. stealing, murdering bitch. 

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“I’ll snatch that bitch’s purse I don’t like that bitch!”

Added to daily lexicon. Thank you Paul.

Also, clock allem white faces in the audience. A majority of white faces. At a Paul Mooney show. They’re the biggest consumers of black culture, even when that culture is shining a flashlight on the worst parts of theirs.

Omg. Thank you for putting this back on my dash. Sheep shit in shallow ass water. Too funny! 

“You ain’t supposed to touch the queen, i’ll rub chicken grease all over dat bitch” haaaaaaaaa

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

revolutionaryrainbows:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

weian-fu:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

danczak:

THE funniest shit I’ve ever seen.

She stole all those diamonds from Africa.. stealing, murdering bitch. 

image

“I’ll snatch that bitch’s purse I don’t like that bitch!”

Added to daily lexicon. Thank you Paul.

Also, clock allem white faces in the audience. A majority of white faces. At a Paul Mooney show. They’re the biggest consumers of black culture, even when that culture is shining a flashlight on the worst parts of theirs.

Omg. Thank you for putting this back on my dash. Sheep shit in shallow ass water. Too funny! 

“You ain’t supposed to touch the queen, i’ll rub chicken grease all over dat bitch” haaaaaaaaa

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

frantzfandom:

blvckxfatale:

This is exactly how I feel about cultural appropriators. Blacks are allowing their culture to be contaminated by supporting non-black artists who blatantly mock our style, our music, our culture and see absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Paul Mooney hits it right on the nail.

yes, its our fault everyone steals from us

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

frantzfandom:

blvckxfatale:

This is exactly how I feel about cultural appropriators. Blacks are allowing their culture to be contaminated by supporting non-black artists who blatantly mock our style, our music, our culture and see absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Paul Mooney hits it right on the nail.

yes, its our fault everyone steals from us

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

bankuei:

This video highlights SO MUCH.

White folks are just so casual and pervasive and overt about their racism – and the way people are surprised to even have it pointed out.

Also notice that being a longtime customer doesn’t even mitigate it, the default assumption of criminality for a Black woman.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

bankuei:

This video highlights SO MUCH.

White folks are just so casual and pervasive and overt about their racism – and the way people are surprised to even have it pointed out.

Also notice that being a longtime customer doesn’t even mitigate it, the default assumption of criminality for a Black woman.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Culture of Illusion – What Do Lord Bertrand Russell and Samantha Fox Have in Common?


That’s right. They’ve both appeared in Bollywood movies. Go Bollywood.

Alas not the same movie but as cultural connections go it’s a pretty wonderful one.

Lord Russell is wearing amazing red slippers.

Also a stark reflection on how men are portrayed and how women are portrayed in film. Not just in Bollywood movies of course but clearly

Men = subject

Women = object.

Not even sure why I’m writing that as it’s so obvious and would that things were better today but alas, as we all know, they’re not really are they?

No, no they’re not.


Does anyone remember this?

I had never heard of it until I was reading about the death of cinema, tonight.

It seems to be an odd combination of reality television show and drama.

I’ll let you know what it’s like when I watch the whole thing.

Or you should just watch it yoursellf.

As I have said before: WAKE UP!

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Does anyone remember this?

I had never heard of it until I was reading about the death of cinema, tonight.

It seems to be an odd combination of reality television show and drama.

I’ll let you know what it’s like when I watch the whole thing.

Or you should just watch it yoursellf.

As I have said before: WAKE UP!

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The Mayfair Set is a rather incredible and overlooked film by the great filmmaker Alan Curtis.

It looks at how, for want of a better phrase, The remnants of the British Empire post-WWII were privatised by the same old boys club who had run it before hand.

Worth a watch.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The Mayfair Set is a rather incredible and overlooked film by the great filmmaker Alan Curtis.

It looks at how, for want of a better phrase, The remnants of the British Empire post-WWII were privatised by the same old boys club who had run it before hand.

Worth a watch.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:428601

Stephen Colbert nails it again.

Using satire to make a wonderful point.

There are good people in America and they are in the most unexpected of places.

Fuck Stereotypes.

(Source: http://media.mtvnservices.com/)

http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:428601

Stephen Colbert nails it again.

Using satire to make a wonderful point.

There are good people in America and they are in the most unexpected of places.

Fuck Stereotypes.

(Source: http://media.mtvnservices.com/)

I love this. I love this real hard:

“If dragons, in fact were entirely mythological, if they were figment of imagination – if they never ever did exist then God just compared our adversary to a make believe creature that never existed.”

Yes. Yes he did.

Funny that…

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

I love this. I love this real hard:

“If dragons, in fact were entirely mythological, if they were figment of imagination – if they never ever did exist then God just compared our adversary to a make believe creature that never existed.”

Yes. Yes he did.

Funny that…


So here’s a subliminal military recruiting tool that I was not familiar with.

Rambo and The Force of Freedom…

I love the fact that this show was from 1986, the same year that the Iran-Contra Scandal came to light.

You have got to love serendipity like that.

Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article for the show which hasn’t been sourced so I can’t confirm whether it’s accurate but it does accord with what I imagine happened so that will have to do for now:

The cartoon generated a mild controversy at the production studio, with writers wondering how they could present a child-friendly main character who was created as a troubled Vietnam War veteran suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The show’s child psychology advisors believed that the target audience, young children and preteens, would not grasp that aspect of David Morrell’s character. They recommended that the cartoon not make any references to Vietnam, POWs, or Rambo’s experiences in 1982’s First Blood and 1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II.

Here also is an excerpt from The New York Times about violence in cartoons that came out just before it’s release:

The “Rambo” program will start in April with five weekly episodes timed to the arrival of a Rambo line of “action-figure” dolls in toy stores, manufactured by Coleco Industries, makers of the Cabbage Patch Kids.

Next fall, the show will begin a cycle of 65 episodes currently in production.

Do the show’s producers think that the R-rated “Rambo: First Blood Part II” is an appropriate source for children’s entertainment?

“When you think that the President has mentioned him, the symbol of Rambo transcends the film,” said Amy Kastens, a spokesman for Anabasis Investments N.V., producers of the television series. “That symbol is a symbol of good. He’s very patriotic. He stands for strength, he only does good, and he undoes evil.”

She added that the lead character of the children’s shows will not be a Sylvester Stallone look-alike. “It’ll be a total departure from the film,” she said of the television show. “There won’t be any violence. He will have giant muscles and all of that. But he will be a guy who loves nature and won’t look for trouble.”

The show will become “a sales tool” for the toys, Mrs. Kastens said. Although not directly involved in the “Rambo” film production, “we are working in conjunction with the producers to make sure that the product line and cartoon series carry the same messages,” said Barbara C. Wruck, a spokesman for Coleco.

So let us embrace shameless propaganda to sell toys and also a fictional idea about the super warrior and the inherent goodness of American foreign policy.

My reality is that as a 10 year old at the time of the original release I am now having flashbacks to loving this show.

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/)

So here’s a subliminal military recruiting tool that I was not familiar with.

Rambo and The Force of Freedom…

I love the fact that this show was from 1986, the same year that the Iran-Contra Scandal came to light.

You have got to love serendipity like that.

Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article for the show which hasn’t been sourced so I can’t confirm whether it’s accurate but it does accord with what I imagine happened so that will have to do for now:

The cartoon generated a mild controversy at the production studio, with writers wondering how they could present a child-friendly main character who was created as a troubled Vietnam War veteran suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The show’s child psychology advisors believed that the target audience, young children and preteens, would not grasp that aspect of David Morrell’s character. They recommended that the cartoon not make any references to Vietnam, POWs, or Rambo’s experiences in 1982’s First Blood and 1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II.

Here also is an excerpt from The New York Times about violence in cartoons that came out just before it’s release:

The “Rambo” program will start in April with five weekly episodes timed to the arrival of a Rambo line of “action-figure” dolls in toy stores, manufactured by Coleco Industries, makers of the Cabbage Patch Kids.

Next fall, the show will begin a cycle of 65 episodes currently in production.

Do the show’s producers think that the R-rated “Rambo: First Blood Part II” is an appropriate source for children’s entertainment?

“When you think that the President has mentioned him, the symbol of Rambo transcends the film,” said Amy Kastens, a spokesman for Anabasis Investments N.V., producers of the television series. “That symbol is a symbol of good. He’s very patriotic. He stands for strength, he only does good, and he undoes evil.”

She added that the lead character of the children’s shows will not be a Sylvester Stallone look-alike. “It’ll be a total departure from the film,” she said of the television show. “There won’t be any violence. He will have giant muscles and all of that. But he will be a guy who loves nature and won’t look for trouble.”

The show will become “a sales tool” for the toys, Mrs. Kastens said. Although not directly involved in the “Rambo” film production, “we are working in conjunction with the producers to make sure that the product line and cartoon series carry the same messages,” said Barbara C. Wruck, a spokesman for Coleco.

So let us embrace shameless propaganda to sell toys and also a fictional idea about the super warrior and the inherent goodness of American foreign policy.

My reality is that as a 10 year old at the time of the original release I am now having flashbacks to loving this show.

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/)

I can’t stop watching this video.

Things like this always bring to mind the ancient festival of Saturnalia, where all roles were reversed and behavioural norms were discarded as part of festivities leading up to the Winter Solstice. The weak became powerful, the powerful weak and Rudy Giuliani dressed up to look like a young, muscular Margaret Thatcher.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

I can’t stop watching this video.

Things like this always bring to mind the ancient festival of Saturnalia, where all roles were reversed and behavioural norms were discarded as part of festivities leading up to the Winter Solstice. The weak became powerful, the powerful weak and Rudy Giuliani dressed up to look like a young, muscular Margaret Thatcher.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Noone should forget the horror of Karl Rove on stage at this awful spectacle where, for one night, journalists and politicians show us all that they are but different faces on the same bobbing head.

David Gregory, host of Meet the Press, dances in the background.

Karl Rove gyrates in the foreground.

If this were a piece of performance art it could not more perfectly illustrate the symbiotic relationship between press and politics.

 

Those guys from Whose Line is it Anyway are still awesome, though…

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Noone should forget the horror of Karl Rove on stage at this awful spectacle where, for one night, journalists and politicians show us all that they are but different faces on the same bobbing head.

David Gregory, host of Meet the Press, dances in the background.

Karl Rove gyrates in the foreground.

If this were a piece of performance art it could not more perfectly illustrate the symbiotic relationship between press and politics.

 

Those guys from Whose Line is it Anyway are still awesome, though…

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

1967 in review with Woody Allen and William F. Buckley Jr.

Particularly interesting is their  analysis of the Middle East given that, a year later, there was a War.

I won’t spoil it by quoting the section. Watch it, it’s not long.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

1967 in review with Woody Allen and William F. Buckley Jr.

Particularly interesting is their  analysis of the Middle East given that, a year later, there was a War.

I won’t spoil it by quoting the section. Watch it, it’s not long.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Because Detroit hasn’t had to put up with enough shit already.

MInd-boggling video of a billowing, high-carbon, high-sulfur cloud from the mountain of petroleum coke – waste from Canadian tar sands shipped from Alberta to Detroit, and the dirtiest potential energy source ever – illegally stored by the Koch Brothers along the Detroit River. Produced by Marathon Refinery but owned by Koch Carbon, the pet-coke piles have for months been producing “fugitive dust” – ie: thick black crud – that blankets the homes of outraged residents and lawmakers; analysis shows the dust contains elevated levels of lead, sulfur, zinc and the likely carcinogenic vanadium. Environmental officials say the Koch Brothers broke the law by not getting a permit for their toxic dump, and they can’t guarantee there won’t be another “dust event,” but not to worry: The Kochs reportedly plan to move the mess to some other poor beleaguered place. We await the day we can exercise our right, not just to free expression and clean air, but to the end of Koch power.

FULL STORY AT COMMON DREAMS.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Because Detroit hasn’t had to put up with enough shit already.

MInd-boggling video of a billowing, high-carbon, high-sulfur cloud from the mountain of petroleum coke – waste from Canadian tar sands shipped from Alberta to Detroit, and the dirtiest potential energy source ever – illegally stored by the Koch Brothers along the Detroit River. Produced by Marathon Refinery but owned by Koch Carbon, the pet-coke piles have for months been producing “fugitive dust” – ie: thick black crud – that blankets the homes of outraged residents and lawmakers; analysis shows the dust contains elevated levels of lead, sulfur, zinc and the likely carcinogenic vanadium. Environmental officials say the Koch Brothers broke the law by not getting a permit for their toxic dump, and they can’t guarantee there won’t be another “dust event,” but not to worry: The Kochs reportedly plan to move the mess to some other poor beleaguered place. We await the day we can exercise our right, not just to free expression and clean air, but to the end of Koch power.

FULL STORY AT COMMON DREAMS.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)