For readers interested in learning more about how not to be labeled as registered sex offenders, a good first step is not to rape unconscious women, no matter how good your grades are. Regardless of the strength of your GPA (weighted or unweighted), if you commit rape, there is a possibility you may someday be convicted of a sex crime. This is because of your decision to commit a sex crime instead of going for a walk, or reading a book by Cormac McCarthy. Your ability to perform calculus or play football is generally not taken into consideration in a court of law. Should you prefer to be known as “Good student and excellent football player Trent Mays” rather than “Convicted sex offender Trent Mays,” try stressing the studying and tackling and giving the sex crimes a miss altogether.
—Mallory Ortberg, on Gawker
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Mallory Ortberg, laying waste to fools on GAWKER, today, regarding CNN’s offensively lovey-dovey coverage of the two high school football stars who were convicted on Sunday of sexually assaulting a blacked-out drunk 16 year old girl from a neighboring town at a party, and then sharing pictures of her on the internet.
More details HERE.
I think it’s reasonable to say that, given the football culture of Steubenville, OH and the notorious difficulty of proving sexual assault even when the victim REMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED, it is likely that what these jocks did to this other human would have become simply a dark part of Steubenville high school folklore, were it not for the digital trail of photos, tweets, and texts that the bystanders and assaulters themselves put out into the world.
SO THANK YOU, NERDS, FOR INVENTING SOCIAL MEDIA.
And thank you, Mallory and Manhattan snark-media for reminding some people—including CNN, apparently—what personal responsibility actually means.
That is all.
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fuckyeahtattoos:
My friend and brother Drão did this great sandman tattoo
@ Dermodrone ( http://www.facebook.com/DermoDrone ).
Both of us love Neil Gaiman stories and that tattoo is a great symbol of our friendship.
samanthamashillustration:
Fleshed out some sketches into fancier sketches.
“Split Wrists.” and “Split Head.”
Photoshop CS 5.1
Illustrations © Samantha Mash 2013
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apparatuspublishing:
People often comment that they sometimes come across extrasensory experiences while reading. The phenomenon is actually rather common, but incredibly important. In fact, that very sensation is the single greatest reason that people dislike other media based on written literature. Being able to…
apparatuspublishing:
Hey all! We’re getting to the home stretch on most levels for the Retriever, which is pretty darn fantastic if you ask me. Illustration development has been wonderful for the soul…or at least mine. I never really thought about how essential a critique/feedback friendly environment can be for…
These are the gonads I love on a woman.
samandriel:
A rough draft of the letter I’m gonna send to Leo with a homemade Oscar
This letter is beautiful.
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December 10, 2012 at 1:16am
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“Choose stability: get regulated” Sweet Dreams 05 by *3Bliss
November 20, 2012 at 5:57pm
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An illustration for my novella. Made to be viewed on an ipad/tablet screen and scrolled through.
Sweet Dreams 02 by ~3Bliss
eschergirls:
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sammvitch:
Christopher Hart - Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy
Found this on my harddrive, I’m not sure if I downloaded the pdf as a joke or as legitimate help. But copy-pasting the same body for a woman is /not/ how you draw. I was scrolling through this with pretty good hopes that this was going to be a decent explanation of the comic medium in general and how anatomy can be pushed without falling into Esher girl territory.
Nope.
Take most “Lets draw design comic characters” books with a huuuge grain of salt.
i like that basically u can see whats wrong with the way we view women just right here in “body shapes”
this is absolutely ridiculous
SEXISM IS OVER
This was submitted to me, but I’ve actually already posted this before, but it doesn’t hurt to reblog this for anybody who’s missed it. :)
Diversity. By Christopher Hart.
THIS. I want to remake this chart.
It’s not enough to work towards being happy later. [x]
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Viggo Jonasson | Ph: Tobias Lundqvist | Café November 2012
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