Found dead on the military base in Balad, Iraq in July, 2005, a short time after she began serving there, the United States Army ruled 19 year old Pfc. Lavena Johnson’s death as a suicide resulting from a self-inflicted M-16 rifle shot wound, and sent her home in a box. …
Posing Half Naked on Magazine Covers — In Could the message be any more clear?
Batting a head continually against anything causes the brain to waffle back and forth inside the skull. This can cause bruising, and repeated bruising can cause brain damage. I get it. What I’m not clear on is why we are having congressional hearings about the situation. We struggle with making …
Does a ga zillion years make a difference? From the Independent: “But in March 1977, Polanski, then aged 44, made the fateful mistake that hangs on him to this day. He had been commissioned by Vogue Hommes to take a series of photographs of adolescent girls: he wanted to show …
I haven’t done an “Interesting Irony” post in some time. This works, and doesn’t stretch the grey cells too far. Irony epitomized is when a magazine titled Self photoshops pounds off, and reshapes, Kelly Clarkson. All this while publishing an interview in which Kelly tells them she is “comfortable with …
Renee reminded me of this with a clip she posted. Brave New Films has partnered with RAWA, to help Afghans displaced by US war, focusing on what is really happening in Afghanistan as a result of US policy. The partnership is to provide direct aid to displaced people living in …
