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Happy Thanksgiving!

Wren Roberts — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:11:16 +0000

Here’s a steampunk turkey!

“It’s Like the Opiate of Religion for Scientists”

Wren Roberts — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:20:19 +0000

This comes courtesy of my wonderful friend John. He listens to this so often that I cannot think about Carl Sagan without thinking about him.

Drinking the Gypsy Wine

Wren Roberts — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:47:47 +0000

I needed turbinado sugar this weekend, which prompted a visit to Trader Joe’s. I happened to find a bottle of wine.

Hmm, can we get a close up on that label?

Oh, right. Chariot Gypsy 2007. Obviously. Because that’s not problematic at all.

Being gypsy myself, I had to buy it. Being that it was only $6, I can hardly complain about being gypped, now can I? Much like how a friend’s (black) mother collects racist images of “them negroes,” I find myself drawn to ill thought out representations of gypsies.

I have to say: I’ve seen worse. While this lady does have the headscarf, earrings, and giant mole, her lack of prominent and absurd gold jewelry is somewhat refreshing. But let’s not kid ourselves, this woman is wearing a lot of odd ice, none of which is based in fact and a lot of which is based in racism and stereotype. Awsm!

On to the wine itself: I was surprised it had a cork. My usual Trader Joe’s pick lost its cork for a screw cap about a year ago. It was a wet red, which is about all I’m qualified to say. It was a bit sweet and I’d probably drink it again. Coming from me about a red, that’s a lot. Reds tend to be my least favorite kinds of wine.

But back to the racism: haven’t we learned over hundreds of years of colonialism and all those civil rights marches and what not, that it’s not okay to market miscellaneous shit based on racist images of subjugated people and their history? What if this was Chariot Jews 2007? Granted that would have excellent pun potential, but that doesn’t make it an okay thing to do.

My Vagina is Eight Miles Wide

Wren Roberts — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:14:03 +0000

I love my friend David. So much so that I’m the only person who actually calls him David. He’s one of those friends who always knows spot-on exactly what you need. This is what he gave me tonight:

Hilda Makes Me Happy

Wren Roberts — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:05:52 +0000

I found these today, and I find them quite stunning. There’s so much right with them, that it’s hard to isolate any one of thing that stands above the rest. Hilda was first painted by Duane Bryers in 1958. That may, in fact, be the best part.

Via 4otos. Way more examples there, too.