Sacha Baron Cohen’s GQ Cover is “Pornography” in NYC | Carnal Nation
In NYC, the newsstand chain Hudson News recently declared that the issue would be treated as pornography, and would be sold with the lower half concealed.
But, as both Gawker and Shakesville point out, this month’s issue of Esquire with Israeli model Bar Refaeli, above right, is not being sold “as pornography” by Hudson News, and you can easily find the two resting next to one another on Hudson’s shelves, Refaeli proudly flaunting it all to the passerby in Grand Central Station while Sacha is discreetly covered up.This makes me want to do an experiment where we put naked people of various sizes, shapes, ethnicities, genders, ages, etc. on magazine covers and see which of them get labeled “pornographic.”
Huh? How bizarre.
magnetical: (via tfs)
Flipping through my unread Tumblr posts from today really fast before I go to bed, and I could tell this was VV even in the tiny low-res version because of the leopard print. Oh yes.
An ethnic Uighur woman carries a metal rod as she walks down a main road in the city of Urumqi on July 8, 2009. Urumqui’s ethnic Uighur and Han Chinese residents have taken to carrying metal rods and sticks for protection against attacks. (REUTERS/David Gray) (via Ethnic clashes in Urumqi, China - The Big Picture - Boston.com)
What a fantastic photo.
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$80-$110 a review?! Astounding.
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Great. Just what we need!
I really shouldn’t have this song on a mix CD in the car. Everytime I stop at the traffic lights I can’t help myself but do the dance moves. But then when I realise that the people in the cars next to me are watching and laughing at me it can get kind of embarrassing. I should just stick to listening to songs that don’t compel me to groove.I can’t lie, Grant; the image of you doing the dance moves in your car is making me giggle, too. The picture in my head is awesome, but hilarious.
I think we need to see a vimeo lip dub. Yes? Yes?
If it’s anything like the one that one of the Jonas Brothers did, then yes. Yes yes yes.
Discount - Hit
I’d never actually heard any of Discount’s songs before. I’m pleasantly surprised! Sounds kinda like Dig Me Out-era Sleater-Kinney.
The Dead Weather - ‘Hang You From The Heavens’ (The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien) (via LittleGhost333)
I still think this song is about twice as long as it needs to be, but bloody hell, VV is on fire in this. She just gets more and more amazing.
I really shouldn’t have this song on a mix CD in the car. Everytime I stop at the traffic lights I can’t help myself but do the dance moves. But then when I realise that the people in the cars next to me are watching and laughing at me it can get kind of embarrassing. I should just stick to listening to songs that don’t compel me to groove.
I can’t lie, Grant; the image of you doing the dance moves in your car is making me giggle, too. The picture in my head is awesome, but hilarious.
I am also Co-founder and Contents Editor of a new online music zine called Sidestage. You can view it here. You should. We think it's pretty fab! We also have a Tumblr over here.
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Some things I like:
The Libertines; buying too much on Etsy; Joan Didion; high-waisted skirts; The Kills; sequins; Sleater-Kinney; stockings; Skins; always wearing red nail polish; Gossip Girl; Haruki Murakami; researching; Dita von Teese; having more music than will fit on my iPod; Frankie magazine; my girl.
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