May. 25, 2012
Courtesy of a trio of literature students known only as Jack, Kayla and Julie, here’s the first-ever (and hopefully only ever) not-meant-to-offend-anyone-but-inevitably-offensive-anyway Anne Frank-themed parody of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.”
I can’t quite put my finger on it, but something tells me this isn’t the most historically accurate version of events available.
[via @lindseyweber]
May. 25, 2012
Nobody honestly believes that the joke Siri told John Malkovich in Apple’s latest iPhone commercial was funny, so Slacktory has given it a major upgrade with a play on one of the all-time classics.
(Sorta not safe for work, iPhones doing dirty, depraved things.)
May. 25, 2012
Comic book writer and novelist Greg Rucka (Stumptown, Queen and Country) answers a frequently asked question in an incisive essay for io9 titled “Why I Write ‘Strong Female Characters’”.
The entire piece is well worth a read, but here’s the key passage:
Writers don’t write Men or Women or Dogs or Salmon. Writers write characters, and at our best, if we do it well and with care and with thought, we invest in those characters a spark of life, a realism and nuance that makes them believable and relatable.
Rucka also questions why journalists don’t tend to ask female writers how they write “strong female characters,” and why more male writers don’t do the research about their female characters, the way they would with any other character whose experience differs from their own.
[io9]
May. 25, 2012
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May. 25, 2012
Twelve-year-old Damon Boyer-Marwood was walking home from school Thursday when he heard an animal cry, so he followed the sound. When he came upon a group of kids holding down a small female dog and taking turns kicking it and beating it with a cricket bat, Damon told the boys to take a hike.
“They stood there for a bit, then they ran inside,” he said.
A microchip scan by the New Zealand SPCA enabled the battered dog to be reunited with owner Sosefina Leota, who insisted on meeting Damon. “I want to thank him from my heart,” she said. “I want to know his face.”
No doubt Damon saved the dog’s life. Said his grandmother: “It makes you wonder what would have happened if he didn’t step in.”
SPCA inspector Kaycee Polkinghorne said an investigation is under way. “Because of the ages, there’s not a lot we can do prosecution-wise, but it does reinforce the importance of having education in schools about things like this,” she said. “You just have to to wonder what’s going on to make them think this is acceptable behavior.”
May. 25, 2012
Tired of Banksy? Subversive street artist Mobstr has surfaced in East London just in time.
May. 25, 2012
The planning! The dorkiness! The tears!
So imperfect it’s perfect.
[thanks, rob!]
May. 25, 2012
Spotted in Cannes: The poster for REAL ACTUAL MOVIE THAT EXISTS You Can’t Kill Stephen King. The flick recently was picked up for international distribution, but no release date yet. Catch the trailer here.
[collider]
May. 25, 2012
In which intrepid girl reporter Susie Sampson takes to the streets to garner public opinion on the day’s most pressing issues: the GOP’s War on Women and Memorial Day.
[thanks, chris!]
May. 25, 2012
Today on The Daily What Geek: Happy World Towel Day!
Elsewhere on the Internets:
Lunchtime Leisure: Tiny World
Lunchtime List: 25 Seriously Awesome Bento Boxes
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