Moue Magazine

Between Sociological Images over at Contexts Blogs & now Jezebel, we’ve got two sources looking at the themes present in pop provocateur Lady Gaga’s latest video for her song “Paparazzi. ”

Robertson: “I am not at all persuaded that so-called homosexuals are homosexuals because of biological problems…

Bigotry requires a certain level of cognitive dissonance among its practitioners. There needs to be a series of blind spots in place if someone is going to believe wholly in racial stereotypes that are very easily disproved. So it isn’t surprising when an act of bigotry is illogical. Take, for example, the National Review’s cover featuring SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

On May 28th, Officer Omar Edwards was shot and killed while out of uniform by fellow officer Andrew Dunton. Edwards is black, Dunton is white.

Although I cook often, my recipes are usually jotted down on scrap pieces of paper and slipped inside a notebook. I do love the idea of recipe cards but I’m a bit of a perfectionist and get frustrated when I run out of cards and there’s no way to buy matching replacement cards. That’s why these printable recipe cards appeal to me. You pay the (roughly) $5 and get a PDF file in the email that lets you print off as many recipe cards (or divider tabs or shopping lists) that you’d like.

Holiday weekends are good times to be lazy, crashed on the couch with your laptop and a marathon of the really cheesy SciFi channel original movies on the television. I haven’t been gaming much lately because I don’t have the time to really invest in a Half Life 2 or a Left 4 Dead. But I am master of the little online games that you start playing because the levels are relatively short, causing you to say to yourself: “Self, I’ll play two rounds then get back to work.” Only a good portion of the time, those two rounds turn into 45 minutes of game play when you really should be doing something else.

These plastic wrapped heads aren’t carefully preserved props from a horror movie. They are made of bread and carved by artist/baker Kittiwat Unarrom. Unarrom creates replicas of various body parts- external and internal- and sells them out of a storefront in Thailand.

The art from Loser Pet Shop allows you to root for the underdog. Well, there’s not actually a dog but there is a seasick goldfish, night blind owl and frog that fears the undead. All the prints are 8″ x 10″ and cost $20.00, though the cat and frog are also available in a 5″ x 7″ size for $12.00.

CopperLilly Botanicals sells sterling silver jewelry and soaps but the latter were so beautiful I decided to make them my focus. The ingredients of the soaps are top notch and the appearance worthy of display.

Made By Michelle Brusegaard (MBMB) has hand screenprinted stationary, clothing, towels and fabric napkins. The designs share a theme of nature inspired styling and subdued but eye catching colors.