How Come?

[shanmonster]

How does donning blackface differ from smearing on whiteface, getting a spray-on tan, or dressing in drag?

On that note, here are the links du jour....

Treasure trove of photographs casts light on Dahl's dark imagination: I hope more of the pictures are put online.

Quite Possibly the First Time the Word "Blog" was Used in Comics: And guess what? Superman's involved.

Technovelgy: "Explore the wide variety of inventions and ideas of science fiction writers."

Psychic Predictions 2004: Events better get a wiggle on if they expect to prove predictions of top psychics.

Pierced Eyeglasses: Looks really cool, but I can't help but think how extra painful it would be to get hit in the face, or get the glasses caught on something.

Mummified Mouse: Failed Victorian taxidermy, or what? Bizarre, for sure.

Emmy's Christmas Gift: Silly little animation which will appeal to Harry Potter fans.

Ogre Porn: Shrex. NSFW.

Robbers scared off by Playstation game get jail time: The story made me chortle.

Comments

[tobysionann.livejournal.com]

I love the Dahl photos. The one with the kids under the skirt is wonderful.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I like them because they all have implied stories.

[superbrad.livejournal.com]

I see from the story that Superman's being a dick again. :)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

It's a way of life.

[goth-hobbit.livejournal.com]

The photo is wonderful, too. What a handsome pussy! (I've always had a soft spot in my head for yellow tabbies. And yes, I'm deliberately missing the point. I think the flux fumes are curdling my brain.)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Oooh, flux fumes are very good at curdling brains. I remember going all spinny after soldering chain links. Eee...

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

How does donning blackface differ from smearing on whiteface, getting a spray-on tan, or dressing in drag?

Well, I guess it's that blackface is traditionally associated with 'comedic' acts that openly denigrate black people, while the others are used differently. Whiteface is for clowns (but not specifically to promote racist anti-white stereotypes), spray-on tans are (misguidedly!) used for vanity, and drag is for men who enjoy dressing up as women -- again, not in order to mock women.

But of course you realized that already, and this was a rhetorical question, right?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

So it would be acceptable for a person to wear blackface because they enjoy wearing blackface?