+As I’ve said, TDS has had some issues covering the Trayvon Martin case. But this bit was spot-on. Yeah, uh, the “victim theme/meme” tends to happen when an unarmed kid is shot in cold blood, and then police and the shooter lie about the circumstances, and the state refuses to arrest the shooter. -Jess
+Art’s great nudes have gone skinny
Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano has created a visual re-imagination of historic nude paintings, had the subjects conformed their bodies to what the 21st century considers an ideal of beauty. The results are revealing—and quite shocking in what they say about the modern attitude toward women’s bodies.


