Vogue Paris sexualizes six year olds

Via Feministing & Tom and Lorenzo...

Someone at Vogue Paris thought having six year old models pimp couture was... what? Edgy? A social commentary on these times? You can see the full campaign here...

But as dolled up girls go, the PSA below merits more attention.

He stops the world (almost)

Graeme Taylor wondered what would happen if he made the camera a fast-moving object. He lost me on the fps calculations, but the result is lovely. Lovelier if you watch while listening to this.

Via Capndesign thru Kottke.org.

Yes, but is it funny?

"Manufacturing Consent"

A classic doc on thought control in a democratic society, from the point of view of Noam Chomsky, "arguably the most important intellectual alive." (5:05 for what he has to say about his supposed big-brain status.)

Cookie from the memory jar: I interviewed co-director Mark Achbar back when the film came out. I'm sure he impressed all sorts of thought-provoking ideas upon my impressionable, collegiate mind, but what I remember most is the trouble he got in over Bart Simpson. With Matt Groening's permission, the filmmakers had listed Bart in the film's companion book as one of twelve most important minds alive today. Sadly, Fox didn't take too kindly to the honour being bestowed upon their most famous underachiever.

Do Chomsky's ideas hold up in the age of blogs and YouTube? Watch the full film below or, better yet, buy the DVD.

"the anky-pankee..."

The 50th anniversary trailer of "Breathless". Pretty much the same as the original, except the female voice talent had so much fun with her lines. The "le smoking" bit cracks me up each time.

Holy Cucumber, Batman!

Unrelated but hilarious.