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Lane Bryant: Navel Mobilization

Posted on 5 January by Vernon

Lane Bryant PSD
This is so typical of modern multinational media conglomerates like um Lame Giant who are like fascists when it comes to er the representation of women’s bodies and their agenda is for everyone to feel bad that their belly button is in the wrong place because there’s this group of like five men in New York who decide what everyone should look like rewrite this bit and real women have curves and normal centered belly buttons er we should be free to look like whatever we want so we demand a law to ban this kind of image.

Thanks to Sarah L, via Jezebel! Original here!

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Elle: Shoulder Woulda Coulda

Posted on 7 December by Vernon
Elle PSD
In a stunning deconstruction of the neodynamic of consumer culture, Elle magazine reifies the nowness – and overarching implausibility – of Lady Gaga’s armpit to emphasize the detachability of her arm and, by implication, the detachment of postmodern modes of avoir-fromage; the stark contrast of one arm literally textualized in comparison with its counterpart – photoshopped to merry hell – provides a dyspeptic vision of modality that itself resonates across [continued p94]

Thanks to maaike and everyone else who sent this in! Bigger version here!

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PES Soccer: World Keepy Uppy Champion

Posted on 2 December by Vernon
Pro Evolution Soccer – not to be confused with Atheists Will Burn In Hell Soccer – obviously sees some sort of competitive advantage in shorter, stumpier legs for players. Who are we to judge? Oh, right.

PES Soccer PSD

Thanks to Emre!

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Oh, what a disappointment! So it wasn’t that Messi is good, it’s that all his rivals are crippled! by Nuri

It is called Pro EVOLUTION Soccer for a reason — they are footballers who have evolved into something else. Although they look like pretty awful footballers now they have evolved shorter legs! by Avoura

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