Jambalaya|1488167714|4134174 said:Lamp? Movie? I must have missed something. I just thought it was a random leg!
Younkins-Herzog, the sculptor, said the statue was intended as a feminist work. She said the proportions were based on Barbie’s, and the lampshade is a reference to some of her other artwork depicting the female form.
“It has more to do with being a woman in a predominantly masculine field,” she told Heat Street. “Feminist means female perspective as far as I am concerned. I take ownership of these stereotypical trappings of beauty, combined with the humorous context of the movie. It would not have happened if I had not enjoyed watching A Christmas Story as a kid.”
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“Seems odd to me that people would be so offended,” Younkins-Herzog said. “The wife in the movie was offended based on context in the 70s. Our society and ads and tv are far more suggestive than a disembodied leg.”.
The leg lamp has become so popular that one can now purchase ready-made Halloween costumes in its likeness. But Josh Sundquist, a paralympian, motivational speaker and author who lost his leg to cancer when he was nine years old, won Halloween last year when he decided to make his own leg lamp costume. He even shaved his leg for authenticity.
JoCoJenn|1488169985|4134185 said:WTH?Instead of the pic I tried to attach twice, the damn giraffe is showing up.
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This is the pic with the paralympian who dressed up as the lamp.
omg and I just see the giraffe again!Dee*Jay|1488171264|4134190 said:Sorry for the dark pic, I'm PSing on my laptop in bed.
Dee*Jay|1488171264|4134190 said:Sorry for the dark pic, I'm PSing on my laptop in bed.
Dee*Jay|1488171042|4134187 said:JoCoJenn|1488169985|4134185 said:WTH?Instead of the pic I tried to attach twice, the damn giraffe is showing up.
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This is the pic with the paralympian who dressed up as the lamp.
OK, you want to know something either more WTH? I see a pic of Monnie's daughter and niece!!!
House Cat|1488198972|4134235 said:Overly PC? I'm not convinced. There has always been a few old biddies who have taken issue with things like this. They will always be a part of our culture. They are not creating an overly PC atmosphere. They are just angry people who are trying to control everyone...as usual.
House Cat|1488198972|4134235 said:Overly PC? I'm not convinced. There has always been a few old biddies who have taken issue with things like this. They will always be a part of our culture. They are not creating an overly PC atmosphere. They are just angry people who are trying to control everyone...as usual.
ksinger|1488202146|4134249 said:And just for laughs, those of you who are Gilbert and Sullivan fans, will want to listen to the song that got written about the guy. It even made it out to the hinterlands. Hilarious and really well done.
http://static.mgnetwork.com/rtd/audio/JasonMarks-IAmTheVeryModelofAMadAttorneyGeneral.mp3
JoCoJenn|1488200765|4134242 said:Dee*Jay|1488171042|4134187 said:JoCoJenn|1488169985|4134185 said:WTH?Instead of the pic I tried to attach twice, the damn giraffe is showing up.
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This is the pic with the paralympian who dressed up as the lamp.
OK, you want to know something either more WTH? I see a pic of Monnie's daughter and niece!!!
Okay, this thread (because of the weird pic posting) has become something of a bizarre anomaly.![]()
I just deleted the giraffe pic altogether from my tablet, and posting something not internet-originated below.
What do you see?
I see the same thing! Lovely ring.Dee*Jay|1488203442|4134254 said:JoCoJenn|1488200765|4134242 said:Dee*Jay|1488171042|4134187 said:JoCoJenn|1488169985|4134185 said:WTH?Instead of the pic I tried to attach twice, the damn giraffe is showing up.
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This is the pic with the paralympian who dressed up as the lamp.
OK, you want to know something either more WTH? I see a pic of Monnie's daughter and niece!!!
Okay, this thread (because of the weird pic posting) has become something of a bizarre anomaly.![]()
I just deleted the giraffe pic altogether from my tablet, and posting something not internet-originated below.
What do you see?
I see a bezel set three stone ring. If that's the right answer do I win it as a prize -- it's a lovely piece!
I used the term "old biddy" to prove that there have always been people with this frame of mind long before being politically correct was a concern.AGBF|1488201385|4134245 said:House Cat|1488198972|4134235 said:Overly PC? I'm not convinced. There has always been a few old biddies who have taken issue with things like this. They will always be a part of our culture. They are not creating an overly PC atmosphere. They are just angry people who are trying to control everyone...as usual.
I am an "old biddy" and I am fairly open minded about sex and do not complain about vulgarity although there are words I, personally, do not use unless I lose all control. I am not sure age and sex (after all, "biddies" are women) should be used as the measuring stick with which to determine how much a person has grown in accepting new ideas.
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Dee*Jay|1488203442|4134254 said:I see a bezel set three stone ring. If that's the right answer do I win it as a prize -- it's a lovely piece!
lovedogs said:I see the same thing! Lovely ring.
House Cat|1488205693|4134262 said:I used the term "old biddy" to prove that there have always been people with this frame of mind long before being politically correct was a concern.AGBF|1488201385|4134245 said:House Cat|1488198972|4134235 said:Overly PC? I'm not convinced. There has always been a few old biddies who have taken issue with things like this. They will always be a part of our culture. They are not creating an overly PC atmosphere. They are just angry people who are trying to control everyone...as usual.
I am an "old biddy" and I am fairly open minded about sex and do not complain about vulgarity although there are words I, personally, do not use unless I lose all control. I am not sure age and sex (after all, "biddies" are women) should be used as the measuring stick with which to determine how much a person has grown in accepting new ideas.
Deb![]()
I'm not sure "prude" would have had the same effect.
I don't really see you as an old biddy for the very reason that you do keep up with modern culture. Aren't old biddies the opposite of that? Aren't they frozen and angry and wanting to keep everyone controlled? A twenty year old can be an old biddy, as far as I am concerned. But then again, maybe I am creating my own definitions for language.
VRBeauty|1488213507|4134291 said:To me, AGBF's comment on the use of the use of the term "old biddies" has more to do with political correctness than the objections to either the sculpture or the showing of the giraffe giving birth. But this discussion does have me thinking about "what is political correctness"? The conservative press bandies the term about with disdain, and suggests that it's always about liberals imposing limitations not hurting peoples feelings " the sentiments and potential hurt feelings of the few on the many. And yet that same conservative press has made it almost de rigueur for mail politicians to wear a little tiny flag pins on their lapels whenever they appear in public, suggesting that failing to do so indicates a lack of patriotism. And "God bless America" has become the standard amen/benediction/ending to almost any prepared political speech, as if the politician who fails to use that phrase lives neither God nor America.
House Cat|1488198972|4134235 said:Overly PC? I'm not convinced. There has always been a few old biddies who have taken issue with things like this. They will always be a part of our culture. They are not creating an overly PC atmosphere. They are just angry people who are trying to control everyone...as usual.
AGBF|1488201385|4134245 said:House Cat|1488198972|4134235 said:Overly PC? I'm not convinced. There has always been a few old biddies who have taken issue with things like this. They will always be a part of our culture. They are not creating an overly PC atmosphere. They are just angry people who are trying to control everyone...as usual.
I am an "old biddy" and I am fairly open minded about sex and do not complain about vulgarity although there are words I, personally, do not use unless I lose all control. I am not sure age and sex (after all, "biddies" are women) should be used as the measuring stick with which to determine how much a person has grown in accepting new ideas.
Deb![]()
redwood66|1488213714|4134293 said:House Cat|1488205693|4134262 said:I used the term "old biddy" to prove that there have always been people with this frame of mind long before being politically correct was a concern.AGBF|1488201385|4134245 said:House Cat|1488198972|4134235 said:Overly PC? I'm not convinced. There has always been a few old biddies who have taken issue with things like this. They will always be a part of our culture. They are not creating an overly PC atmosphere. They are just angry people who are trying to control everyone...as usual.
I am an "old biddy" and I am fairly open minded about sex and do not complain about vulgarity although there are words I, personally, do not use unless I lose all control. I am not sure age and sex (after all, "biddies" are women) should be used as the measuring stick with which to determine how much a person has grown in accepting new ideas.
Deb![]()
I'm not sure "prude" would have had the same effect.
I don't really see you as an old biddy for the very reason that you do keep up with modern culture. Aren't old biddies the opposite of that? Aren't they frozen and angry and wanting to keep everyone controlled? A twenty year old can be an old biddy, as far as I am concerned. But then again, maybe I am creating my own definitions for language.
Is it a requirement that people keep up with modern culture or be subjected to the label of old biddy?![]()
ruby59|1488219437|4134343 said:AGBF|1488201385|4134245 said:House Cat|1488198972|4134235 said:Overly PC? I'm not convinced. There has always been a few old biddies who have taken issue with things like this. They will always be a part of our culture. They are not creating an overly PC atmosphere. They are just angry people who are trying to control everyone...as usual.
I am an "old biddy" and I am fairly open minded about sex and do not complain about vulgarity although there are words I, personally, do not use unless I lose all control. I am not sure age and sex (after all, "biddies" are women) should be used as the measuring stick with which to determine how much a person has grown in accepting new ideas.
Deb![]()
Why should every individual have to accept every new idea out there as if they are definitive proof of positive change?
JoCoJenn|1488222888|4134364 said:AnnaH|1488220404|4134346 said:Weird thread. I'm seeing what Jenn sees. But then, I usually get her.![]()
I wouldn't brag about that here.
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JoCoJenn|1488222888|4134364 said:AnnaH|1488220404|4134346 said:Weird thread. I'm seeing what Jenn sees. But then, I usually get her.![]()
I wouldn't brag about that here.
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