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Vintage Paperback - Android Armageddon by Robert Tralins

Pinnacle (1974)

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Polish poster for Solaris, 1972. Artwork by Andrzej Bertrandt.

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Xenomorph - sketchbook

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On the set of Alien, as seen in HR Giger ARh+ by H.R. Giger, 1992.

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Citroën Karin (1980)

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Ways porn harms everyone:

Children

it’s inevitable for a child in this culture to be exposed to porn at a very young age; exposing children to pornographic material is child abuse

a child exposed to porn will not be able to develop healthy sexuality, porn instead will shape their sex life expectations and goals (for girls, this means young acceptance of inevitable abuse and pain during sex)

a child, especially male child exposed to porn has a high chance of sexually abusing another child (because children follow examples they see adults do! and this is filmed sexual abuse, they are likely to repeat it)

child on child sexual abuse is getting widespread and boys as young as kindergarten age are raping little girls they have access to, porn is a direct cause of this

also children sexually abused will proceed to sexually abuse other children, creating entire culture of childhood sexual abuse

porn normalizes skinny, hairless, young-looking female bodies that resemble female children, making it very likely that children are seen as ideal sexual targets

porn increases the amount of child rape, rather than satisfying rapists it gives them stronger and more self-righteous urges, after all they’ve already seen someone do it on tape, it doesn’t feel quite as forbidden or wrong or unreachable after that

children are and will get trafficked into porn industry, and have their lives turned into slavery and filmed rape for profit of porn production

Women

are pressured to put up a performance and center their sexual life around catering to men (like porn does), without being able to develop their own sexuality based on their own needs

are assumed to enjoy in degrading, humiliating, painful and dehumanizing acts that porn depicts as “normal female sexuality”

are expected to act as if they enjoy the said acts and if they don’t, it’s assumed something is wrong with them

are socially and emotionally pressured into believing they’re “not good enough” unless their body comfors to the beauty standards reinforced by porn

are often shamed and coerced into changing their body on daily basis to conform to pornified version of women, or even on permanent basis (getting a surgery to fit their boy to porn standards because not doing so is risking humiliation and emotional abuse, and feeling not good enough)

have their sexuality taken away from them

are shamed for asserting their own needs

are much more easily coerced into sexual acts they wouldn’t otherwise do, since now they’re so normalized and expected of them

have to live while knowing that men commonly watch female bodies being abused, brutalized and raped, have to live among these men anyway

are dehumanized and objectified on daily basis by the effect porn has on men

women of the groups that should not, and absolutely do not want be seen as sexual are now degraded to a porn fantasy: nuns, lesbians, schoolgirls, professional women, etc

most men will look at these women and not see any further than a porn fantasy

Women involved in porn production

are exposed to rape and abuse, without any way to prove they’ve been raped or abused, even though it’s all filmed and distributed

are coerced into acts against their will commonly and as a part of their job

have their money withheld from them and are forced into doing more and more damaging and humiliating work if they still want to be paid

are getting trafficked into porn industry

are often the victims of childhood sexual abuse

are at high risk of ptsd

are at high risk of std’s, injuries, internal injuries, hospitalizations, unwanted pregnancies, life-long chronic conditions and even worse untreatable damage of their bodies

have to deal with severe emotional and psychological damage of being degraded, humiliated, insulted, physically harmed and sexually abused

aren’t allowed to resist the abuse and instead have to force themselves to play along

have to deal with dehumanization both  by the porn industry and society

have to rely on alcohol, drugs and addictions to be able to cope and keep working in the industry

often do not have any other choices but to be there

by most majority, they don’t want to be there

have higher mortality rates and suicide rates than women not involved in porn industry

Men

have their sexuality shaped by porn, and are incapable of having a healthy sexual life

are at risk of addiction and losing control over their life

decreased pleasure during sex; inability to enjoy sex

General

decreased empathy towards women; if a woman is expressing pain and distress it’s assumed she is experiencing pleasure or deserves the pain and that she shouldn’t be helped

normalized ignorance of female boundaries and intentional neglect of her discomfort and dissent (it’s very visible watching porn that the actresses are in pain and all of their reactions are merely an act and very much forced; everyone watching it is supposed to ignore it and assume that she’s fine and isn’t actually getting hurt, despite the clear signs of pain)

increased amount of rape/rape culture on the rise to the point where it’s normalized

normalization of bdsm culture, teens and children willingly entering a dangerous and traumatizing sexual experiences without having proper information of the psychological injuries they will suffer afterwards

normalization of pedophiles/pedophile culture on the rise

gay males dehumanized and sexualized; connected with bdsm culture and depicted as a fetish, assumed to enjoy humiliation and pain and abuse, and commonly depicted as masochists/sadists subs/doms

trans women viewed as a sexual fetish and dehumanized/objectified in the process; also trafficked and coerced into porn production 

promotes racism and white supremacy, promotes severe abuse against women of different cultures, mostly perpetuated by whites

promotes male supremacy and patriarchy

Men involved in porn production

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… these are the guys who actually profit from all the points numbered above. they get to abuse women. they get to take all of their rage and violence on women who can’t defend themselves. they get to damage women’s bodies to the point where the victims are hospitalized and they get away with it. they get to profit from that. they profit from women and children getting raped, injured and psychologically traumatized. let’s end these guys. let’s end porn production. 

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One Giant Leap for Mankind

Millions of people around the globe will come together for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games later this month to witness a grand event—the culmination of years of training and preparation.

Fifty-five years ago this July, the world was watching as a different history-changing event was unfolding: the Apollo 11 mission was landing humans on the surface of another world for the first time. An estimated 650 million people watched on TV as Neil Armstrong reached the bottom of the ladder of the lunar module on July 20, 1969, and spoke the words, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”

While the quest to land astronauts on the Moon was born from the space race with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, this moment was an achievement for the whole of humanity. To mark the world-embracing nature of the Moon landing, several tokens of world peace were left on the Moon during the astronauts’ moonwalk.

“We came in peace for all mankind”

These words, as well as drawings of Earth’s western and eastern hemispheres, are etched on a metal plaque affixed to a leg of the Apollo 11 lunar lander. Because the base of the lander remained on the Moon after the astronauts returned, it is still there today as a permanent memorial of the historic landing.

Microscopic messages from kings, queens, and presidents

Another artifact left on the Moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts is a small silicon disc etched with goodwill messages from leaders of 74 countries around the world. Each message was reduced to be smaller than the head of a pin and micro-etched on a disc roughly 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) in diameter. Thailand’s message, translated into English, reads: "The Thai people rejoice in and support this historic achievement of Earth men, as a step towards Universal peace."

Curious to read what else was inscribed on the disk? Read the messages.

An ancient symbol

The olive branch, a symbol of peace and conciliation in ancient Greek mythology, also found its way to the Moon in July 1969. This small olive branch made of gold was left on the lunar surface during Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 2.5-hour moonwalk. The olive branch also featured on the Apollo 11 mission patches sewed on the crew’s spacesuits. Designed in part by command module pilot Michael Collins, the insignia shows a bald eagle landing on the Moon holding an olive branch in its talons.

We go together

As NASA’s Artemis program prepares to again land astronauts on the Moon, including the first woman and the first person of color, this time we’re collaborating with commercial and international partners. Together we will make new scientific discoveries, establish the first long-term presence on the Moon, and inspire a new generation of explorers.

Is aerospace history your cup of tea? Be sure to check out more from NASA’s past at www.nasa.gov/history.

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Trust The Computer

(Paranoia: The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues by John M Ford, West End Games, 1985)

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Opening quotes from

Arthur C. Clarke: the authorized biography

by McAleer, Neil

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Megaforce (1982)

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>be me

>endless cycle supervisor

>in charge of making sure the endless cycle is, in fact, endless

>one day i go down there and the endless cycle is broken

>the point of repetition in the endless cycle is now a wide open array of new possibilities

>ask my boss what to do

>he says "just carry on the cycle then"

>i say "how"

>he says "i don't know, you're the supervisor"

>rage.jpg

>quit my job

>become an array of new possibilities supervisor

>first day on the job, go to the new possibilities

>it's cyclical

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from “understanding media: the extensions of man” by marshall mcluhan

cyborg anxieties // internet girls