Orchestra Goes Electro [music]

Original Soundtrack by mediaudio

Looking for some new tunes to groove to? My good friend Derek, audio engineer extraordinaire behind mediaudio creates "mostly sample-based, orchestraelectro pieces" - and they are awesome.

Orchestra meets electro in these symphonic jams, and one finds themselves evoking mental imagery as vivid as the music itself as it builds and layers. You might feel as if you are in the middle of an LSD trip trapped in a 1980's video game or in an IMAX theater during the climax of an intense film.

A combination of two seemingly opposite genres, Derek has expertly crafted and weaved the two into a beautiful, eclectic marriage.

Sexism in Advertising: Your Vagina is a Void

Women's genitals are not portrayed with nearly the same reference, respect, and even admiration that the male phallus is given in media and throughout society in general. Here is (another) sexist vag-negative ad that just reinforces womens' already low genital self esteem.

Read more about it here on Feministing.

jon, kate, plus race

i've personally never watched the show (nor followed the drama of jon's fun times with the ladies), but this is an especially good race analysis of the episode in which jon, who is half korean, tries to teach the children about his asian heritage. kate fumbles. a lot.

read the full article on sociological images