Category Archives: GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc…

Theft at the Eureka Valley Branch of San Francisco Library: Harvey Milk Plaque stolen!

Posted on October 21, 2011 by | 1 comment

According to The Bay Area Reporter and other news sources, a plaque of the late gay political icon has been lifted from its home in front of the Eureka Valley branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Photographer Daniel Nicoletta, who came up as a youth working in Harvey’s Castro Camera store and on his campaigns, suspects a motive beyond mere profit. He told the B.A.R. “It definitely stinks of a political message to me. It’s not just some random vandalism by people hanging out in that plaza.”

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Posted in Collecting, Crime, History, San Francisco, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Signage, Strange News

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Mendocino Gothic

Posted on October 21, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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#OccupyMordor, porque no podemos permitir que haya un anillo único para gobernarnos a todos

Posted on October 20, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Occupy Mordor! “Because One Ring Should Not Be Allowed to Rule Them All.” via Juventud Sin Futura – and friend of this site Guo-Juin Hong.

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Posted in Activism, DIY and Maker Culture, History, Literature, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Signage, Spain, Subcultures, Youth

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#OWS comes to small college towns: #OccupyCarbondale and #OccupyArcata

Posted on October 20, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Photo via Occupy Carbondale

The Occupy Wall Street movement is spreading globally and regionally. Small college towns across the United States demonstrate contrasting responses. Protesters in Carbondale, Illinois have been huddling under a model of Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome on the campus of Southern Illinois University. Campus police are considering removing the dome. According to Freshman Derrick Burns: “We had about 20 tents set up. Now look – zero, it’s a shame.” Read more and see video here.

"2:40 and still no police" Photo via Occupy Arcata

Meantime in Arcata, California, home of Humboldt State University, 20 days into a camp-out, there have been some individual arrests, but the protests enjoy wide community support and the City Council is meeting to discuss installation of portable toilets and other amenities at the encampment.

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Posted in Activism, Crime, DIY and Maker Culture, History, Human Rights, Northern California, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Scholarship, Southern Illinois

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Jam the Giant Poodle and Horse Friend

Posted on October 19, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Dogs, Gardening, iPhone, Mendocino County, Photography

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Amazing Mantid

Posted on October 17, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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San Francisco Sunrise

Posted on October 16, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Thursday morning, a Mission sunrise shot from my pre-dawn commute.
As one of my friends remarked when she saw this picture, one of the few perks of starting work early is getting to see the sun rise.
-AidanAbroad

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New Jojo Mendoco Gay Cali Manga! The Rapture of Sister Merci Killing…Leather Nun!

Posted on October 15, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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Carried away on the shoulders of the Swiss Guard…and available to Los Angeles area collectors. Check out the silent auction at the Eagle LA on Friday October 21 at the Mr. Sister Leather contest. For more Catholic fun from JoJo Mendoco, click here. For his take on war, here. And for some S/m, here and here.

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Posted in Collecting, Comics, DIY and Maker Culture, Drag, JoJo Mendoco, Leather, Military, Sickness and Health, Spirituality, Subcultures

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Walmart Bleacher makes Clean Escape! #BleachWalmart – Disgruntled Greeter or Next Phase of #OccupyWallstreet?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The Ukiah Daily Journal, the newspaper of record for the Mendocino County seat, reports that an unidentified man entered the Ukiah Walmart with a concealed bottle of bleach and spritzed $12,000 in clothing and other merchandise before making a clean escape. The man’s motives are unknown, the inventory is ruined, and the Ukiah police are seeking the suspect. A surveillance camera captured the culprit, seen above wearing a yellow Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show T-shirt. Looks to be as cute as he is cocky…hmmm. Read the Journal story here.

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Cash Only Establishment. Really, Johnny!

Posted on October 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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