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Friday, December 25, 2015

Super disturbing imagery I found HERE

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Female War Correspondent Dickey Chapelle



Dickey Chapelle receiving last rites after being hit by shrapnel.
Image by Henri Huet.

According to this story, her last words were "I guess it was bound to happen."

More on her HERE.

Also see previous posts on LEE MILLER.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015


People passing by or entering Ørestad High School will get a real surprise: a giant breast with milk progressively flowing out of the nipple is hung in the entrance hall. This immense (the balloon is 9 meters of diameter) and fascinating video-installation, called Venus of Willendorf, is the last creation of the Danish-Argentinean couple Venus of Willendorf, which is at once entertaining and deeply meaningful.

From the website of Hilden Diaz 




Virgin of Nuremberg

The torture device commonly known as the Iron Maiden was also called the Virgin of Nuremberg.


But was it really used in the middle ages?
Here's a whole big discussion about it.
And another, more concise one.

It may just be a modern concept, like the chastity belt.

But then there's this crazy Italian horror movie:


Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Frankenstein and its Real World Influences

See this fascinating post at the PUBLIC DOMAIN REVIEW

And if this gets you interested in reanimating the dead or nearly dead, check out this tobacco enema kit at Atlas Obscura:

[THIS IS LITERALLY AN ARTICLE ON BLOWING SMOKE UP YOUR ASS]



Is she really dead?