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Why there are no gays in the future:
In one of the scenes with Guinan tutoring Lal about human sexuality, Whoopi Goldberg altered one of her script lines in order to turn a strictly heterosexual explanation into a gender-neutral version: “According to the script, Guinan was supposed to start telling Lal, ‘When a man and a woman are in love …’ and in the background, there would be men and women sitting at tables, holding hands[…] But Whoopi refused to say that. She said, ‘This show is beyond that. It should be ‘When two people are in love.’” It was also decided on set that the background of the scene show a same-sex couple holding hands, but “someone ran to a phone and made a call to the production office and that was nixed. [Producer] David Livingston came down and made sure that didn’t happen.” (TNG research assistant Richard Arnold)
- From Memory-Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki.
Video reblogged from Left of Sound
It’s here… and we couldn’t be more proud to represent the Motor City! Check out our feature for Chrysler’s Imported From Detroit campaign!
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Anatomy of a trending topic: How Twitter & the crafting community put the smackdown on Urban Outfitters
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Adorable Animals Being Adorable of the Day: Chinchillas in wine glasses the end.
OMG I can’t even…
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The Detroit Wig Out Crew will be marching in the Marche du Nain Rouge this Sunday!
Come see us and the rest of the march along the Cass Corridor starting at 1pm!
More info about the march can be found here.
Come all, come wigged!
If you’re in the greater Detroit area you should definitely check this out…sounds like it’s going to be tons of fun!
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Detroit Has to Demolish Before it Can Rebuild →
In its heyday, nearly 2 million people lived here in Detroit; now, it’s fewer than half that. The city is so huge that San Francisco and Boston could fit within its borders with room left for Manhattan. But a third of Detroit is too scarcely populated to function. Now, more than 10,000 buildlings could be demolished.
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"Demolish and Rebuild" Detroit: Fires Burn Nearly 100 Homes →
State and city officials have been looking for a way to renew the city through an unspecified “demolish and rebuild” program. It had some heads nodding in agreement earlier this year, but such a program would be a political minefield to implement.
You cannot simply demolish a neighborhood that still has some active residents. Openly moving people by force would be a Stalinist tactic.
So while talking about a “demolish and rebuild” might sound bold and brave; implementing such a program would be politically unpopular, not to mention expensive.
Mother nature may have offered a helping hand or even, perhaps, a scapegoat.
part of the the Heidelberg Project in Detroit, diggin it!
My gut reaction to this work of “art” has always been: Do. Not. Like.
I realize it’s supposed to be… Ugh, what? “A commentary” on a deteriorating city or something? I don’t even know. I don’t even feel like “commentary” is appropriate because the word implies the project promotes dialog and is more than just a spectacle. All I get from it is spectacle.
I also find it insensitive to the people who live near it. Like: “Oh hey, I’m a pretentious artist with something to say, so I’m going to buy these properties and send tourists in to gawk at how crappy your neighborhood is and have photos spread around the Internet and make a name for the Project.” To me that’s an exploitative thing to do.
And what has it done in its 20-something years other than make a name for itself? Everyone knows Detroit is in ruin, but does anyone really know why or how things might turn around or even if they can? What has it succeeded in doing other than making a mockery and literal mess out of an economically depressed area? Where’s the humanizing element? It seems to be strictly about creating a bizarre, macabre and ironic experience. I think the mistake of this project is it’s more about creating a surreal experience than it is creating a grounded one and it’s standing on the backs of the poor to do so. That’s a bit repulsive to me.
I have to respectfully disagree. At the very least, it says: “hey, rest of Michigan and possibly the U.S., there are whole abandoned neighborhoods over here that we can’t afford to tear down. Look. Stop ignoring us.”
(Source: Flickr / mswob82)
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Reading Jane Austen in the park on a Nook is not the same as reading Jane Austen in the park.
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