i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/… Although it is lacking the “it didn’t” part. I’ve also seen other women’s ones that do show all sorts of body types. Then there’s the artist guide with photos of every athletic body.
When did hairless muscles
Become hotter than hairy muscles?
Not quite the same.
Fair point with the artists’ bodies thing though, but that’s less of a social commentary and more of a drawing guide. I’ll have to look up the other women’s posters you were talking about.
somnule replied to your photo: I’m all for body positivity and everything, but……
I’m sure someone has made a male equivalent.
Find it?
It’s not as widely circulated, anyway.
And men’s bodies are not as policed as women’s bodies. Fat guys like Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill (before they lost the weight) still got as much respect and recognition as thin guys like Jon Hamm and Bradley Cooper.
Also, you’ll notice that every woman in the second row has a tiny waist. There’s no buff or actually fat bodies represented.
I haven’t seen the video, but the idea that Nerd Life is better, I think, means that having an active curiosity, and seeking to understand the world around you, is the best way to live. It’s about a mindset, not a culture. I don’t now.
The active curiosity and desire to understand the world I like. The “I am this way [in this case, curious] and you are not so therefore I am better” mindset is what I have issues with.
somnule replied to your post: I’ve come back to librarianship as the viable…
So, how do you think the roles of libraries will change in the future, with this trend toward e-books and all?
I don’t know that the role will change too much. The format might be different, but the role will probably stay pretty much the same.
To be honest, I haven’t really thought about it past having a digital collection. There’ll probably be some people who want the convenience of having a digital book but won’t want to buy it (like students). Maybe they’ll rent Kindles or Nooks with a certain set of books (like the entire works of Dickens or Shakespeare) on them for a month or so at a time, and the late fee would be something like $5 a day. It would be a little ridiculous and kind of unfeasible to rent out single books in Kindle format (how would you get them back?)… and besides, that’s what the real books are for.
There’s also got to be lots of programs. There’s already a lot of programs for kids, so maybe they could have some for teens and adults. I don’t know what, though. It would probably be some weekly thing, maybe a book club. (Libraries have book clubs already, though, right? They should.) Oh! Maybe there could be a comic book club for nerdy teens! And they’d read all the important graphic novels like Watchmen and The Killing Joke and the Sandman series. And it would be amazing. (Except there’d probably be a lot of kids who just want to read Manga, and then I’d have to alter the program or something. Maybe we’d just watch nerdy movies instead. Oh, man I have so many nerd ideas.)
So I guess the changes I see are an upswing in digital collections and programs, which will benefit students and people who want to get out of the house more often. The general population might have to deal with a drop in physical books, but otherwise it should be about the same.
