Curiouser & Curiouser

roscoes2, a photo by ennalss on Flickr.

Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles is a real thing? I thought it was a fictional restaurant in the film Tapeheads, and that the t-shirt I have for it was a really obscure joke reference to that movie.

Huh.

Curiouser & Curiouser

roscoes2, a photo by ennalss on Flickr.

Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles is a real thing? I thought it was a fictional restaurant in the film Tapeheads, and that the t-shirt I have for it was a really obscure joke reference to that movie.

Huh.

Uncertain

So I used to follow an H.P. Lovecraft group on facebook -- mostly they posted drawings of Cthuhlu and so on. Today I noticed in my feed a photo, probably a selfie, of a young black man pulling a goofy "duckface" expression, which someone had posted with the caption "escapee from Innsmouth." As I described this to Andrew just now, he got a horrified look even without having seen the post, so I know it's not just me. anyway, I went "ew," then checked the comments with the intention of saying something. Turns out someone already had asked if he was the only one uncomfortable with laughing at a PoC for having big lips and comparing him to a village of fictional people who'd intermarried with fish demons -- and everyone else in the thread had promptly closed ranks and said, "what, we never said anything about the guy's skin colour, *you're* the one who brought race into this, so you're the racist, nyah," and went on to call him a troll and mock him for using the term PoC when he continued to argue with them that it was creepy. I clicked "like" on each of his statements, and then left the group. Not sure if I should have said something too, given their evident unwillingness to listen.

1929 Dress

20sdress_desaturated, a photo by ennalss on Flickr.

For a change, here's a late-20s Vionnet-inspired dress. Picture desaturated to spare you the eyeburn of the peach-coloured fabric (this was a test version). Instructions here.

1929 Dress

20sdress_desaturated, a photo by ennalss on Flickr.

For a change, here's a late-20s Vionnet-inspired dress. Picture desaturated to spare you the eyeburn of the peach-coloured fabric (this was a test version). Instructions here.