Lewis Hine’s 1920 Power house mechanic working on steam pump, one of his “work portraits”, shows a working class American in an industrial setting. The carefully posed subject, a young man with wrench in hand, is hunched over, surrounded by the machinery that defines his job. But while constrained by the machinery (almost a metal womb), the man is straining against it—muscles taut, with a determined look—in an iconic representation of masculinity.

fairytalemood:

“The Bloody Chamber” by Erika Steiskal

Inspired by the story of the same name by Angela Carter.

This song was debuted around the world, projected on 66 different buildings. Don’t tell me this wasn’t inspired by the marketing for Michael Jackson’s HIStory album.

ourtimeorg:

“Kids these days…”

(Thanks to Elspeth Reeve & The Atlantic Wire for a century of magazine covers: http://bit.ly/15Tta9s)

stoutpants:

yamino:

lalondes:

crystalzelda:

ameliaelizabeth:

TIME’s new cover makes me so mad I could write essays about it, but instead I’m going to keep job hunting since in today’s world a university degree means nothing and therefore like much of my generation, I’m stuck choosing between minimum wage jobs and internships that I can’t afford to accept in an attempt to pay off my tens of thousands of dollars worth of student debt.

I’d be interested in reading this article to see exactly what makes us entitled and lazy. Are we lazy because more of us are completing high school and going to college than ever before? Are we entitled because our standard of living is declining? Do we live with our parents because we’re too slothful to leave or is because our education costs are getting steeper and steeper while we’re getting less and less aid?

Tell us, Time Magazine, about how we’re narcissistic little slugs when we’re faced with an economic crisis that resulted in a lowering of our standard of living, an increase in tuition costs and how when we get out of our very expensive schools, more and more of us are going to end up working minimum wage jobs. 

I also want to note that it’s really frustrating that the face of “lazy, entitled narcissism” is a young woman.

Let’s blame ALL the victims of economic collapse instead of the people who actually caused it.

The age of the average narcissist is 51.

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