Had some down time on set this week, so I shot my crew.
Gray Hamner
Byron Nickleberry
Courtney Beckett
Comedy Bang Bang Nativity Pageant 2012. All images here.
This is Hank. He is from Texas and visits sometimes. We are best friends.
Thomas Lennon at home with dog this evening. 2012. Von Swank.
Self Portrait, Halloween night, 2012. Testing new lights in living room.
A little while back my makeup artist, Christina Schock and I did a fun shoot with Deanna Russo. I made her blue. Deal with it.
Last night Conan O’Brien interviewed Tig Notaro about her difficult last few months and surprise, surprise…SHE KILLED.
Is this woman the best or what?
I feel lucky I got to shoot this cover for Tig. She is one of the funniest human beings ever. It will be on Louis C.K.’s website October 5th, so buy it.
Busted out the Bebot app and jammed with Tenacious D last night. Thanks Lance Bangs for having me on the show and thanks Robyn Von Swank for being the only person who took a photo that DOESN’T make it look like I’m just on stage texting (or at least she made it look like I’m pissed off and texting).
But for young women, the culture of slut shaming that the Kristen Stewart scandal represents won’t go away. I might not be concerned for K-Stew, but I am concerned for all the young women today who are tuned into this scandal, ones who are learning that it’s not okay to screw up, ever. Chris Brown can publicly beat the hell out of his girlfriend but still be played on the radio and win Grammys. However, if you ever cheat on your boyfriend, your life is over and no one will ever want to be associated with you. Almost no one will blame the much-older guy you cheated with, and it might actually make him more famous andhelp his career. Few will care that he was your boss and in a position of authority or that he may have have taken advantage of your youth and relative inexperience. Everything is your fault, and your life will be threatened over it. If you are a trampire, you will be publicly staked for it, even though cheater Ashton Kutcher recently emerged relatively unscathed by the media. No one asked for him to be fired from Two and a Half Men.
I might not be concerned for K-Stew, but I am concerned for my younger stepsister who has pictures of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson on her walls, who idolizes and worships them, and who might grow up to hate Kristen Stewart for reasons she doesn’t understand. I’m worried she will be taught that it’s not okay to mess up, learn from it and apologize, because no one wants your apology, just your suffering on camera. I’m worried that she’ll think its okay to harass and threaten women for their indiscretions, even if men get off scot-free. I’m worried she will think this culture of bullying, slut-shaming and rhetorical violence against women is the norm, because you get a t-shirt for it. I’m worried she will learn to internalize the shame brought on far too many women today, for having sexualities, for not being perfect, for not fitting into a box. I’m worried she’ll believe men like Todd Akin, Paul Ryan and Mike Huckabee are right.
Because even if she doesn’t know who Akin, Ryan and Huckabee are, even if she doesn’t pay attention to politics or the radical right-wing GOP, she does pay attention to Twilight and Robsten. And if we want to empower her to be a strong, independently minded woman who knows that her body, sexuality and safety are legitimate and can stand up for her rights, we need to pay attention, too. This might seem ridiculous to us, and most people I know can’t wait to stop talking about it. But for her, having this conversation makes a difference. Although no young woman shouldn’t think it’s okay to cheat, what we are teaching them right now is so much worse.
“Trampire:” Why the Public Slut Shaming of Kristen Stewart Matters for Young Women
photo by Robyn Von Swank
Dave Hill’s response to Tig Notaro’s dating profile.
The Occasional by Funny Or Die
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