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You’re right that she did not invent doodling. But she has an established and well-regarded body of work in this style that is deeply personal and which Lane Bryant obviously pilfered.

Did you check out Martin’s work? Because those designs in the Lane Bryant ad, in the background and behind the“generic” black on white text on the t-shirt, are also stolen from Martin. It isn’t just three words, it’s a whole aesthetic that is unique to her. You can see some of that work in this photo of her

Everyone saying, “it’s just cliche words,” these faces are in the background of the words. Definitely stolen.

Why is it that there are always assholes so committed to claiming an artist’s work is too generic to be intellectual property? Lane Bryant seems to think they can make good money off of this design, or they wouldn’t have stolen it and promoted it as part of their brand.

You should’ve probably told Morpheus to shove that blue pill right up his ass.

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“You are you.”

For real. I half expected him to say “Oh thank god.”

It really sounded like he was pleased to be interrupted.

This is an important post. Too little attention is being given to these extremely important Congressional races while everybody watches the presidential election circus or just tunes out in disgust or burnout. Big mistake. Even at the Democratic National Convention they hardly mentioned these vitally important races…

The capacity of the downtrodden to believe in the lie of unfettered capitalism is truly remarkable and depressing.

No they wouldn’t because they’d be doing back breaking work and still be dead broke and on welfare. If we’re not requiring companies to pay living wages, then we’re subsidizing bad companies through the welfare programs that their workers are using in lieu of pay.

the Libre Initiative

I honestly can’t even imagine what she could have to say about this story for two more books.

The second and third books are boring as hell. The first one had a sort of novelty to it, like I read it the entire time with my head cocked to the side, trying to figure out what the hell is going on here. The second and third just get worse and more contrived, even as her actual writing improves somewhat.

There are free downloadable BDSM novels that are better written than the 50 Shades series. How that book got legs will be an ever-present mystery to me.

I have downloaded several of the songs off the album and feel residual shame because I worry that someone will see the album art and think I’m actually a fan of the books/movies.

I know people love this series, but I read the first book and had a terrible time of it (the writing drove me nuts), was bored to death during the movie, but LOVED the soundtrack. So if this soundtrack is as good as the last one, I’ll consider it a win.

I see it more from a practical legal perspective. The complexity of relationships grows exponentially. A few examples off the top of my head: