June 9 2021 - Butt Size X

 

Middle name X didn't cause all those photoshopped articles to show up.  I am sure it was the optical illusion t-shirts.  The female bust optical illusion is likely the start of things.  And then the big butts showed up in the image feed.  I can't imagine what makes women want really large butts, so went down the research path.  This is the evolutionary rationale: “The reason narrow waists and broad hips are so prized -- the reason males rate these as being attractive, even though they don’t have any insight into why they do -- is two-fold. It means, if a woman has a narrow waist, she’s not pregnant. And if she has broad hips it means that the underlying skeletal morphology is probably such that she’d be able to have a relatively unencumbered childbirth." This is quite an obsession - articles start pouring in around 2015 onwards.  The Daily Mail UK had an in-depth article on the topic. A marketing assistant has 30 minute treatments that, week by week, is bringing her closer to her dream of a "perkier, peachier behind."  A picture of Kim Karashian's bikini'd bottom shows up in the article and it is a big - really big.  You can scroll down the Daily Mail article to see it HERE.  It is too ugly for me to include in the post.  I found another post in the Guardian.com and Kim's butt is on display HERE.  It is shown in a see-through lace evening gown so not as alarming. There is lots to read about her butt - including her "fake'" photoshopped butt compared to her real butt photographed by paparazzi. And then there are the Butt-focused gym celebrities.  The two that pop up are Tammy Hembrow, in her 20s with 10 million fans.  The other butt celebrity is Katya Elise Henry - with most recent Instagram post of her big butt and baby bulge making an S curve.  The picture has some sort of photoshopping quirk to emphasizes the S, sort of strange given the Kardashian photoshopped images.  These Instagram posts seem to be more soft porn than physical fitness. That seems to be the point. To go along with this, the butt fashion industry is in full swing - 2021 had Amazon's butt-crack leggings with the built-in butt-crack. They are known as tik tok leggings.  Lots of reviews with accompanying pictures. This is all new to me - it is like I woke up today and found out I'd missed 7 years of popular culture.  I blame the Globe and Mail - these stories don't show up in the Globe and Mail headlines. Lilycrest Gardens - the original picture was taken in 2008, on a rainy, misty day in Lilycrest Gardens' hybridizing field. To grow a blue lily will require some significant genetic work.  I relied on Photoshop.

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Dec 2 2020 - Body Part Names

 

How much did we learn about the body and its parts as a child?  And then what did we remember?  Here are a few that perk up one's attention: Glabella — This smooth, flat area between your eyebrows and directly above your nose can be pinched to determine if you are dehydrated — the pinched skin would remain extended, if so.   Philtrum — This is the groove found below your nose and above your top lip. It is where the two sides of your face meet and some believe it allows for a wide range of facial expressions and increased articulation of the mouth.   Frenulum — This is a small fold of skin that anchors a movable part of the body. You can find two types under your tongue between your lips and gums, and from the base of your tongue to the floor of your mouth. Others are found in both male and female genitalia, and internally. You can check out more in an article at dictionary.com that uses various body part names in sentences with explanations, giving rise to some good entertainment  HERE. I was curious about synonyms for buttocks.  I found a silly article on the pros and cons of not wearing underwear on one's 'tush'.  That got my attention, along with the the many synonyms sprinkled through the article.  I found all the synonyms more interesting than the content of the article.  Here are a few:  backside behind breech bum bottom butt buttocks derrière fanny fundament posterior rear rump seat tail tush It seems to me these align nicely with an 8 year old's vocabulary.  Maybe with COVID, we need to return to our childhood for some silly talk that reduces anxiety.   It was a winter wonderland yesterday and more today.  These sumacs had huge seed heads that made for some fun motion blur.

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Oct 21 2020 - The Butt Type Project

 

Ed Benguiat has led me to the Butt Type Typographical Project.  There's one of his fonts in the project.  It is something to see - so click on the link  HERE.   This is a project by Swedish graphic designer Viktor Hertz. Butt Types is a visual exploration of typographical butt art using 50 different fonts.  He has a larger collection of "Typornography" if you search on it. Here they are to demonstrate how amusing this is.       Today we take you down Moyer Road in Vineland, turn the corner towards the lake and then look down Cherry Ave to Highway 8. When the leaves are gone, you'll be able to see Lake Ontario.  Vineland Estates Winery and Megalomanic Winery are along this route.

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