thursday reads

A new civil war is threatening to explode in Iraq as American-backed Iraqi government forces fight Shia militiamen for control of Basra and parts of Baghdad.


Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of a new disease they call "Blackwater" that threatens the lives of thousands. The disease is named after Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq.


The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. is now digital and interactive.


Violet Blue: Every girl online is fat, ugly and unsexy.


The New Yorker has an essay on useless pennies.


M. Yu takes a look at some of the fetish art of Trevor Brown (nsfw).

Women Tied Up in Knots - Bongwater [The Power of Pussy - 1991]