What Powerful Images Have Affected You?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  But not all pictures are created equal.  Most you will look at, giggle or say “ew” or “pretty” or “look at the chest on that stud/broad” and move on.  But some have power and meaning which explain an entire concept or change your view of the world; a book or a series of books blasting straight through your retina and into your brain in a flash.  We here at Crasstalk love our kitty pictures and meme .gifs, but here’s your chance to show us the images that most matter to you.  We look forward to seeing them in the comments.

After the jump, a short tale about the powerful image above and why it especially matters to me.

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Top 10 Posts of the Year

You write posts and people read them. Traffic comes in from all corners of the internet and sometimes your posts are picked up by popular sites and people find their way to our backwater. The top 10 posts in the last year by pageviews are as follows. Continue reading →

Life After Project Runway

Now that Project Runway Season Nine is safely put to bed, let’s take a look back towards last season. The judges decided, for some reason, that Mondo Guerra was not to win Season Eight, even though he was clearly in the lead and favored to win. Let’s catch up with Mondo and see what he’s been up to and answer the question: Is there life after Project Runway? Continue reading →

Happy Anniversary Open Thread

Good morning Crasstalk! Today is our one year anniversary and we have a few special things in store for you. We want to thank all of you who have put so much work into this site to make it a great place on the interwebs. Here’s a little refresher of our very first post by Bots. Continue reading →

William Morris: Textiles and Books

William Morris and his artworks, especially his textiles, have gone in and out of fashion several times since he began producing them in the mid-1800s.  Right now the textiles are out of fashion but I don’t care.  I love his work, and I am crazy about the books issued by his Kelmscott Press. Continue reading →

The Citadel Reveals Abuse Probe

The Citadel, a highly regarded military college in South Carolina, has revealed that it had investigated allegations of sexual abuse of minors but took no action. It said that it is revealing the incident in light of media requests following the Penn State scandal.

In 2007, a former camper of The Citadel Summer Camp accused Louis Neal “Skip” ReVille, a camp counselor of inappropriate misconduct. According to the former camper, ReVille invited him and another boy to his room in 2002, when the camper was fourteen. While in ReVille’s room, the former camper alleged that the three of them watched pornography on a computer and masturbated.
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Silvio Berlusconi Has Resigned

Crowds cheered in Rome as we finally found out what it would take to get Silvio Berlusconi finally out of the Camara: It’s the economy, stupid. Berlusconi finally resigned office after holding it for 17 years. Let’s hope that this is the start of a strong Europe. Continue reading →

GOP Debate: Showdown in South Carolina Or Rick Perry Take Two!

Well, here we are at another GOP Debate. Again! Forever! This time we’re primetime and on a major television network. CBS what have you wrought? No more schlepping with Anderson Cooper or making time with shouty Jim Cramer. Tonight it all goes down in South Carolina and the focus is on foreign policy. Gulp. Heh. Nope, I’m not gonna say it.

Let’s just watch.

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