Jezebel: cold war

Puppet Regime

Sadie — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:15:00 EST

It's safe to say this is a new interpretation of the Rosenbergs, the couple executed in 1953 for alleged espionage, namely, a puppet show created by the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater in NYC. Says creator Vit Horejs, “When I was writing it, I was convinced we would be using marionettes for all these protagonists moved by the machinery of the justice system or injustice system. That would obviously be an easy metaphor.” In addition to the Rosenberg puppets (who meet their end in miniature electric chairs, left) the cast includes live actors and two teddy bears, representing the couple's sons. [NY Times]

Comrade Chic

Sadie — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:20:00 EDT

If you believe John McCain, this is what we'll have to look forward to after Tuesday: Socialist Fashion! “Beyond Espionage: Fashion under Socialism”, hits Victoria & Albert Museum this week, and studies the role of Eastern European fashion in Cold War propaganda and society. Says one curator, "The term ‘fashion’ itself was rejected as a wasteful phenomenon of Western capitalism. In the Eastern Bloc, the concept ‘clothing culture’ became important. It was supposed to serve the working woman in her newly established and equal social role. Dress was supposed to make women’s lives easier." None of which really explains the woman of the future holding the stuffed dog. [Dazed Digital]

Missing Children, New Love: Romance Tabloid Style!

Jennifer — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:25:42 EDT

Need a date? Having a missing and/or murdered child just might be the matchmaking trick to try! JonBenet Ramsay's father John and Natalee Holloway's mother Beth are dating. We're too traumatized by this news to comment further. [FoxNews]
OK, so the National Jewish Medical Research Center says that test results from the dude with TB show that he's "relatively noncontagious." We remain skeptical [That'd be Gerson, btw. -Ed.], but we assume our neurotic Jewish brethren wouldn't be saying this unless they were like super super sure. [CNN]
More medical news: Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS) is taking a rapid and violent toll on the under-35 population in the UK. Great, something new for us to convince ourselves we have... [BBC]
But if TB or SADS doesn't kill us, Russian missiles will. Cold War: Take 2! [NYT]

More depressing than any of the above possible causes of death is the thought of Rosie O'Donnell chronicling her year on The View. Just when we start to move forward in our mourning process, the wounds are re-opened. [USA Today]
Angelina Jolie (it's her birthday today by the way) gets a tat for not-hubby Brad Pitt. Angie! Do you not read magazines??? You and Brad are totes on the brink of breaking up! Now's not the time to start inscribing yet another ex's name on your body! [Yeeeah!]
Angie's brother/lover James Haven explains that his sis isn't scary thin because she's pro-ana, but because running all over the world collecting babies made her feel guilty about going to a restaurant and ordering food. Obviously. [Star]
11 U.S. casualties identified today. [DoD]