Someone at Simplebooklet has decided to present the miserable life of today' librarians in 1950's pulp fiction covers, and it's hilarious. I mean look below.

James Avati (Bloomfield, New Jersey, December 14, 1912 - Petaluma, California, February 27, 2005) was an American illustrator and paperback cover artist. He used professional models at first but soon used friends, family and people off the streets of Red Bank, New Jersey, his home for much of his life, as models. He sought reality in his representations on canvas and real people worked for him better than professionals. [Paperback Cover - Oil on board, 30.5 x 45.7 cm]

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Developer: Arc System WorksPublisher: Aksys GamesRelease: May If your law-and-order interest leans more towards the law side, you'll want to take a break...

The Human Tragedy Of Life In The Prison Without Bars I don't know if this is related to the book of the same name. via via via

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Oddball films presents Life's a Drag! a fabulous and glamorous evening of drag royalty featuring groundbreaking documentaries, campy drag fairytales and vintage San Francisco amateur footage, all from the 1950's and 1960s, when homosexuality and transgender issues were first coming to a head in American society. Highlights include Behind Every Good Man, the low-key portrait of an African American drag queen in Los Angeles. Black Cap Drag takes an in-depth look at two British drag performers in 1960s London as they discuss their lives and careers and sing a few Barbra and Marlene numbers along the way. The camptastic Sinderella retells an age-old fairy tale with a cross-dressing twist for a new generation. Amour Pour Une Femme is a quick stag-gag, with a dressing room full of lovely ladies, but they may not all really be ladies. With incredible costumery in the 1969 Halloween Show at the Levee from our very own San Francisco, and tons of other dragalicious bonuses! Empowering and entertaining, you'll want this night to drag on forever! Date: Friday, November 2nd, 2011 at 8:00pm Venue: Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street San Francisco (map) Admission: $10.00 - Limited Seating RSVP to [email protected] or (415) 558-8117 "You're born naked, the rest is Drag" -Ru Paul Charles Highlights Include: Sinderella (B+W & Color, 1962) This amateur film produced by "Lorelei" is a faithful reenactment of the Brother's Grimm Cinderella.. except with a handful of lovely drag queens playing all the parts. A rare document of the San Francisco drag scene in the early 60s, this gem is like a long-lost step sister to Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures. Don't miss the amazingly cheezy production values, awesome wigs, and high-handed bitch slapping that blows Disney right out of the water. Poor Sinderella's hair gets a fabulous makeover when she's transformed! In B+W and color. Amour Pour Un Femme (B+W, 1950) This burlesque-like comedy short reveals a lesbian encounter with another woman in the nightclub dressing room is less lesbian than it seems! Black Cap Drag (Color, 1969) It's London, 1969 and the world is in full groovy swing. At the New Black Cap, two performers steal the show, and reveal themselves and their stories to the viewer. Full of heart as well as humor, fun and fabulousness, Black Cap Drag is a remarkable document of two men who can't wait to get dressed like Barbra and Marlene. Behind Every Good Man… (B+W, 1966) Decades before RuPaul became a household name and before the Stonewall riots that launched the gay rights movement, this doc short features an African American drag queen pushing gender roles in a society barely out of the repressive 1950s. This very rare film (possibly one of the first documenting a black gay male) directed by Nikolai Ursin, then a film student at the University of California, Los Angeles records our subject’s meditations on love, gay life in the early 1960s, and gender transgression. The film and its subject avoid period cliches about homosexuality and point to hopeful possibilities. “I’d like to live a happy life, that’s for sure,” he says, and one not only wants him to, but believes that it really could happen. Plus! Tons of Vintage San Francisco Footage and a few more fabulous surprises!

Knowledge is the The Cure for Christian Fundamentalism says Former Evangelical pastor Bruce Gerencser

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Bread & Circus, born-again, bumper and fender Burlesque of sex and death...

Author of Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly, Kelly Sue DeConnick, discusses work/life balance, her creative process, and why she doesn't care if you like her.

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…I seriously cannot peel myself away from this tumblr, Comically Vintage. I grew up reading and loving comics, from Archie to Mad and everything in between. I’ve always wanted to get my paws on some vintage “Girl” comics…they are so entertaining to me, the ones involving over-emotional and dramatic relationships. so cheese, but oh so good. There is a plethora of panels to browse through in this genre. The slang of those times is just too much and I love the art. Comically Vintage is soooo utterly amusing to me. Here are a few panels I enjoyed, and there are TONS more at their groovy site…

Mary Shomette Gooch - Amorous Dietitian Newsstand Library U171, 1961 Cover Artist: Robert Bonfils "The hungry search that men make for a woman. The hungry search that women make for a man. The tasting, trying, discarding, lonely search. Nurses, doctors, dietitians, everybody searches."