TIME's covers -- pure propaganda
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:49 pmThis started as a comment in the Occupy NY thread, but I realized it needs its own thread, so I don't accidentally derail that one.
Let's face it, for TIME magazine to declare "person of the year" to be "the protestor" seems like a good thing. But wait. We should take a closer look at the photo, and look at TIME's past covers.
TIME magazine is pure propaganda.
Interesting to analyze that photo ......
She strikes me as obviously Arab, and of course female. Why female?
And there's something about the eyebrows coming together .....
Notice the eyes!
Stars and crescents, turned on their side.
It's even red. I desaturated the area around it, but left the eye color alone. It's red.
And there's something about that forehead shape that's ominous. Can't put my finger on it.
But down on the neck and chest, there is some really weird imagery. I mean, what is this, if not a vagina?
And this whole area around the neck and upper chest looks like it's suggestive of something else (besides a bunch of vaginas), maybe a smirking Satanic face of some kind:
TIME is really good at visual propaganda, believe me.
Then of course there's this:
and this:
and this:
And, most famously (to me anyway) this:
And another:
These images can be found here:
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/20 ... -newsweek/
Let's face it, for TIME magazine to declare "person of the year" to be "the protestor" seems like a good thing. But wait. We should take a closer look at the photo, and look at TIME's past covers.
TIME magazine is pure propaganda.
Interesting to analyze that photo ......
She strikes me as obviously Arab, and of course female. Why female?
And there's something about the eyebrows coming together .....
Notice the eyes!
Stars and crescents, turned on their side.
It's even red. I desaturated the area around it, but left the eye color alone. It's red.
And there's something about that forehead shape that's ominous. Can't put my finger on it.
But down on the neck and chest, there is some really weird imagery. I mean, what is this, if not a vagina?
And this whole area around the neck and upper chest looks like it's suggestive of something else (besides a bunch of vaginas), maybe a smirking Satanic face of some kind:
TIME is really good at visual propaganda, believe me.
Then of course there's this:
and this:
and this:
And, most famously (to me anyway) this:
And another:
These images can be found here:
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/20 ... -newsweek/
