Showing posts with label Censorship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Censorship. Show all posts

Thursday, October 25, 2007

This is a psychiatrist!

"This is a psychiatrist! Into his peaceful, tastefully-decorated, subdued office come the tormented and the driven, seeking to unravel the tangled emotional skeins that cloud and knot their broken lives... "



When I came across this Psychoanalysis Flickr set (via Dadanoias) I was curious what the stories were about so I did a bit of Googling...

During a tide of public concern about the effect of comics on children, in 1955 EC Comics created a series of new 'more wholesome' titles. One of which, was a four part comic series about psychoanalysis.
The public concern was largely in response to the views of psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. He argued, in his book Seduction of the Innocent, that the gaudy comics of the time were a major cause of juvenile delinquency
- Mind Hacks

Of these, the subject—sorry, the partner—with whom LGBT readers are most likely to relate is poor Freddy Carter, a freckle-faced fifteen-year-old kleptomaniac whose mom calls him a victim and whose dad calls him a sissy. Well, unless the most current definition of metrosexual is "unbalanced, spider-fingered, and whinier than David Gest after an unanesthetized facelift," we're going to go along with dad on this'un, junior. But this is Prism Comics—we don't judge! Even if you end up liking girls, Freddy, you'll be okay in our book. But you'll still be a sissy.
- Prism Comics

Although every patient is much better by the end of their session, the psychiatrist reminds the reader that they’ll be able to check back in on the patients in the next issue of Psychoanalysis. The series only lasted four issues, so I hope the patients didn’t need long term counseling.
- Polite Dissent

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

May they live peacefully

In support of the Burmese protesters, add your name to a petition to Chinese Premier Hu Jintao and the UN Security Council:
Click Here to Sign Now

May all beings be free from enmity.
May all beings be free from ill treatment.
May all beings be free from troubles.
May all beings be free from suffering.
May all beings protect their own happiness.
May all beings be happy.
May I be happy.



China has consistently implemented a policy of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs. As Burma's neighbours, we hope to see stability and economic development in Burma. We hope and believe that the government and people of Burma will properly deal with the current problem.
- CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY

We consider any attempts to use the latest developments to exercise outside pressure or interference in the domestic affairs of this sovereign state to be counterproductive. We still believe that the processes under way in Myanmar do not threaten international and regional peace and security.
We expect the country's authorities, as well as the participants in protest marches, to exercise mutual constraint not to allow further destabilisation of the situation.

- RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

Other international reactions: In quotes: Burma reaction