I don't need this bra! It's so restrictive, oppressive
(Saturday Night Live) Weekend Update: National No Bra Day; the price of the American Dream rises to $5 million; oldest men in the country
Do I really need any underwear?
No Bra Day is an annual observance on October 13th when women are encouraged to go braless as a means to encourage breast cancer awareness.
No Bra Day was initially observed on July 9, 2011, but within three years it had moved to the 13th day of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is October.
Users on social media are encouraged to post using the hashtag #nobraday to promote awareness of breast cancer symptoms and to encourage gender equality.
Some users on social media sites also encourage women to post pictures of themselves not wearing a bra.
Some women embrace No Bra Day as a political statement, whereas others prefer the comfort of discarding what they view as a restrictive, uncomfortable garment.
The observance has spread worldwide. The event was spun off a medical event in Toronto, Canada, that encourages breast cancer survivors to consider reconstructive surgery.
I'm the new Parton. I should be spokesperson
First held on October 19th, 2011, the medical event was named BRA (Breast Reconstruction Awareness) Day. It was adapted by an anonymous individual who conceived of No Bra Day as a way to encourage women to enjoy being braless and to become knowledgeable about breast cancer symptoms.
The day is controversial as some see it as sexualizing and exploiting women's bodies while at the same time belittling a serious disease. More
(Hollywood Chuckles) 18 minutes of Sydney Sweeney and Aubrey Plaza making everyone
Free the nipple is a topfreedom campaign created in 2012 during pre-production of a 2014 film of the same name [1, 2]. The campaign highlights the general convention of allowing males to appear topless in public while considering it sexual, suggestive, or indecent for females to do the same and asserts that this difference is discriminatory, contravening women's rights. The campaign argues that it should be legally and culturally acceptable for women to bare their nipples (a mammalian feature everyone has) in public [3]. More
Like Ariana G, we got it, we flaunt it: moobs (man boobs)
Hollywood destroying world with vapid stars?
Huh? What was the question? Could you repeat it, I don't understand. Where's my PR agent?
Marx had an idea from the confusion of his head/ Then there were a thousand more waiting to be led/ The books are sold, the quotes are bought/ You learn them well and then you're caught/ Another's left, another's right/ Another's peace, another's fight/
Mussolini had an idea from the confusion of his heart/ Then there were a thousand more waiting to play their part/ The stage was set, the costumes worn/ And another empire of destruction born/ Another's name, another's aim/ Another's fall, another's fame/
Jung had an idea from the confusion of his dream/ Then there were a thousand more waiting to be seen/ You're not yourself the theory says/ But I can help, your complex pays/ Another's hope, another's game/ Another's loss, another's gain/
Sartre had an idea from the confusion of his brain/ Then there were a thousand more indulging in his pain/ Reveling in isolation and existential choice;/ Can you truly be alone when you use another's voice?/ Another's lies, another's truth/ Another's doubt, another's proof/ The idea born in someone's mind/ Is nurtured by a thousand blind/ Anonymous beings, vacuous souls/ Do you fear the confusion, your lack of control?/ You lift your arm to write a name/ So caught up in the identity game/ Who do you see? Who do you watch?/ Who's your leader? Which is your flock?/ Who do you watch? Who do you watch?/ (REPEAT)/ Who's your leader? Which is your flock?/ (REPEAT)/
Einstein had an idea from the confusion of his knowledge/ Then there were a thousand more turning to advantage/ They realized that their God was dead/ So they reclaimed power through The Bomb instead/ Another's code, another's brain/ They'll shower us all in deadly rain/
Jesus had an idea from the confusion of his soul/ Then there were a thousand more waiting to take control/ The guilt is sold, forgiveness bought/ The Cross is there as your reward/ Another's love, another's pain/ Another's pride, another's shame/ Do you watch at a distance from the side you have chosen?/ Whose answers serve you best? Who'll save you from confusion?/ Who will leave you an exit and a comfortable cover?/ Who will take you oh so near their edge but never drop you over?/ Who do you watch?/ (REPEAT)
She traces the devastating impact of Canada's "residential school" [which many whites try to deny today in the face of mounting forensic evidence and countless testimonies by victims and their families] system through her own family — her mother having been taken at 3.5-years-old and. She spent nearly a decade at Fort Alexander, enduring severe sexual, physical, and psychological abuse and witnessing atrocities such the murder and secret burial of Native children.
00:00 - Opening: Sharon Ward describes crawling through a light and feeling overwhelming love on the other side
01:36 - Introduction: Who is Sharon Ward? Ojibway Nation, Manitoba, raised on the trap line
02:42 - Residential Schools: What they were and how Indigenous children were forcibly taken from their families
03:39 - Sharon Ward's Mother: Taken to Fort Alexander at age 3½, siblings separated across Manitoba
04:00 - Horrors Inside the Schools: Mother witnesses murders, experiences sexual abuse by homosexual child molesting priests and nuns
04:49 - A Community Destroyed: 1966 law finally allows Indigenous women to drink; alcoholism spirals out of control
06:00 - Survival Childhood: Family becomes self-sufficient, then alcohol tears everything apart
07:31 - Sharon Ward as a Teenager: Abusing marijuana (cannabis) as maladaptive coping, beatings by her mother, thrown out of the house during a snowstorm
09:53 - Mother's Death: Cancer, drinking through toxic chemo, a peaceful passing — then Sharon Ward's grief unravels her
13:23 - The Overdose [Su*cide]: Took 270+ pills and chased it with firewater whiskey, hoping never to wake up
14:26 - The NDE Begins: Dying, Sharon Ward hears her siblings' voices and feels the pain she would have caused
15:57 - The Voice and the Light: Told to "turn around," walks toward a distant speck of light, crawls through
17:05 - Meeting the Messenger: A being whose face cycles through all races tells her "Creator" has a job only she can do
19:46 - Sent Back: She begs to stay on the other side, is returned anyway — wakes up on the couch as her sister is calling the coroner after having confirmed her physical death
22:32 - Processing the Experience: Realizes over days that this NDE was real; decides to begin healing
23:21 - Return to Time-Honored Indigenous Ways: smudging, sweat lodges, traditional medicines as the path back
28:51 - The Philosophy of [Self-] Forgiveness: Healing begins with self-kindness; forgiveness is for us, not them
30:11 - Closing: Life is sacred; Creator loves everybody
Sharon Ward describes how intergenerational trauma rippled forward, turning her once-gentle mother into a raging alcoholic as soon as Westerners told Indigenous women they could legally drink alcohol in 1966, pulling her family into desperate poverty and more and more abuse by the system.
Despite Sharon Ward's own struggles — including navigating cultural identity and language barriers — she found her way through a 40-year healing journey rooted in Ojibwe spiritual tradition, self-forgiveness (particularly trying to overcome shame), and the belief that every person has a sacred purpose.
She culminates with a message of resilience: that some Creator or Great Spirit only allows people to face only what they are strong enough to bear, sharing her story serving as part of the work she was put on Earth to do.
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Sorry about r*ping your culture
Oct. 11, 2026 | Indigenous People's Day at St. John's Cathedral, Los Angeles
(St. John's Cathedral) Streamed live on Oct. 11, 2026: Indigenous Peoples' Day at St. John's Cathedral, Los Angeles. Follow along with the leaflet: bit.ly/47KEtnf #churchservice #livestream #losangeles #episcopalian #cathedral #episcopal #churchservice #protestant #catholic #anglicanism #fathersonholyspirit #jesus #jesuschrist #episcopalchurch #mercy #pentecost #meditation #holyspirit #christos #creationtide #creation #indigenous #nativeamerican #centralamerica Learn more about St. John's Cathedral, by going to website stjohnsla.org
LA THIS WEEK, 2022; Crass with Eve Libertine; Coming Home, May 28, 2026 (✪ Members first on May 27, 2026); St. John's Cathedral, 2026; Xochitl, Ashley Wells, Crystal Quintero, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
ARROYO SECODELICFESTIVAL (arroyosecodelic.com) May 22–25, 2026:
Highland Park, Los Angeles, all ages with 60+ bands across six walkable venues along famous Figueroa Street with FREEand paid admission shows. See arroyosecodelic.com for details. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (Memorial Day weekend). Tickets are available as 4-Day Passes to all shows in all venues. See individual schedule for full lineup by day, appearing mostly at the Lodge Room, De La Playa Records, Oblivion Indoor, and Highland Park Ebell, all orbiting Kinship Yoga on Fig.
KXLU and KCRW were on top of it. In addition to a mixed bag of indie artists, there were three or four punk giants: FEAR, Adolescents, Alice Bag (now Juanita), and Mike Watt (now without Minutemen)...what, no Exene Cervenka's X? But exciting acts like Death Valley Girls, Cameron Romance, and the Silverados were on hand to keep things lively. Now it's Monday, aka Bad Memory Day, and everyone is converging on the Lodge to catch Adolescents on a rare foray beyond the Orange Curtain to Competition City L.A. Why?
Highland Park is rock 'n roll paradise. Arroyo Secodelic Festival is a 4-day music fest in Highland Park, May 22-25, 2026, featuring a frenetic and fuzzy array of rock 'n roll artists spanning generations — including three of Southern California's finest first wave punk bands: Lee Ving's FEAR, OC royalty Adolescents, and pioneering punk bassist Mike Watt as well as San Francisco power pop icons Flamin' Groovies and LA rockers Strawberry Fuzz, Levitation Room, The Warlocks, and Death Valley Girls.
Forget "Amoeba." WELCOME TO REALITY: Blood so deep the horse must hold his head up high/ In the valley of decision one third of the world will die/ Beat your hoes and plows into axes and spears/ As the armies meet in a battle they predicted for years// (CHORUS) Let the weak say I'm a warrior/ Bring down the warriors/ Let the faithless regain faith/ Your faith is hopeless// The prophets and the psychics and the military agree/ Continual crisis leads us straight to World War III/ Roll out the red carpet let the Angel of Death ride in/ To the valley of decision let the mayhem begin// (CHORUS)// Apocalyptic madness two thirds of the world in sadness/ The other third is gone but sadness lingers on/ Crumbled cities and an aftermath of hate/ No way to stop them 'cause now its too late/ The Antichrist's mission's done/ The dead are the only lucky ones/ Are you ready?/ The picture's painted/ For the valley - the scene is set/ Of decision - make your decision/ For the valley it's too late/ Welcome welcome to reality/ Welcome welcome to reality/ Make a decision cause you've got no choice
The Festival takes place across multiple venues on Figueroa St. and beyond — The Lodge Room, Oblivion, Highland Park Ebell, Cheerio Collective, De La Playa Records, Blind Barber, North Figueroa Books, and a few pop ups and buskers. All Arroyo Secodelic shows are ALL AGES.
Share original poems, songs, lyrics, spoken word, or just come listen. Each open mic performer will get 5 minutes for an original work. Sign up on arrival. Our FEATURED PERFORMER for National Poetry Month is Seven, who performs in Buddhist Sanskrit, Gaelic, English, and pre-Spanish (Nahuatl). An urban shaman and yogi with Native American roots (Kizh/Tongva), he won the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival chapbook and broadside contests, among many other honors, and has been published in several anthologies and journals, including the library's very own The Stone Bird: Anthology. He was also a featured poet at L.A. Shakespeare Fest and LitFest Pasadena with the word troupe Poets in Distress. Open Mic Poetry | Los Angeles Public Library
May 28, 4:00 pm REAB Traveling Symphony Series Presents: Symphony of Shared Stories Van Nuys Branch Library
May 29, 10:30 am REAB Traveling Symphony Presents: Collaborative Poetry with DSTL ARTS Fairfax Branch Library
May 30, 12 noon REAB Traveling Symphony Presents: Collaborative Poetry with DSTL ARTS Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library
May 30, 2:30 p.m. REAB Traveling Symphony Presents: Collaborative Poetry with DSTL ARTS Baldwin Hills Branch Library
June 9, 6:00 pm Poetry Open Mic Westwood Branch Library
ADA accommodations: (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to event. Para ajustes razonables segΓΊn la ley de ADA, llama (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.
AwareProject.org for rethinking psychedelics (The Aware Project, Los Angeles)
Featuring punk legends FEAR ●
Flamin' Groovies
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Adolescents ● Levitation Room
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Strawberry Fuzz
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Mike Watt & The Secondmen ● Juanita & Juan
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The Warlocks ● Death Valley Girls
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Flat Worms
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Valgur ● Toys That Kill
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Buckets ● Cinnamon
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The Darts
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Windows ● Cissi TV
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Op Ed
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Sun Atoms ● Baus
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Cameron Romance
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The Flamenco Souls ● Axxident
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Wave Decay
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In Bear Awareness, Ajahn Brahm answers meditators’ questions, actual questions from students of meditation––questions readers may have wondered about as well.
While most satior mindfulness meditation teachers praise the benefits of "bare awareness," Ajahn Brahm teaches bear awareness.
He helps us make friends with the scary things that come up on the cushion, and he shows how to lift the mood with a well-placed stuffed teddy or a well-timed pun.
The intimacy of the question-and-answer format provides a fresh experience of learning from a Western master meditator who studied with the awakened Thai master Ajahn Chah.
Whether he is urging readers to fly Buddha Air (as we sit back and relax on our way to nirvana), giving tips for dealing with panic attacks or depression, or extolling the bliss (piti) of meditation that is better than sex, he gives us permission to enjoy our lives and our practice. More
Come join us in celebrating the Buddha's birthday, enlightenment, and final nirvana. Chanting, food, tea, and blessings, everyone is welcome.
On Saturday, May 9, 2026, we celebrate Vesak, a day to commemorate the Buddha's birth, mahabodhi, and parinirvana.
Hopefully we will become more aware of the fact that we are intrinsically the same as all buddhas and thus will be inspired to use the Buddha’s teachings, his Dharma (Doctrine), to help ourselves and others.
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