Sex with cartoon symbol Betty Boop

(The Toon Attic) Jazz Age Flapper Betty Boop (1930) is based on Baby Esther rather than Helen Kane: 10 wild facts no one ever knew. Brought to vibrant life by Cab Calloway and the Anti-Disney Max Fleischer and his rotoscope animation technique was killed by the U.S. Hays Code.

Mesmerizing Fleischer rotoscope cartoon animation (used by rapper Ghostemane)

What's early Betty Boop doing in a scary rotoscope cartoon by Max Fleischer?

GHOSTEMANE "Mercury" death metal rap California guy style? (TRASH)

The real "Betty Boop" Baby Esther, age 7

The impostor "Betty Boop" Helen Kane

New Year Sacred Ceremonies (12/27)

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  Come to a conscious yoga party!

  10th Annual New Year Sacred Ceremony, Fundraiser, and Veggie Potluck with Stella Han
• KINSHIP STUDIOS kinshipyoga.com
• Highland Park, Northeast Los Angeles
• Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, 6:00-10:00 pm
• Room: Studio B
• Register here: Kinship Studios

Event: Tenth annual New Year Sacred Ceremony (yoga fundraiser for girls, veggie potluck, and gift-giving blanket Native American tradition). Social, potluck, gift-giving blanket price: $25 in advance, $33 day of event.

Beneficiary: Fundraising proceeds will be donated to Yoga Gives Back (YGB), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that empowers women and children in India through education and micro-loans.

• Learn more: yogagivesback.org hosted by Yogini Stella Han, MSW
• In the Valley? Come to the Vegan Winter Solstice Party and Candlelight Ritual for Animals, Saturday night, Dec 27, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

ABOUT: Join us for Kinship Yoga’s beloved annual year-end gathering to honor what we are releasing and welcome what we are inviting in. We do this through community, intention setting, and celebration with live music and activities, plus a vegan/vegetarian potluck to share with all -- and lots of gifts.

All fundraising proceeds are donated to Yoga Gives Back (YGB)!

Event Schedule and Flow

• 6:00 pm–7:45 pm: Sacred Ceremony - a contemplative space honoring the interconnectedness of all life, with culturally respectful observances and shared intentions for peace and renewal in the year ahead.
• Smudging with Sage – cleanse and ground as we begin.
• Guided Journaling – reflect on the past year and set clear, heart-aligned intentions.
• Sacred Chanting – unite our voices and cultivate collective harmony for the New Year.
• 7:45–10:00 pm: Gift-Giving Blanket, Fundraiser, and Veggie (vegan/vegetarian) Potluck Gift-Giving Blanket – inspired by Native American traditions. Bring one or more new or gently used (mindful) items to place on the blanket, then select a gift someone else has offered. (No purchase necessary—and re-gifting is highly encouraged!

ALL ARE WELCOME—whether or not you're bringing a gift, come to receive.

Fundraiser for Yoga Gives Back

– How? We’ll host a small silent auction and raffle gift certificates. Anyone can also donate monetarily by Venmo: @stella_han_yoga. (Please note “Yoga Gives Back” or “YGB” + your email and phone; this info is visible only to Stella Han). Cash/checks accepted on site. For checks, please write: “Yoga Gives Back.”

Veggie Potluck (optional)

I have to choose what I wear very carefully.

If you’d like to contribute a vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free dish, please email Stella (coordinator) at email stellaheartyoga@gmail.com or come with the dish's name and all ingredients on a small card. All dishes must be vegetarian or preferably vegan (purely plant based). Please include a small ingredient card for transparency (noting any potential allergens. It's appreciated by the health conscious). Potluck contributors will receive 2 raffle tickets—so please let the host know when arriving with one.

What to Wear?

Yoga pants and gear are fine. Or dress warmly and comfortably. Festive or spiritual white attire is welcome (optional) as we gather to set intentions for the New Year.

Questions? Please contact Stella Han by email (stellaheartyoga@gmail.com) or call the studio or send through the Wisdom Quarterly messaging system.

Second party option (FREE)

All are cordially invited to our festive holiday party to celebrate the winter solstice with good cheer and join a candlelight ritual to bring light to animals suffering in dark places around the globe. The ritual includes devotional chanting with Devi Daly as sacred witnessing and an expression of compassion. As the shortest day and longest night of the year, the solstice symbolizes rebirth, renewal, and the return of the light. May our lights usher in a new era of inner peace and peace for all beings! It's a vegan potluck, too. Calabasas, in the San Fernando Valley More

• Vegan Spirituality Online Gathering (every other month, January, March, etc.), Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 5:00 PM | Meetup
• Yogihantas, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven, Jen B., Araceli, Veronica, Cody (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Halloween Horror Nights 2025 begin

Ghosts are more subtle than human bodies.

(NBCLA) Take a peek at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, an amusement park where many scary things were once filmed for the big studio system.

It's that time of year again when The Veil is thin between the worlds/dimensions and the dead mingle with the living. What we call the Halloween season is Obon in Buddhist Japan, Samhain in Celtic Ireland, and Dia de Los Muertos in Mexico and Latin America.

These ancient beliefs and customs are linked to some reality, not just make believe swept away by a colonial missionary religion that says no to heathen paganism and tries to enforce worship of its imperial deity.

Shiawase Samba Berkeley Buddhist Temple, Higashi Honganji Obon Odori 2025

Obon: when The Veil gets thin

Obon (お盆 [1]) or just Bon (盆 [2][a]) is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's deceased ancestors. This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon Odori. More: Obon

LA Fire FREE healing session (2/8)

WHAT HAPPENED?

As above, so below. There are two stories to The Awareness Center, a Kundalini Yoga studio in Pasadena. Entering the room, participants spread out on borrowed yoga mats on the hardwood floor, most of the group was already on stage, waiting for Seven to make an entrance.

The large shamanic drum began to drone, the bowls came alive with their unique vibrations attuned to each of the chakras, and the rainstick began to pour.

Event details

The natural elements are for us, even fire.

Spend an hour with Dr. Ling O'Connor and healers gathering for a sound bath, deep relaxation, reiki massage, and meditation. 

We're offering a FREE sound bath and emotional healing to support Los Angeles residents affected by the recent fires.

• Cause of Eaton Fire? Edison tower sparks

Join Dr. Ling O'Connor, Meditation Guide Seven, musician nurse Devorah Anderson, the Zildjian Mistress Linda Lau Cole, Azalea, Frank, and our very own Urban Shaman Seven for deep relaxation and recentering at The Awareness Center yoga studio in Pasadena.

Experience Tibetan singing bowls, harmonium, shamanic drum, rainstick, temple muyu, gong, and more.

Sound has no power to vibrate or cleanse

Shamans connect us to unseen energies.

This healing session promotes deep relaxation with breath work, emotional release, healing touch, reiki, and physical/spiritual renewal. 

Soothing vibrations restore balance, ease stress and strain, and bring back peace of mind. It's time for the recovery to start by resetting our own nervous systems. First, attend to the body, the mind will follow, and wholeness is in sight.

WHO IS IT FOR? Those most impacted whether emotionally, psychologically, or physically by the Eaton Fire/Los Angeles Fire. (Yeah, this means you). RSVP FREE:

• Disclosure Project: LA FIRE FREE HEALING, sound bath, meditation for all impacted by disaster, Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 4:00 PM | Meetup
• PasaDharma: LA FIRE FREE HEALING, sound bath, meditation for all impacted by disaster, Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 4:00 PM | Meetup
• Nature Center: LA FIRE FREE HEALING, sound bath, meditation for all impacted by disaster, Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 4:00 PM | Meetup
• Email: dancinglunarin@gmail.com

108 Sun Salutations: Yoga New Year (1/1)

What is a "Sun Salutation"? It is a series of linked postures demonstrated here in 13 stages:

Led by Yoga Ambassador Stella Han, MSW

Buddhism is all about mental cultivation or bhavana, right? Who needs the body?

The fact is the wandering ascetic Siddhartha realized this human body is not "in the way." Like happiness (sukha), it is the way. At least it can be.

The first instruction toward enlightenment is? Mindfulness of the body -- breathing, postures, and so on. It's all detailed in the Satipatthana Sutra.

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What better way to move mindfully than the ancient Vedic rishi magic of "union" (yoga) with the breath (prana, spirit) and the All (advaita, our universal interconnectedness)?

• Yoga Gives Back: Stella Han's fundraiser

Party first: New Year ceremony vegan potluck

The martial arts are martial, that is, related to war and fighting. Qigong and yoga are about peacefully moving energy in the body. Even a very fat, unhealthy, other-abled person could do yoga (e.g., Iyengar Yoga) or begin to move chi (qi, kyi, prana) for health and recovery.

Average Janes and Joes might even be to the point where the practice of saluting the sun (Surya Namaskar) is a good idea. We'll start the New Year doing just that:

• New Year's Day 2025, noon-3:00 pm
• With Yogini Stella Han, MSW
• Kinship Yoga Studios ($25)
• 5612 N. Figueroa St., Highland Park
• Los Angeles, California 90042
• (213) 585-8451
• 108 Sun Salutations Yoga Practice w/ Stella Han (Kinship Studios, Highland Park), Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• 108 Sun Salutations Yoga Practice w/ Stella Han (Kinship Studios, Highland Park), Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven, Jen B., Wisdom Quarterly

First day of Spring Equinox Party, LA (3/19)

Seven, Jen, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly; KinshipYoga.com

Hi, I'm Meg Shoemaker, visionary party hostess and innovative yoga instructor (Kinship).

What happened?

The studio was packed to the mats with between one and two hundred in attendance, facing left, where a giant screen projected trippy nature and other images from a projector like an early Pink Floyd concert in a London club. A solo performer modulated knobs on a laptop and synth and effects boxes as she whispered and sang angelically into a mic with echo. Attendees, most of them young women dressed up and sporting tattoos with phones attached to the ends of their limbs, reclined on yoga blankets and cushions in the dark. Meg, in a see-through dress, stood by the entrance, welcoming everyone and making announcements, stepping to the mic to introduce the main attraction of the night -- second only to the socializing, networking, and being seen on the scene -- Amyrion, accompanied by live drums, guitars, and effects pedals. It was a beautiful introduction to the studio with a snack table of appetizers and drinks. The walls are covered with posters of upcoming events usually listed on the website.

Kinship Yoga in Highland Park (about 5 miles from DTLA near the 110 Fwy) is much more than a yoga studio. Yoga instructor Meg is out to make it a venue where all her musician friends can play. This event seeks to capture the magic of the first day of spring, which is what the spring equinox (equal day and night) is today. Happy spring! Or should we say, Happy New Year? That's right, for most of the world today was always New Year's Day, when the world shakes of the dandruff of snowflakes, turns green, comes back to life again.

This is a yoga studio, right? - I think it's a venue.

Gaia is reborn, young again, fresh and full of anticipation with all its sprouts, greens, and flowers. And look at all those pretty pollinators! All we need now to overcome the buzzing, tweeting, swooning, zipping, eating, mating, or growling of hungry cubs are some human sounds to drown them all out. Come mingle and listen to music. It's not a yoga class. It's a party. Meg is putting on a dress. It's casual but a little more dress up than tight leggings and support tops. Or whatevers. Be comfortable. The music will be extra heartful as Amyrion, who leads the twice weekly healing collective, will have a band to accompany him.

• $25. Get tickets in advance
• Spring Equinox Party
• Kinship Studios
• 5612 N. Figueroa Street
• Highland Park, N.E. Los Angeles, 90042
• Paid city parking in rear or free on street

Amyrion (a Ryan Gosling Jr.) performs

The rest of the time, there is plenty of yoga -- hot yoga (ashtanga, flow), cool yoga (hatha), outdoor yoga (weather permitting), group meditation, sleeping yoga (nidra), yoga to live music, sound baths, cold plunges, concerts, energy healings (with a dedicated practitioner's office on site), special events, special one-time classes, and some of the greatest people in all of Los Angeles. Try it: NEW STUDENT SPECIAL

Highland Park is the new center of Hipsterville, right ahead of Silver Lake and Echo Park

Bree and Kathleen's breathing sound bath

Lotus Dragon Tea Ceremony Sound Bath (2/24)

Mayumi (partiful.com), Dhr. Seven, Yifan Li (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Hosted by Mayumi with Eric and Lighthawk: Join us for a nourishing evening of harmony, beauty, and vibrational regeneration.

We will commune with the spirit of the Blue Lotus flower through a tea ceremony, then be guided on an elemental dragon journey through sound co-created by Mayumi, Eric Matthew, and Lighthawk.

Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is a sacred plant ally that grows on the shores of lakes and rivers, originally from northern and central Africa, along the Nile River. Historically, this water lily was used in ancient Egyptian shamanistic rituals and healings.

The flower acts as a natural aphrodisiac and has soothing, mystical properties. Many believe Blue Lotus has been in use through the ages to become more lucid and awake within dreams.

From Mayumi's transcendent vocals and dragon priestess facilitation to Eric Matthew's deep attunement to sound frequency, flowing with his vast array of instruments to Lighthawk's unique, creative expression, and diverse sonic gifts, this is sure to be a memorable experience.

Lighthawk will also be serving a meal of kitchari for us to enjoy and ground in together after the sound bath.

We are gathering under the radiance of the Virgo Full Moon, so our personal and collective intentions will be amplified during this potent time of purification, healing, and empowerment.

Come receive deep, cellular vibrational regeneration and return to the ancient wisdom living within us all.

☥ This is an intentionally intimate container with the capacity for 13 people, so please RSVP.

LOCATION

The gathering is in Eric's beautiful home sanctuary in the hills of Studio City.

FLOW 𓆃

• 5:00-5:30 pm: Arrival + grounding into the space

• 5:30-7:30 pm: Blue Lotus Tea Ceremony + Sound Bath

• 7:30-8:00 pm: Eating kitchari + community connection + grounding integration

BRING

• Yoga mat or blanket to lay down on and anything that would make you feel comfortable, cozy, and relaxed for the sound bath

• Sacred object(s) you would like to charge on the altar (optional)

• A healthy snack to share as we nourish and connect afterwards (optional)

• Your open heart and full presence

💖 We look forward to sharing this sacred space. ♾️

• RSVP to Lotus Dragon Tea Ceremony (Partiful)

• Venmo $44 to @mayumi_minato to secure a space. If you are experiencing financial difficulty, we are open to offering sliding scale options. Message one of our facilitators to discuss possibilities. INFO: partiful.com/e/vrMYMTJ3N4QThNpKVAyj

• Mayumi on IG: instagram.com/shaktimayumi

MEETUP RSVP:

• Nature Center: Lotus Dragon Tea Ceremony & Sound Bath w/ Mayumi, Eric, Lighthawk, Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 5:00 PM | Meetup

• Disclosure Project: Lotus Dragon Tea Ceremony & Sound Bath w/ Mayumi, Eric, Lighthawk, Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 5:00 PM | Meetup

• PasaDharma: Lotus Dragon Tea Ceremony & Sound Bath w/ Mayumi, Eric, Lighthawk, Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 5:00 PM | Meetup

Voice Liberation Playshop with Mayumi

Mayumi B. (kinshipyoga.com, Instagram); Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

WHAT HAPPENED?

Mayumi on IG (@shaktimayumi)

We gathered on the wood floors of Kinship, forming a circle and were welcomed by Mayumi, with introductions going around. Say your name and make a sound with a body movement, and we will all mimic it. We each came up a signature exclamation and move. Everyone followed suit.

We got up as Mayumi turned into a Japanese American shaman from Highland Park (L.A.), pulsing a horseskin drum she made by hand. We moved rhythmically, and I suddenly began to think, "Wow, I really am in L.A."

The group was about 99% women, all wanting to open their throat chakras and express themselves without shame, overcoming the shaming, belittling, and being told to quiet down we all experience. Childhood trauma was an underlying issue in the group.

We made sounds, drank tea, danced like Burning Man/Bhakti Fest hipsters, and made sounds, expressing our range of vocal ability.

I had been privileged to have a hands-on healing from Mayumi at the Collective a few days in advance. I thought there would be more of that, which is available in private sessions.

Instead, it was a group healing, over all too soon. Will there be another? There will. Keep an eye on Dharma Buddhist Meditation and her Instagram for details.

Event details

Explore the magic, wisdom, and infinite creative potential of the voice that's waiting to be unlocked, expressed, and liberated!

This is a supportive, healing space to:

• ✧ Explore the pure sound of the voice with curiosity, playfulness, and presence
• ✧ Clear physical and energetic blockages in throat chakra and free it from self-judgment, comparisons, and old stories of "not being good enough"
• ✧ Soothe the inner critic and cultivate deeper compassion, respect, and self-love
• ✧ Strengthen intuition, trust, ability to listen to the wisdom within
• ✧ Gain confidence in sharing the voice with others from a regulated place of peace, resilience, and wholeness
• ✧ Awaken the healing power of voice to create inner and outer harmony
• ✧ Connect with an inspiring, supportive community to feel seen, heard, honored, and celebrated
• ✧ Have fun and inJOY yourself!

As we do this practice to courageously open and liberate our voices, we send ripples of healing to our ancestors, loved ones, the world, and future generations ♡

I look forward to sharing this sacred space! Register now as space is limited and will fill up. Questions? Email Mayumi at shaktimayumi@gmail.com or DM on Instagram @shaktimayumi

~ Mayumi

• Voice Liberation Playshop
• Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, 3:00-5:00 pm
• Kinship Yoga Studios, 5612 North Figueroa St.
• Highland Park, Los Angeles, California 90042
• Fee: $33
• Kinship Studios (mindbodyonline.com)
• FREE TO RSVP:
• Disclosure Project: Voice Liberation Playshop w/ Mayumi (Kinship Yoga Studios), Sat, Feb 3, 2024, 3:00 PM | Meetup
• Nature Center: Voice Liberation Playshop w/ Mayumi (Kinship Yoga Studios), Sat, Feb 3, 2024, 3:00 PM | Meetup
• PasaDharma: Voice Liberation Playshop w/ Mayumi (Kinship Yoga Studios), Sat, Feb 3, 2024, 3:00 PM | Meetup

ABOUT: Mayumi B. is a Dragon Priestess, Ancestral Voice Liberation Guide, Community Leader, and Multidimensional Artist. She weaves voice liberation, ancestral wisdom, dragon embodiment, sacred prayer, inner child integration, community connection, and sound healing into her offerings to awaken the grace, brilliance, and infinite creative potential of our unique soul expression into the here and now. As a 4th generation Japanese-American, born and raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles, Mayumi is honored to give back to her hometown community and share her lineage, culture, and ancestral roots. She is deeply passionate about supporting people to transmute shame, suppression, and self-doubt into liberated, authentic self-expression so they can feel confident, connected, and creatively empowered in their voice. Mayumi shares the sonic medicine of her voice to bring healing, harmony, and love to humanity and Mother Earth. She has offered sound healings with diverse communities around the world, from large festivals to classrooms in inner-city schools. Both in her group gatherings and one-on-one sessions, she supports people to come back home to themselves, to cultivate self-trust, to love, and to remember who they truly are.

Oldest video ever recorded is from 1874

Oldest video ever recorded - 1874

(HistoryUnexplained Studio) May 19, 2023: What is the oldest video on YouTube? The first movie ever made was in 1888. But the first video ever recorded in history was the Roundhay Garden scene. What makes it the oldest video ever?

The movie industry has seen top movies like James Cameron’s Avatar and Marvel’s Avengers make billions of dollars at the box office. It has been estimated that there are approximately 500,000 movies (or narrative fiction, feature-length, theatrical-cinema films) in existence at present.

The video hosting website YouTube has over 800 million videos on its platform. These videos would take up to 9.36 billion minutes or 17,810 years to view.

Movies, and video clips in general, make up a huge part of our lives, but how did it start? This video about videos takes a look at some of the oldest videos ever recorded and glances at the lives of people who lived more than 100 years ago.

Today's video looks at the oldest video ever recorded, in 1874. It's history.

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New Year Ceremony: Kinship Yoga

Stella Han (Kinship Yoga), Ananda (Dharma Bud Meditation), Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

Hi, I'm Stella Han, straight outta K-Town! Follow me @Yogihantas on Instagram

Hosted by Stella Han, Araceli Contreras, and Veronica DeSoyza (kinshipyoga.com)

Hosted by India-trained Stella "Kwan Yin" Han

As the longest and bloodiest year in history wraps up, with Israel raging war on an innocent public that Americans are paying for, it's time for yoga, meditation, gratitude, gift giving, and maintaining our humanity in the split-personality town that is the City of Lost Angels. This event is by donation.*

The way to Union of mind and body is breath.

We may be surrounded by Hollywood's tinsel, but we are in search of spirituality. Come help us build community with a vegan/vegetarian potluck, free gift exchange (gift blanket with gifts for all), yoga, guided Buddhist meditation, kirtan (call-and-response Sanskrit chanting), spiritual music (holy harmonium), conversation, hugs, friendship, verbal sharing, and maybe even an Xmas jingle.

• New Year's Day yoga event: 108 Sun Salutations (1/1/24)

All proceeds benefit Yoga Gives Back

Yoga Gives Back: Stella Han's fundraiser (networkforgood.com)

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Stella (@yogihantas)

*There will be festivities, friend making, reflection, an inclusive altar, good vibes, surprises. All proceeds support Yoga Gives Back (networkforgood.com) a charity that provides education to children and micro-loans to women in India to help families rise from poverty by their own efforts.

Yogini Stella is an ambassador to save the world, country by country. Why India? It's the world's largest, now surpassing China. Why children? They need it. Why women? Women are the root of the family, family the root of Indian society.

• Annual Veggie Potluck New Year Ceremony
• Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, 5:45-9:00 PM
• Kinship Studios, Highland Park
• 5612 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042
• kinshipyoga.com
• KINSHIPYOGA@GMAIL.COM
• IG: @KINSHIP_HIGHLANDPARK
• FREE TO RSVP:
• Disclosure Project: New Year Veggie Potluck, Meditation, Gift Exchange w/ Stella @ Kinship Yoga, Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 5:45 PM | Meetup
• PasaDharma: New Year Veggie Potluck, Meditation, Gift Exchange w/ Stella @ Kinship Yoga, Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 5:45 PM | Meetup
• Nature Center: New Year Veggie Potluck, Meditation, Gift Exchange w/ Stella @ Kinship Yoga, Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 5:45 PM | Meetup