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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Pussy Riot Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for “Hooliganism”

by Alanna Bennett | 5:03 pm, August 17th, 2012


Sigh. After being arrested in March 2012 for a guerilla performance in Moscow’s main cathedral, in which the band said a “punk prayer” to the Virgin Mary to protect Russia from President Vladimir Putin, the punk band’s members–Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29–have been convicted of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” and sentenced to two years in prison. (The Hollywood Reporter)

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  • Mattel is releasing a drag queen Barbie. We are not kidding. We are kind of really excited and also maybe a little torn? Because it kind of looks like a lot of other Barbies? Head over to The Frisky to take a look. (The Frisky)
  • A lot of people were hoping Super Best Friends Forever would go to series, but Warner Bros. has apparently decided to ignore the past success of The Powerpuff Girls and the current success of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and go with the old “girl’s shows don’t sell as well” excuse. Our own Jill is conducting an experiment over on her tumblr to try and see how many people would watch or buy merch for the show. Go take a look. (The Bird and the Bat)

This is a mug that combines the faces of Donald Duck and Darth Maul. Because that happened for some reason. We kind of want to drink hot cocoa out of it (That’s Nerdalicious):

Dark Horse made some Game of Thrones statues, and first up is badass Tyrion Lannister (Topless Robot):

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  • http://profile.yahoo.com/UYNQCMCKQVTREHQOS64VXNM4YE Anne

    Maybe it’s just my computer, but the Drag Queen Barbie link just goes to another Pussy Riot article.  
    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pussy-riot-found-guilty-hooliganism-363683

  • http://twitter.com/#!/alannabennett AlannaBennett

     Yeah, that was my mistake. It should be fixed now.

  • http://www.facebook.com/natalie.grothlukens Natalie Groth Lukens

    I don’t understand the drag queen barbie, face/body look like normal barbie to me? 

  • Anonymous

     maybe Barbie has secretly been a man this entire time?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1188702941 Christine Mooers

    But since Mattel boy dolls are anatomically incorrect, how can you tell?

  • Anonymous

    The Barbie Collector website that you buy the Barbie from says nothing
    about it being a a “drag queen barbie”
    http://www.barbiecollector.com/shop/doll/blonds-blond-diamond-barbie-doll-w3499 

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/5ZXIEGCAFZ4F7LBI6QTTN3YJCY Ashe

    Man. Heads and executives and chair members could be in the golden age of women-led media, where every single movie and video game and show and play is helmed by a woman and all are riproaringly successful to the point of bringing even Rush Limbaugh to his knees, and they would STILL believe it’s not possible. 

    Convincing guys like these to see otherwise really starts to seem like a waste of effort. We need new people in charge. 

    And…Donald Duck and Darth Maul? I’m still figuring out how to react to this. Gimme a minute.

  • Terence Ng

    They’re not being sentenced to two years in prison. They’re being sentenced to two years in a HARD LABOR CAMP. It’s awful. And all because, as a feminist punk band, they questioned the Russian Orthodox Church’s ties with Putin’s totalitarian rule.

    You can read Yekaterina Samutsevich’s eloquent and brave statement before sentencing here:

    http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2012/08/13/read-the-closing-statement-by-pussy-riots-yekaterina-samutsevich-from/

  • zhaodian

     http://lnk.co/I2VI9

  • Anonymous

    About the Russian band, obviously the punishment is way too strong, but it’s not like they didn’t do anything wrong at all, like a lot of people imply. I don’t think the content is the problem (nobody would care if the gig was anywhere else), but you don’t just randomly start playing music in a church. It’s just immature. I’m all for protests when they’re needed, but this is hardly a way to be taken seriously and achieve something.

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