Comments on: What is this a picture of?

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:40:51 +0000

Actually, michele, we’re politely ignoring the fact that kitty is wearing a very un-PC fur.

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:03:48 +0000

depends upon the material used to paint her. Latex or fiber filled paint, then she isn’t naked. If, on the other hand, it is a very thin layer of paint, she is.

By: micheleinmichigan

micheleinmichigan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:10:13 +0000

You all are completely ignoring the question of the kitty’s nudity.

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:49:50 +0000

Hey, Greg, check this out:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/26/fabrican-spray-on-fabric_n_333796.html
It’s kind of like the spray-on spacesuit thing I read about some time back.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:29:25 +0000

As a student of material culture, I find the line between paint/coloration and clothing to be very comfortable, useful, valid, and persistent across all human cultures and as far as we can tell from the earliest uses of both technologies. Blurring the distinction is mere pandering to poststructuralist gobbledygook. Chance are, it was your earlier comment that killed Claude Levi-Strauss!!11!!

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:20:39 +0000

Greg, my point (which I expect you fully understand) is that nakedness has only a tangential relationship to those things we class as clothing, as Jared so eloquently explains. And some of the body paint jobs I’ve seen…yeah, they’d let me in the SA because they couldn’t tell for sure and couldn’t find out without violating their own behavioral standards.

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:07:17 +0000

Clothing made of saran wrap vs. body paint; what about thin, loosely woven white fabric or very loosely knitted sweaters?

Story:
When I was 16, I had a date that showed up wearing a very loosely knitted t-shirt and no bra or undershirt, my mother said “I think she forgot something” and I replied “I hope not, I’d need bigger hands.” Meanwhile, my father was falling out of his chair laughing, my mother was not amused.

By: Jason Thibeault

Jason Thibeault — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:00:44 +0000

So… if you were wearing nothing but saran wrap, you couldn’t be arrested for violating any indecency laws because you’re fully clothed?

I’d think the body paint is more concealing of your nudity.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:23:26 +0000

Jason [20]: Yes, of course.

Diane [22] You are right. She’s sitting. I was confused with a different image (if you go to the artist’s site you can see movig gifs on how some of the various images were done).

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:20:02 +0000

Stephanie [17]: If you paint on a shirt they won’t let you in the S.A. to buy a six pack.

You put on a pastie. You paint on a … whatever that would be.

You can’t take off the paint, fold it, and put it in the top drawer of a dresser.

You don’t need to stir a pair of slacks first.

The list of differences goes on and on.