{"id":408,"date":"2007-01-14T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-14T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=408"},"modified":"2007-01-14T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-14T23:31:00","slug":"outrageous-lewd-rude-liberated-badges-designed-by-roy-blumenthal-on-sale-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/outrageous-lewd-rude-liberated-badges-designed-by-roy-blumenthal-on-sale-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrageous, lewd, rude, liberated badges designed by Roy Blumenthal — on sale now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ah! I’m an excited fellow! That’s because my shopfront on the Prickie.com<\/a> website is now alive and kicking.<\/p>\n

When I saw the site, I knew that I was basically a goner. Ideas immediately started flooding into my brain. And thanks to the fact that I have a tablet pc and ArtRage<\/a>, I’m able to paint up my thoughts. And in fact, every single one of these badges is painted up by hand. I’m a lettering fiend, so all of the typography is painted too.<\/p>\n

Just in case you’re American and confused, the DESIGNS are hand-painted. The BADGES themselves, the things you purchase, are printed. So just put your lawyer’s speeddial number AWAY and go and sodomise an Iraqi prisoner. Thank you. Right. Back to my sales schpiel.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And as a buddy of mine said when I showed him the designs, ‘Roy, you have a VERY busy mind. And it’s VERY dark in there.’ I don’t know WHAT he could have meant. Do you know?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If it’s not clear to you by now, or if this is the first post of mine you’ve ever seen, you’ll know that I’m a pretty perverted leftwinger. I’m also a commited feminist. One who plays BDSM-BDSM<\/a> every now and again with willing participants. One who is exploring polyamory<\/a> as a lifestyle of choice.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Which means it should come as no surprise to you that many of my badges will be overtly political, outrageous, even sick. (And possibly even totally inexplicable.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>You’ll also notice the feminist badges. ‘My other breast is also a Porsche<\/a>‘ is basically meant to be worn on the breast by women who are sick of men not being able to meet their eyes cos they’re glued to the cleavage.<\/p>\n

My ‘Condoms Make Me Horny<\/a>‘ badge is a political response to the South African HIV\/AIDS pandemic. We’re in DEEP trouble.<\/p>\n

Jacob ‘Laduma<\/a>‘ Zuma, who is campaigning to become our next president, and is LIKELY to get elected into that position, declared in court during his controversial rape trial that after he had sex with the woman he knew had HIV\/AIDS, he took a shower, because that would prevent transmission of the disease.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>See what I mean? We’re fucked, aren’t we?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It’s not JUST a political response. Condoms actually DO make me horny. Hehehehe.<\/p>\n

Five people so far, out of around 20 that I’ve shown the designs to, have chuckled at the ‘I see your point duo’. The other 15 have looked b\"\"<\/a>ewildered, and moved onto the next designs.<\/p>\n

The one that seems to be getting the biggest laugh is the ‘Breast Porsche<\/a>‘ one.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And for some reason, ‘Button Pushers of the World Unite<\/a>‘ one is getting belly laughs.<\/p>\n

I’d love to know which of these (if any!) appeal to you. And which of them are outrageous to you. I do assure you that if none of these are offensive to you, that WILL change.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One of the pairs I’ve come up with, which I’m busy designing now, has ALREADY caused outrage in a few of the people I’ve shared the concept with.<\/p>\n

They say, ‘Roy, do you WANT the Americans to hate you? Do you WANT the CIA to kill you?’<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For instance, there’s a follow up to ‘Hide Erect Nipples<\/a>‘. It’s this: ‘And Osama’.<\/p>\n

See? It’s not just Charles Bronson who had a death wish!<\/p>\n

Some technical information for you.<\/p>\n