While slightly appalled at my own guffawing at 3:45 into the video, I think my uncouth oral discharge is vindicated by the fact that a man with one leg is more graceful than I could ever hope to be.

Amputee Ballet [Hugo Strikes Back]

The New York Times has a horrifying article up about albinos in Tanzania. Long feared and discriminated against in Tanzanian culture, they are now being hunted, and their body parts harvested, by people who believe them to contain magical properties, including the ability to make one wealthy. Tanzania’s president has recently tried to reform the attitudes of his citizens towards albinos, even going so far as to sponsor an albino parliamentarian — Al-Shaymaa J. Kwegyir. This recent spate of killings, now numbering 19 — some of which are children — has forced police officials to draw up lists of albinos in their precincts in an effort to better protect them; some have even taken to escorting albino children to school. The effectiveness of these measures has yet to be felt:

But the killings go on. They have even spread to neighboring Kenya, where an albino woman was hacked to death in late May, with her eyes, tongue and breasts gouged out. Advocates for albinos have also said that witch doctors are selling albino skin in Congo.

The young are often the targets. In early May, Vumilia Makoye, 17, was eating dinner with her family in their hut in western Tanzania when two men showed up with long knives.

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When Vumilia’s mother, Jeme, saw the men with knives, she tried to barricade the door of their hut. But the men overpowered her and burst in.

“They cut my daughter quickly,” she said, making hacking motions with her hands.

The men sawed off Vumilia’s legs above the knee and ran away with the stumps.

Officials theorize that Nigerian movies, with their emphasis on witchcraft, to skyrocketing food prices for the increasing black market demand for albino body parts.

Albinos, Long Shunned, Face Threat in Tanzania [The New York Times]

Brian Walker [Artist’s Site : Wurzeltod]

A set of fantastically rendered images of android, amputee bondage which reek of the aforementioned Herr Bellmer. The only problem here is that no one seems to know who the artist is. If anyone knows please feel free to leave the answer in the comments section.

Link is NSFW (thar be breasts).

Update: Trevor Brown has finally finally dropped the artist’s name: Itsuki Takashi. Thanks, mkb!

amputee robot doll bondage [baby art]