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Props and Replicas Are Life
Symbols are things that signify or represent an idea. If you attend Comic Cons, then you are a firm believer in symbolism. I own a replica of T’Challa’s panther tooth necklace and I feel kingly as all hell rocking it. There is a set of steel Wakandan Kimoyo beads that sit prominently on my side table. I wear a different colored Lantern ring on the emotional spectrum based on how I feel any given day. My closet has way too many meticulously chosen nerd-flavored tees that I used to express my mental state while out in the world. I legitimately utilize items from sci-fi, fantasy, and comics to get through the day and tell people who I am.
So… Can you imagine how hyped I am to get a behind the scenes look at the goods at The Prop Store?!?! Not just replicas. Nah. Straight up pieces of production used on film! I’ma be at New York Comic Con with Battling Jack Murdock’s red and yellow fight night outfit! As a native New Yorker, I am honored to be the same distance above sea level with Daredevil’s dad’s boxing paraphernalia. That gritty NYC determination that the 80s/90s Hell’s Kitchen had before it became Hell’s Breakfast Nook. That’s the magic of these symbols, they personify a type of idea.
Can you see in your mind’s eye holding young Matt Murdock’s crucifix? The literal personification of Daredevil’s moral compass. The all-black first costume!? When your man Matt was doing flip kicks in the rain looking like Marques Houston in You Got Served. It was a thing a beauty and I’ma be right there with the costume, reliving it all.
Don’t be shocked if you see me in the 2700 block slipping through crowds with a set of Nobu’s kunai and Luke Cage’s bullet-riddled hoodie on trying to slip Wilson Fisk’s ankle monitor off while carrying a set of Judas bullets. Or more realistically, clumsily stumbling out of a photo booth with the OG 1984 Ghostbusters proton pack on my back, Duncan Macleod’s Highlander (TV) katana, the Witch-King’s crown on and the Indiana Jones statue of Ra catching fluorescent light beams and directing me to a place to sit down and charge my phone. Just keeping it real.
Just for context, the folks at propstoreauction.com are no joke. You can find the holy grail (like the one from The Last Crusade) of cool things from movie sets. John Wick’s blood oath medallion? They’ve got it. Agent Smith’s Desert Eagle? That too. Ash’s arm chainsaw from Evil Dead? Aguilar’s hidden blades from Assassin’s Creed? The “Here we go.” Joker rocket launcher from The Dark Knight? The list. Goes. On. This place stockpiles the relics of your memories and sells them to the highest bidder. They’ve got the goods.
Prop Store will be blessing the New York Comic Con with a live auction of Marvel Television props (some of which I may have mentioned above) and rocking a booth in the 1300 block at #1354 with some of the dopest and esoteric props there for purchase. I’ll be there, fanboying myself into a nerdy coma, come Stan with me fam.
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Props and Replicas Are Life
Symbols are things that signify or represent an idea. If you attend Comic Cons, then you are a firm believer in symbolism. I own a replica of T’Challa’s panther tooth necklace and I feel kingly as all hell rocking it. There is a set of steel Wakandan Kimoyo beads that sit prominently on my side table. I wear a different colored Lantern ring on the emotional spectrum based on how I feel any given day. My closet has way too many meticulously chosen nerd-flavored tees that I used to express my mental state while out in the world. I legitimately utilize items from sci-fi, fantasy, and comics to get through the day and tell people who I am.
So… Can you imagine how hyped I am to get a behind the scenes look at the goods at The Prop Store?!?! Not just replicas. Nah. Straight up pieces of production used on film! I’ma be at New York Comic Con with Battling Jack Murdock’s red and yellow fight night outfit! As a native New Yorker, I am honored to be the same distance above sea level with Daredevil’s dad’s boxing paraphernalia. That gritty NYC determination that the 80s/90s Hell’s Kitchen had before it became Hell’s Breakfast Nook. That’s the magic of these symbols, they personify a type of idea.
Can you see in your mind’s eye holding young Matt Murdock’s crucifix? The literal personification of Daredevil’s moral compass. The all-black first costume!? When your man Matt was doing flip kicks in the rain looking like Marques Houston in You Got Served. It was a thing a beauty and I’ma be right there with the costume, reliving it all.
Don’t be shocked if you see me in the 2700 block slipping through crowds with a set of Nobu’s kunai and Luke Cage’s bullet-riddled hoodie on trying to slip Wilson Fisk’s ankle monitor off while carrying a set of Judas bullets. Or more realistically, clumsily stumbling out of a photo booth with the OG 1984 Ghostbusters proton pack on my back, Duncan Macleod’s Highlander (TV) katana, the Witch-King’s crown on and the Indiana Jones statue of Ra catching fluorescent light beams and directing me to a place to sit down and charge my phone. Just keeping it real.
Just for context, the folks at propstoreauction.com are no joke. You can find the holy grail (like the one from The Last Crusade) of cool things from movie sets. John Wick’s blood oath medallion? They’ve got it. Agent Smith’s Desert Eagle? That too. Ash’s arm chainsaw from Evil Dead? Aguilar’s hidden blades from Assassin’s Creed? The “Here we go.” Joker rocket launcher from The Dark Knight? The list. Goes. On. This place stockpiles the relics of your memories and sells them to the highest bidder. They’ve got the goods.
Prop Store will be blessing the New York Comic Con with a live auction of Marvel Television props (some of which I may have mentioned above) and rocking a booth in the 1300 block at #1354 with some of the dopest and esoteric props there for purchase. I’ll be there, fanboying myself into a nerdy coma, come Stan with me fam.
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Working for a micromanager is no walk in the park. It will have you out here mentally quitting your job every other day, ugly crying in the car, worrying about work on your day off, and if you’re not careful, sitting in a doctor’s office being treated for some stress-related illness. Being supervised under this management style can make you feel helpless and hopeless, but there are some things you can do to hold on to your sanity and health until you’re able to secure employment elsewhere. Check out these nine ways to beat your micromanager at her own game.
Make sure your bases are covered
The first and most important rule for working with a boss who micromanages is to cover your butt. We all make mistakes; however, when you’re consistently dropping the ball, you send the message that you can’t be trusted, further perpetuating the cycle of being micromanaged. Once you’ve been labeled as the employee who can’t be trusted, your work life will be a living hell under this type of manager, so be hypervigilant about dotting your Is and crossing your Ts.
It’s easy to write off Tulsi Gabbard. The Hawaii congresswoman and 2020 presidential hopeful has been polling around two to three percent in an extremely crowded field, and the rumblings about her bad record on gay rights and controversial foreign policy positions have made her a hard sell for many. Even so, she’s a fascinating figure: a woman of color (she is Samoan), a veteran, and self-identified as Hindu – the first member of congress to do so. But she’s also divisive.
Gabbard has alternatively been seen as a rising star and a black sheep in the Democratic party, but she’s maintained enough support in her campaign to qualify for the next debate but hasn’t received the attention or public scrutiny of more visible candidates. But last week, when Gabbard initially opposed the impeachment inquiry into President Trump (she has since changed her position) it brought her back into the conversation – including her complex past and childhood entrenched in a right-leaning, Hindu-influenced religious group that many describe as a cult.
Gabbard was raised in Hawaii by her parents Mike Gabbard and Carol Porter Gabbard. She was born in American Samoa before they moved to Hawaii, was home-schooled, aside from a two years studying in the Philippines which she rarely speaks about. Her father served in the Hawaii state house before Tulsi followed suit and both campaigned against gay rights as one of their main platforms. According to an excellent and in-depth profile by Kerry Howley, published in New York Magazine, “Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood” a serious influence for all the Gabbards was an group best known as the “Science of Identity Foundation.”
Science of Identity was founded in the 70s by a white man named Chris Butler as off-shoot of the wider Hare Krishna movement, , who also goes by the guru name of Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa. Butler grew a sigifigant following in Hawaii, and the organization was influenced by his own teachings and beliefs. To be clear, Butler and company do not identify as Hindu and the tenets of the group are a mixed amalgamation of various philosophies and Butler’s own beliefs. According to New York magazine:
Butler taught vegetarianism, sexual conservatism, mind-body dualism, and disinterest in the material world. He taught a virulent homophobia, skepticism of science, and the dangers of public schools. He had been associated with Hare Krishna, and in fact claimed to have been given his Sanskrit name, Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa, by the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, but by the time he encountered the Gabbards, he’d started his own group. His teachings revolved around worship of Krishna but differed from those of Hare Krishna, in that he instructed his followers to learn from only a single guru — himself.
Gabbard’s family. according to interviews with Gabbard’s aunt and others, were part of this group, and it might have, among other things influence Gabbard’s father’s virulent’s anti-gay stance in the 1990s when he was in the Hawaii legislature. Gabbard’s connection to Butler and his devotees has been questioned for many years, as has her parents‘. Publicly, Gabbard;s Father claims identity as a Catholic but admits to knowing Butler, while her mother was Secretary/Treasure of Butler’s organization until 2000.
The narrative of Tulsi Gabbard is that her viewpoints, especially her anti-gay and other stances, have evolved over the years, specifically after her post-9/11 service in the military. But beyond her parents connections, Gabbard remains tied to and therefore possibly influenced by the Science of Identity Foundation – because the group and Butler are very much still around. Gabbard’s husband, Abraham Williams grew up with Gabbard in the same Science of Identity Circles, and other members of her campaign are connected to the Butlers, including Sunil Khemaney, who New York Magazine notes “runs a business owned by Chris Butler’s wife, and former members of the sect say he is Butler’s right-hand man. Gabbard also appointed a Butler-adjacent health food store owner as her chief of staff.
Gabbard shuts down questions about her past and connections to Butler, often calling such attacks Hindu-phobic. To be clear: this topic is worth investigating not because Gabbard identifies as Hindu, but because the group that has and still does influence her life is a best defined as a cult. The devotion to a single man, the indoctrination and control and the many extreme viewpoints Chris Butler espouse fit the definition of a cult very well, but it is a loaded word. Their appropriation of Hindu teachings and doctrines, amalgamated with their homophobia and high regard for authoritarianism is concerning, as is the possible influence of such a group on an elected leader.
It is worth noting that Tulsi Gabbard is not the only congress or Presidential candidate with ties to fringe groups. Fundamentalist Christians, new age motivational speakers and lying, failed business men are all in various positions of power or vying for them. There is no interview process for public office that disqualifies cult members or normal homophobic assholes, as we can see from all of American history.
When our current President is under the influence of the cult-like NRA and authoritarian dictators, does Gabbard’s family ties to homophobic Hare Krishna knock-offs matter? It probably should, because when we look at and select our leaders, we deserve honesty and transparency and politicians free from any influences, religious, lobbyist or otherwise, that calls their judgment and ability to put the country first into question. Gabbard continually shuts down and evades questions about this topic, but I hope she changes her mind, opens up and answers the questions being asked, so that the country she wants to lead has all the information.
(Image: Greg Skidmore/Fickr; via New York Magazine)
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