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ko-fanatic · 3 years

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Blood, Guts and Chocolate Cake

Rating: Mature

Fandom: Danganronpa

Pairings: IshiMondo

Summary:

Mondo Owada, the Ultimate Bodyguard, is entering a four year contract with one Kiyotaka Ishimaru, the Ultimate Idol. It makes sense, two Ultimates put together for their high school careers, and he could use the steady pay check to send home to Daiya; those medical bills were a bitch, and it was his fault the accident happened in the first place.

It was supposed to be easy, guard the cutesy, clean-cut idol from perverts and stalkers, no big deal! However, the world's perception of Kiyotaka Ishimaru was far different than what the young idol had become. During the first few months before even stepping into Hope's Peak, he's more worried for the young boy than he's ever been for anyone before.

TW: Alcohol, and eating disorders (both restrictive behaviours and B/P), mentions of disability, underage sex/sexualisation, drugs

The hallways of this damn building were too long.

That was definitely the first impression Mondo got, being led down said monotonous hallways by a young woman with an expression which implied that she simply wasn’t paid enough to care about small talk. Not that he had any room to judge, hands shoved in his pockets and a permanent scowl on his face. He might’ve been going to review an upcoming contract, but the best thing about his position was that there was no need to be all smiley; Hope Peak’s choice for Ultimate Bodyguard was all the credentials he needed at this point.

Still, he couldn’t help but feel a bit intimidated by how long he would be working with these record label types. He couldn’t deny it made sense - hire the Ultimate Bodyguard to protect the Ultimate Idol, sound logic; it was just that a four year contract was… a lot. That wasn’t even thinking about the fact he was going to be glued to the guy’s hip for all that time, having to get along no matter what. Would he even have time to make friends of his own? Doubtful. Still, a paycheck was a paycheck, and he’d have to go to some highschool anyway, so kill two birds with one stone.

He’d never had an issue smiling through vapid celebrity bullshit before. It was going to be an easy ride, too; from what he knew, the guy was as prim and proper as they came. Real boy next door image. Easy to take care of, and mainly just telling overzealous fans to back the fuck up. Simple.

His inner monologue was broken by an abrupt stop, the woman only sending a bored glance his way before knocking. The door was pushed ajar with the quiet muttering of “Mondo Owada to see you, gentlemen”, before he was unceremoniously shepherded into the room.

It was just as big as you’d expect from a building like this, with a gargantuan desk and several business-types sitting across from him. They were even backlit by a floor-to-ceiling window showing Tokyo in all its glory - like some cheesy ass movie. Still, taking a cursory glance around the room, he couldn’t see anyone fitting the description of “teen idol”, let alone Ishimaru himself...

“Owada-san, good afternoon!” One of the men greeted cheerfully, clasping his hand in one of those firm yet professional grips he’d gotten used to since rising up in his career, “My name is Shiro Kamei, and these gentlemen are Kenshin Aki and Yutaka Hayashida. We’re Kiyotaka Ishimaru-san’s managers.”

“Well, that answers one question,” He shrugged, not sugarcoating his words, but not being as rude as he certainly could be, “But I don’t see Ishimaru-san around. If I’m meeting with anyone, I personally think it should be with the guy I’m gonna be with 24/7, for the next four years.”

“Of course!” Kamei-san chirped, far too cheerful for his taste, especially considering the stench of ass-kissing that followed it. Not sincere, but too many meetings like this one had trained him to swallow down the vomit that threatened to spew from the fakeness of it all.

“Ishimaru-san will be here soon,” Hyashida-san intoned, temperament a bit more palatable than Mr Chipper, “He’s a rather busy young man, being an idol of his caliber. Dance practice is just wrapping up, any minute now, so we can use this time to have a little chat - go through expectations for your role and such.”

Mondo managed to stop himself raising an eyebrow at that. Like he wasn’t the best bodyguard in Japan. He guessed it was something needed for a job of this sort, not temping or whatever, and so he settled down for a bunch of timewasting jabber.

Or, it was, until a certain request caught his attention.

“We also expect him to be kept out of, well… trouble…”

“Thought he was a cutesy, innocent kid?” He frowned, sitting a little straighter in his seat, attention piqued, “I’m guessing he’s the kind to get mouth-breathers and creeps, huh?”

The three men looked a little more caged at that remark. A couple cleared throats, a few tugged collars and cuffs, awkward air.

“Yes, there have been incidents, but nothing previous security couldn’t handle,” Aki-san informed, “The issue is a recent change in attitude. Nothing much, but tugging on the leash more than necessary, if you understand my meaning.”

He did. Part of him wanted to object to the idea that a sixteen year old needed to be kept on a leash at all, but idol shit was full of PR.

“So boy next door is going through a little rebellion, and you want me to make sure it stays on the DL,” He shrugged, “Got it.”

“I wouldn’t put it like that, Owada-san -!”

Kamei-san was interrupted by several short, sharp raps, door opening to reveal the man of the hour.

Ishimaru was pretty, no denying that. His eyes were what really caught everyone’s attention; bright, wide and doll-like. That said nothing about his facial structure - cheekbones and jawline and everything prominent - or his barbie doll-esque frame. He was probably one of the slimmest people Mondo had ever seen, at least in person. Well, and outside of a hospital. The media went absolutely gaga over his thigh gap, his lithe abs and delicate hip bones.

He personally prefers a little more meat on the bones, a little less fragile, but he guessed it was an idol’s job to appeal to the masses.

“Good morning, everybody!” He beams, but honestly? The sunshine emanating from him is a lot warmer - a lot more real - than Kamei-san. He actually had to take a second to come back to himself, knocked off equilibrium. The power of the Ultimate Idol, for you.

“Kiyotaka, this is Mon -”

“Mondo Owada,” He cuts in, wanting to introduce himself, cut the preamble, and offers his hand to shake, “‘M gonna be the one guarding you.”

Ishimaru gives him a once over, and for two seconds he thinks he sees a smirk pull at the corner of the young man’s lips, but he soon brushes it off as a trick of the light.

“Thank you so much for accepting our proposition, Owada-san!” He grins, and Mondo hates his little bi heart at that moment. Ishimaru clasps his hand. He can’t help but feel that they’re too calloused for a pretty boy idol, but he doesn’t dwell on it, “I hope we get along well!”

He’s loud, but the words are sweet, and Mondo relaxes a little bit. Easy job, as he thought.

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Mondo was proven wrong in a matter of three days into his contract. He’d certainly been proven wrong far quicker than that before; however, in terms of sheer what-the-fuckery-is-this, this situation took the cake.

The train journey to the first tour destination wasn’t bad, if tedious. Kid spent all his time reading, and Mondo had no clue how he didn’t puke all over the place from staring at the pages. He’d looked at his phone for about five minutes and was ready to lie down and accept his death.

… Trains were not his prefered method of transportation…

Ishimaru had passed on the sandwiches on offer, but so did Mondo. No big deal. Those things sucked ass, and maybe the kid was more nauseous than he seemed. Wish that was him, considering he was pretty sure his face was pale green.

Settling into the hotel was fine, as was the tech set up in the venue. Stress emanating off everyone, but pretty normal as far as that shit was concerned. Ishimaru was dragged between costume fittings, tech run throughs and other things that just passed in a blur.

No, what really proved to Mondo that the pretty boy idol was going through an actual rebellious phase, was what he walked in on at 11:56pm, night three.

He’d gotten up due to a serious inability to sleep. Seriously, did he manage to get jet lag without even switching time zones? Nah, didn’t work like that. Maybe it was second hand adrenaline from the performance being tomorrow. Ishimaru might not make his kind of music, but the guy had this infectious enthusiasm for it all. He’d be backstage, too; premo location to see everything up close. He couldn’t help the slight smile on his face, in spite of how tired he felt.

Any fleeting, fuzzy feelings disappeared, however, when he walked into the main area of their hotel suite.

There stood Ishimaru, back to him, very much not dressed for bed. His jeans were so tight they looked spray painted on, not to mention the sequined top that cut off to show a tantalising flash of milky pale skin.

“Where’re you off to?”

His question seemed to startle the kid, who practically jumped three feet in the air, hand clutching his chest as he whirled on him.

“Fuck, what’s your problem?” He gasped out. Mondo couldn’t help but let his eyes widen, having not heard the boy swear since they met. Admittedly, it was only a few days, but Ishimaru just gave off such an innocent vibe. He’d questioned if the boy even knew a swear word for a while.

“The guy I’m meant to protect is running off into the city at midnight, and obviously didn’t plan to tell me,” He answered bluntly, “So, come on, where’re you trying to slink off to?”

“None of your business,” He sniffed, shoulders squaring, “And stop… talking to me like that. Like I’m a child. It’s annoying as shit.”

“Alright, sor-ry, jeez,” He apologised, hands up in surrender, “Let me just grab my coat and -”

“No!” Ishimaru ground out, “I’m going out, you're staying here, and my managers are none the wiser, got it?”

Oh, that sneaky fucker. While Mondo was all for personal freedom, no way was the scrawny kid going out there to get attacked and murdered in some urine soaked alleyway. For one, it’d completely fuck up his plans for the next four years - no money to send back to Daiya, and he seriously doubted Hope’s Peak would want an Ultimate Bodyguard who let the world’s most popular idol get murdered in a matter of days.

“Yeah, no, not happening, kid,” He shut down, reaching over the boy to get his coat, only for hands to press against his chest, stopping him.

“What do you want then? Money?” Ishimaru asked, looking up at him through his lashes. Fuck, the kid really went all out with the makeup; smokey eyeshadow and liner, glossed lips, the whole deal, “Or I can suck your dick?”

He nearly choked at that, face hot as hell and probably an embarrassing shade of red. “N-No! What the fuck?!” He yelled, only earning a shrug in response.

“Look, I need to go out - alone,” Ishimaru began again, arguing a point Mondo simply wasn’t going to agree with, “I need to get a little fucked up, railed into some guy’s mattress, and then I’ll come back. I’ll be here again before sunrise.”

“Tugging on the leash more than necessary”, his ass!

“Sorry, you're talking to the wrong guy,” He dismissed, doing his best impression of Daiya’s you done fucked up voice he could, “Back to bed. Don’t think you’re sneaking out, either. I’m just gonna stay out here all night, make sure you don’t go and get yourself cut up and dumped in the river. Y’know, my job.”

“Fuck you,” Ishimaru spat, storming back to his room with a mutter of ,“Asshole…”

If Mondo knew one thing, it was this… He’d really had no idea what he was signing himself up for.

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A/N:

WOW, it's been a while since I've written for this fandom. Thank you Taka and Mondo for being an adorable pair of dumbasses and dragging me right back into DR. Hopefully, I'll add to my old fics too, but I've got lots of new ideas I want to play with (Including two other talentswaps and two AUs!)

For now, Ouran fics are on the back burner, I'm afraid. I'm sure I'll be back to them soon enough, but I'm a bit burnt out in my OHSHC obsession, so we'll see.

Also, as always, comments really help and if you want to take any of these concepts and run, go for it! All I ask is a credit and a link if possible! :)

#danganronpa #Dangan Ronpa #dr talentswap #idol!Ishimaru #bodyguard!Mondo #ishimondo #Kiyotaka Ishimaru #mondo oowada #blood guts and chocolate cake series #my fanfiction

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inevitably-johnlocked · 4 years

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Hey Steph! I know that I for one would love for you to post that hospital fic list! No pressure tho!

(referencing this post)

Hey Nonny!!

YAY!! Ask and ye shall receive!! <3 I have wanted to post it for awhile; I try to hold off as long as possible since every week I do get enough asks to keep me going; and when I want to post a list, I put out a *winkwinknudgenudge* and people like you indulge me hahah! <3

ANYWAY, check it out! Thank you for asking!! <3

HOSPITALS Pt. 2

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Rehab/Mental Hospital AU (Community Recs)

A Room of One's Own by whitchry9 (K+, 2,174 w., 5 Ch. || S2 Timeline, Hurt/Comfort, Supernatural, Sherlock’s Mind Palace, Coma, John Whump, Worried Sherlock, POV John, Angst, Friendship/Bromance, Hospital) – When a severe head injury lands John in a coma, somehow he ends up in Sherlock's mind palace. It's actually pretty nice there, and John is entertaining the notion of staying there, rather than returning to his broken body. But Sherlock isn't taking it as well, and John can feel him breaking around him.

Reversed by whitchry9 (K+, 3,072 w., 6 Ch. || Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Medical Anomolies, John Gets Shot) – The man pointed his gun at John's chest, right at his heart, and shot.' Wherein John is shot, and Sherlock is the one panicking.

As You Wish by PipMer (K, 3,311 w., 1 Ch. || Bromance/Pre-Slash/Epic Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, John Whump, Hospitals) – When John woke from his coma, he wasn't at all surprised to see the wrong Holmes brother sitting at his bedside. Disappointed, but not surprised.

What Did I Do Wrong? by Starlight05 (T, 7,880 w., 5 Ch. || Hurt Comfort, Angst, John Whump, Hospitalization, Worried Sherlock, Emotional Turmoil, Nightmares, Sherlock Being Dumb) - After John almost dies on a case, Sherlock disappears. So John is left to figure out what he can do to get his best friend back. Meanwhile Sherlock, guilt-ridden and willingly alone, is doing everything he can to stay away.

A Study in Linguistics by rizandace (T, 12,425 w., 1 Ch. || S1 Canon Compliant/S2 Divergence, Friendship, Slices of Life, Communication, Cranky Sherlock, Hospitals, Sherlock Whump, Pet Cat, Jealous John, Sherlock’s Violin, Anxious Sherlock, John Whump) – Sherlock Holmes and John Watson had their own language. It was a language of few words and minute facial expressions, and John had learned that it was nearly the only way to have an honest conversation with his eccentric flat mate.

I Think I've Come A Long Long Way To Sit Before You Here Today by ArwenKenobi (T, 18,251 w., 3 Ch. || Grief/Mourning, Passage of Time, Major Character Death, Alternating POV, Sherlock Whump, Pining Sherlock, Hospitalization, Coma, Revenge Murders, Hallucinations, Love Confessions, Brutal Accident, Mystrade, Ghost John) – One year after John is killed Sherlock starts to wonder whether John has actually gone anywhere.

A Week is Just Seven Days Isn't It? by scifigrl47 (T, 39,906 w., 4 Ch. || Humour, Friendship/Bromance, Stroppy/Bored Sherlock, Undercover/Army John, Texting, Pining-ish Sherlock, John Whump) – When John heads overseas for a week, Sherlock's forced to fend for himself. It goes about as well as anyone could have anticipated. Which is to say, very, very poorly. Don't worry, things'll be fine in just seven days.

Only To Be With You by SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John (M, 40,768 w., 4 Ch. || Black Mirror / Future AU || Character Death, Future Technology, Sickness/Cancer/Illness, Heavy Angst with Happy Ending, First Person POV John, Pining John, Heart-Wrenching Angst) – I tell myself that next time I’ll come near this same place again. Wait around for the mysterious stranger in his coat to dash past me, hot on the heels of a new criminal in black. I think this all the way back to my Exit, planning where I’ll wait and what I’ll say when I see him. Scheming on how to get his name. It’s only once I reach the Exit Point door that I realize two hours and forty-five minutes have passed, and I realize that this won’t be the last time I Visit. It won’t be the last time at all.

Lunar Landscapes by J_Baillier (M, 57,046 w., 21 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || S3/TAB Fix-It, Slow Burn Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Confessions, Drugs, Pain, Medical, Injury, Sherlock Whump, Mental Health Issues, Panic Attacks, Romance, Secrets, Tragedy, Trauma, BAMF John, Doctor!John, Drug Addict Sherlock, Injured Sherlock, Grieving John, Idiots In Love, Protective John, POV John Watson, PTSD Sherlock, Sherlock is a Mess, Medical Realism) – An accident forces John to face the fact that Sherlock's downward spiral had started long before his flight to exile even left the tarmac.

Repairing the Broken Things by BakerTumblings (M, 75,252 w., 15 Ch. || S4 Compliant, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Medical Trauma, Hospitals, Big Brother Mycroft, Misunderstandings, Realizations, Severe Accident, John Whump, Pneumonia, Medical Procedures, Bed Sharing, First Time, Healing, Happy Ending) – "I'm calling today to notify you that there's been an accident."

The Burning by SrebrnaFH (M, 60,658 w., 24 Ch. || Reverse Reichenbach, Suicide, Depression, Hurt Sherlock / John, Separation, BAMF John, Good Big Brother Mycroft, Angst, Implied/Referenced Torture, Fake Character Death, Rescue Mission, Reconciliation / Reunion, Hospitalization, Marriage Proposal, Illnesses, Physical Therapy, Happily Ever After) – Something went very, very wrong. John had seemed, if not happy, then reasonably content with his life. Sherlock had never predicted something like THIS might have happened. Not in his worst nightmares. He was the lousiest friend ever, apparently. At least Mycroft found him something to occupy his mind with, so that he didn't have to go back to 221B and stare at the walls and the chair, where John Watson would never sit again.

Two Two One Bravo Baker by abundantlyqueer (E, 114,574 w., 27 Ch. || Military AU || Afghanistan, War Story, Thriller, Switchlock, Rimming, Emotional Lovemaking, Lots of Sex, HJ/BJ’s) – Captain John Watson of 40 Commando, the Royal Marines, is assigned to protect and assist Sherlock Holmes as he investigates what appears to be a simple war atrocity in Afghanistan. An intense attraction ignites between the two men as they uncover a conspiracy that threatens everything they’ve ever known, but Sherlock is as much hunted as hunter, and everyone close to him is in deadly danger. Can he solve the case in time to save himself and John? Part 1 of Two Two One Bravo Baker Universe

Against the Rest of the World by SilentAuror (E, 151,714 w., 20 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Post-TRF, Hiatus Fic, POV First Person Sherlock, Present Tense, First Kiss/Time, Big Brother Mycroft, Escaping from Capture, Soft Sherlock, Toplock, Insecurity, Infidelity, Travelling, Introspection, Pining Sherlock, Depression, Fantasies, Yearning for the Past, PTSD Sherlock, Suicidal Ideation) – Sherlock has been away from London for nine hundred and twelve days and counting, and has no idea what sort of reception to expect when he finally returns.

Proving A Point by elldotsee & J_Baillier (E, 186,270 w., 28 Ch. || Me Before You Fusion || Medical Realism, Insecure John, Depression, Romance, Angst, POV John, Sherlock Whump, Serious Illness, Doctor John, Injury Recovery, Assisted Suicide, Sherlock’s Violin, Awkward Sexual Situations, Alcoholism, Drugs, Idiots in Love, Slow Burn, Body Image, Friends to Lovers, Hurt / Comfort, Pain, Big Brother Mycroft, Intimacy, Anxiety, PTSD, Family Issues, Psychological Trauma, John Whump, Case Fics, Loneliness, Pain) – Invalided home from Afghanistan, running out of funds and convinced that his surgical career is over, John Watson accepts a mysterious job offer to provide care and companionship for a disabled person. Little does he know how much hangs in the balance of his performance as he settles into his new life at Musgrave Court.

#steph replies #johnlock fic recs #my fic recs #hospital fics #Anonymous

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hecohansen31 · 4 years

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Hey There Delilah

Ivar x Slightly Deaf! Reader

(A/N): Hello there, lovelies!

This is a special reward for @xbellaxcarolinax for having bought me a Ko-Fi!

I thoroughly apprecciate your support with every small cells in my body and I hope that you’ll at least enjoy this! It is rather a small thought for your nice gesture, but I hope that I was able to convey what you asked me to write!

Have a lovely reading!

SUMMARY: Faced with a concert of his brother, Ivar is soon forced to face much more than he thought to find.

WORDS: 2,7 K

WARNINGS: Talk of Disability, Use of The Word ‘Cripple’, My Scarse Knowledge About Classical Music, Insecurities, Brotherly Feuds.

Ivar really hated Sigurd.

So, being brought to an exhibition that actually was made to honor his brother made him particularly nervous and annoyed, enough that he had tried to fake anything to avoid it.

But in the end he couldn’t say much.

His mother and more importantly Ubbe simply wanted a nice family day, where they could enjoy Sigurd’s talent, without risking Ivar attacking him to stop his ‘annoying sound’ (what Ivar called Sigurd’s songs).

Still this didn’t mean he had to avoid complaining constantly about everything, starting from the fact that they had had to split up in two cars and he hadn’t been able to take the one with the ramp that’d help him to lower himself down without creating a great fuss.

And the seats of the auditorium weren’t in the slightest comfortable, although his mother had warned the place a week before about his needs, to make sure they reserved some extra space for Ivar’s legs, meanwhile the most they had tried to do was to change his place with one in the front row, away from his family.

And eventually he had set himself up with Ubbe obliging Hvitserk to give up his seat which was on the start of the row to allow him more space on his side, although it undoubtedly was still uncomfortable.

He had wanted desperately to throw a tantrum, but he had soon realized that he was already dosed with the embarrass of everyone looking at Sigurd’s little crippled brother.

He already didn’t like the attention on him, eventually settling on disappearing on his seats, halfway through opening his phone to check out a few songs that he truly liked.

But as quickly as he had gotten it out, Aslaug had taken it and thrown it in her clutch, with a seraphic smile on her face and an obvious suggestion of ‘just enjoying the show’ to Ivar, meanwhile the presenter finally announced the start of the musical event.

It started with the youngest classes, moving to the true talents, divided in classical music, modern music and techno music, the only category for which Ivar was curious.

He didn’t have a very musical ear, unlike Sigurd, something for which he admired and hated his brother, at the same time.

Whereas Ivar had always been recognized for something like his battered legs, Sigurd had always had his music and as much as he continued on complaining about how much he was ‘the forgotten’ son of the family, Ivar knew that Aslaug appreciated his soft sound, stopping herself a few moments to enjoy her son’s songs, outside of his door, whenever he played.

Sigurd had talent.

Ivar only a shit ton of flaws.

That was why he had been so against going to his brother’s concert, but in the end, he was there so he could just enjoy it, and although some weren’t the absolute best he had ever heard, he certainly enjoyed a few, his brother included when he presented himself.

Thankfully after Sigurd’s exhibition, which had gone quite well from the uproar of applauses that had started at the end of the performance (although Ivar would have joked, later, with him that it wasn’t anything but gratefulness for having finished playing that damned instrument), was one of the last ones.

It was followed by a small girl, probably just a bit younger than Sigurd and her violin, looking sober in a black dress with thin straps and an updo that showed up her lovely neck, adorned by a few golden chains, thin and elegant.

You looked, determined in your stare and graceful as you bowed softly to the audience, before adjusting the violin, and as much as Ivar had observed you attentively, he hadn’t expected the musical piece to actually involve him or interest him, thinking that it would have just sounded like something expensive he couldn’t understand.

But he couldn’t deny that you got him hooked from the first note of the song, and the elegant movements of your wrist, as the attach was a tempestuous storm, slowly dissolving in a light sound of calmness, completely numbing Ivar’s mind as he felt like he was basically following a story of some kind.

Delving into the darkness and then slowly bringing itself to the light till it reached it, in a shining ending that caught him completely off-guard and he found himself clapping eagerly at the exhibition, much before of all his brothers, who sent him a look as if to say ‘what the heck?’.

But he ignored them, hiding his emotional face away from them.

After everything ended they were supposed to spend a bit of time at the small reception, and although Aslaug suggested that she and Ivar simply take off, the main reason why they had taken two cars, Ivar muttered that he could withstand the torture a bit more, surprising everyone almost as if he had said the Apocalypse would be soon coming.

But truly, he wanted to catch a few glimpses of you, as the classical assemble was supposed to accompany the small refreshment after the musical event and although your music was lightly shadowed by the other instruments he could still enjoy it, meanwhile Sigurd came to get the compliments, being surprised by the fact that Ivar was still there.

‘… I thought you’d have already come home, listening to whatever metal you like’ he had commented, but Ivar, on whose soul your music had somehow operated a change, just scoffed at the suggestion, but did tell Sigurd that his music had been ‘bearable’.

Although his stare was sneakily focused on you.

He had preferred it much more when you had played solo, not because you were any less talented, but somehow the other instruments shadowed your talent, obliging you to keep yourself caged in a soft sound, barely hearable over the mundane chatter and clinking of glasses.

He really didn’t want to sound like a stalker, but he hadn’t ever been one for classical music, so the fact that you could enchant him like that was quite surprising for him, so he just wanted to catch the secret of that music.

And you were quite the nice spectacle to watch, he wouldn’t have denied it.

But all his alarms started ringing when he saw Sigurd coming closer to you, as you finished your exhibition, a DJ in your place, the blonde boy exchanging small talk with you, as you adjusted the violin back into its protective case, brushing your hands through your updo, lightly messed up by the movements of your arms.

You turned for a moment, as Sigurd probably told you that he had his family alongside him, watching them carefully, as you half-listened to what Sigurd said and for a moment Ivar thought you were his girlfriend.

Which was utter shitty luck.

But had Ivar ever been lucky?

And then you simply turned towards the classic group, excusing yourself, in an obvious rejection that showed up for a moment on Sigurd’s face, the boy clearly a bit annoyed by that but mostly saddened, and then he moved to meet his own group.

And then they had to leave,

And when Ivar looked out again for you, it seemed like you were gone.

Had you been a pretty mirage?

He got the answer when Sigurd excitedly talked about it over dinner, speaking about how cool it had been to performance with so many people, and explaining that they had even had an exchange student from Europe.

‘A true genius of the violin!’ he commented and Ivar’s ears raised up as ones of a dog hearing the steps of the postman ‘… (Y/N) (L/N) she is a professional at such a young age, Ivar’s age!’.

‘Are you implying something?’ Ivar had stroked the banter, eager after he had heard your name, glad to put a name to a face and have something to search up on Wikipedia.

He had said he wasn’t a stalker, but he might have to reconsider that.

Gosh, you were also an exchange student which meant you probably wouldn’t have stayed for much and if you had rejected Sigurd, who did look like an hurt mouse but with functioning legs, he certainly had zero chances for you.

Did it help his mind?

Certainly no.

The multitude of Youtube videos he had found of you playing, instead were nice and he even managed to catch a small interview, in which you looked quite younger, but your face held a strong determination and even more importantly a melancholy that certainly was showcased in your music.

And then he discovered the reason behind your excellent music.

‘… I am slowly going deaf’ you explained softly at the interviewer ‘… a problematic sickness from birth, and although I do know that playing an instrument request desperately a good ear, I don’t have the luxury of it, so I train the hardest to do my best’.

The fact that you had also a disability like him certainly made him reason why you played music so brilliantly and why he could understand it so well, although he hadn’t a single musical knowledge in his mind.

He could relate to your music.

And he fell asleep with one last song in his ears.

With all probability he was in for quite the horrid crush, one where he would have been left utterly broken on the ground, because he shouldn’t have crushed on somebody that had barely acknowledged him and was much more successful than him and that he wouldn’t have ever seen again.

But strangely… Destiny had a mysterious way of fooling us all.

The day after he had been sent by Aslaug outside for a few errands, mostly some at Floki’s shop, since he needed some new pieces for a new tech project and his mother preferred he went by myself, mostly because she wasn’t expert in that.

Floki worked mostly in the boat business, but he had actually opened a small technology shop to support himself when he couldn’t sail or when his boats had to be built, something that mostly his wife took care of, when he was with his boats.

He had been slumping in, having chosen a time where he knew the shop would be desert, entering inside quickly and greeting Helga with a soft smile, as the woman welcomed him warmly.

He passed her the list of what he needed and soon she disappeared in the back, to grab a few things that were in the magazine, suggesting that Ivar handled the shop in her absence, although not many clients would have come for sure, since it was lunch time and nobody…

… and then the door was opened.

And as if summoned by his mind, you walked in.

You didn’t wear the elegant dress you had worn at the musical event, but you still had some kind of grace in your ripped hoodie and giant sweatpants, evidently also not expecting to find anybody at the shop.

The whole concept was simply reinforced by the fact that you wore thick sunglasses.

And Ivar had a fanboy moment.

He honestly wished he could have come to you and congratulated with you, but not only it would have sounded creepy, but Ivar already had trouble with normal girls, think about the cute and talented musician, who made music that spoke to his soul…

He prayed Helga would be back, soon.

But then you quickly came to check out what you had gotten, a couple of batteries, your eyes moving awkwardly around yourself, not moving in any way to meet Ivar till he found himself doing the usual gestures of registering the purchase, since he knew how to do having worked there during the summer.

‘It’ll be 10, 99’ he found himself barely able to mutter, thankful for having basically memorized all the prices and avoiding to stutter and immediately gaining your attention, as your eyes, behind your sunglasses raised to meet Ivar’s.

He thought that you might have been shocked by the hefty price and was halfway through suggesting a cheaper type, although he was surprised you had money problems, but it wasn’t his job to judge…

“… excuse me can you repeat it pronouncing it slowly?” your voice was unsure a bit too high on some notes, clearly reminding Ivar of what he had heard on the interview, the fact that you had slowly been going deaf.

“Oh yeah, sorry!” he commented shyly, realizing a few minutes that he had rambled, but you simply smiled at him “… the price of the batteries is 10, 99”.

You nodded softly, getting your wallet out of your sweatpants.

“… sorry for the inconvenience…” your hands moved nervously in your pockets, probably because you were rushing to sign “… my stupid hearing aid device stopped working this morning, and apparently one can never pack too many batteries…”.

“Oh, don’t worry” ‘and please, for fuck’s sake, Ivar don’t mention that you admire her, she is in incognito mode and wouldn’t let to get recognized so make sure to stop your mind from speaking’…’ “… I am a fan of yours, actually”.

The fuck.

Thankfully you didn’t straight up run away, but instead a small smirk appeared on your face, as you pushed slightly down your glasses to show your eyes.

“… didn’t know that I had cute guys as my fans” you shot, making him blush as his eyes set up on the cash desk trying to remember the code, and his hands then moved to actually accept the money and give you back your change “… but it’s a nice discovery”.

He simply smirked tight-lipped, definitely trying not to say anything else.

But his mouth was too big for that.

And he was too stubborn even for himself.

“I was at the auditorium… my brother, Sigurd, you must know him… he plays at the school” ok Ivar, slow down your words and breath or you’ll pass out in front of her and it’ll be awkward “… I just… I think you are pretty amazing, I am not an expert, but…”.

“It’s always nice to have power of being able to convert people on the light side of music” you replied and he couldn’t help but appreciate the ‘Star Wars’ reference, showing definitely that you had much more than classic taste in your mind “… want to take a selfie together?”.

Ok, you must have totally thought him to be a crazy fan.

“… ah no, like no offense, but… I just…I am not the type” he muttered “… just wanted you to know that although I might sound creepy, I do feel like I can understand perfectly your music and I admire you a lot”.

Your smile became much more relaxed and genuine, almost as if you weren’t the magical musician, but simply a person talking with another.

Which is the way Ivar wanted people to treat him.

“… first of all, thank you for avoiding me the selfie, I am obviously in no shape for it” Ivar would have honestly disagreed, but again… just the strict necessary out “… and second of all, that is what I aim to do with my music and my story. I am glad it was inspiring”.

“It was” and although they were simple words, they were enough for him to express his utter emotion and you straight up smiled back at him, showing him that you had understood what he truly meant.

And in that moment, Helga appeared from the bag, just as he was handing her back her batteries, ready to wish her a good day and avoid thinking anymore about the fact that he had just met an amazing human being.

Helga looked confused but he simply explained that he was taking care of the cashier desk, the woman pushing what he had taken in a box, as if to leave the two youngsters a bit of privacy, and although Ivar’s soul was slowly readying himself for the ‘goodbye’s, you suddenly moved up and said:

“Do you happen to know a nice coffee shop in town? I have been here for three days and I haven’t been able to explore much”.

Now had it been said to any of his brothers, it would have been obvious you had meant to flirt.

But with Ivar…

… one might never know if it was out of pity.

Although he had to admit that she hadn’t seen his legs.

Which was a thing that he preferred to keep this way.

“… ahh there are a few ones, it mostly depends on how much you want to spend and what you prefer…”.

“There is ‘Princess Diana’ right down the road” commented tightly Helga, surprising them both, although you sent her a seraphic look of thankfulness.

“Oh right” added Ivar, not totally sending Helga an annoyed look, knowing that that coffee shop was his favorite for the vintage aesthetic and the enormous milkshakes, but knowing as well that his ‘aunt’ was trying to set him up with the pretty girl in front of him.

Who was way out of his league.

“… then I do think that I’ll pay it a visit but…” and your eyes twinkled over to Ivar “… would you mind accompanying me? I wouldn’t want to get lost!”.

It was obvious now that you were flirting with him.

Although Ivar saw no reason on why a talented and beautiful musician like you might be interested in a cripple like him.

A very rude cripple.

A very rude cripple who couldn’t take a hint.

“… ahem… I have to actually bring these things at home…” he tried the excuse, but Helga, who almost smacked his bum to make him reconsider his wording, moved to chip in sweetly.

“I can set them up on the side for Hvitserk to pick them up when he comes for a new videogame later this afternoon” she explained, as Ivar took in a quick look at the new pieces that he had chosen, insisting on at least paying, meanwhile you told him that you’d be waiting for him outside.

‘Gotta readjust the hearing aid’ you explained, with a bright smile that made Ivar blush.

And when you were gone, he turned to Helga, looking at her in her light eyes and uttering.

“I can’t do this” and then looking at the backdoor “… I need to escape”.

But right as he was moving for the door, Helga literally stopped him with her tiny but strong body.

“Ivar Lothbrock don’t make me slap you across the face” she reprimanded him, looking at him in the eyes to make him understand better what she was saying “… a cute guy that you obviously like, from that idiotic smile on your face, just asked you out and you won’t back off on my watch, understood?”.

“She literally doesn’t know me! And I don’t know her! She might be a psycho!” retorted Ivar, getting an eye-roll from Helga, who breathed out a loud huff “… and she is too much for me”.

“… that is something that she can solely decide” replied Helga, her tone quietening itself “… and you won’t ruin a chance simply for your own self-esteem issues, at least not on my watch, understood?”.

And he couldn’t help but nod.

Although inside he couldn’t help but want to riot completely.

And turn away and run.

But he managed to finally get out of the shop, with one last look at Helga, who held up both her thumbs.

Not reassuring at all.

But he still reached out to you, who had set down on the sidewalk, adjusting a small external hearing aid, in a way that told him that you were used to it as much as your braces.

The first thing that you noticed, as you turned around to him, coming to face with them.

He expected some comment about a problem having come up or probing for more info about them.

Once somebody had asked him if it was ‘infectious’.

But you surprised him again, getting up quickly, without sparing another look at his legs, making him almost confused, as he considered whether you would have run away or…

“… so, where is this ‘Princess Diana’?” you simply asked, a strange excitement coated with embarrassment in your eyes.

And maybe… just maybe he had the chance of making his own music, for once.

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Liesbet Van Zoonen, From identity to identification: fixating the fragmented self, 34 Med Cult & Soc 44 (2013)

Cultural and social theories of identity have in common that they assume both individual and collective identities to be multiple rather than single, to be dynamic rather than static, and to be volatile rather than consistent. In addition, they propose that identity is something that we do, rather than something that we are. Most research in this area has been informed by these axioms, and as a result we know quite a bit about how different groups and individuals, in varying contexts, use different cultural means to perform their identities, both for themselves and for others. Recent innovations in these theories, particularly those coming from queer studies and addressing the notion of intersectionality, have further intensified the understanding of identity as a relatively flexible outcome of specific social and cultural acts. All of this work has been articulated with a wider acknowledgement of ‘diversity’ as a desirable goal for social and cultural policy, not only to improve the quality of public services like education, broadcasting or health care, but also as a necessary element of commercial innovation and organisational value.

While most identity theories have acknowledged the structural and discursive constraints that enclose diversity, there has been less attention for recent forces that actively work against multiplicity and towards the fixation of single identities. The current volume is meant to bring these forces out in the open, and make them part of our theories and research about identity.i I will first present three widely different examples to clarify tendencies towards such univocality. Then I will show how these cases are part of a new ‘field’ of identity management, which is usually understood as emerging from post 9/11 challenges, and from the growing economic weight of online transactions. However, identity management as it is currently evolving, guided, in first instance, by clear state and corporate interests, also needs to be seen as inevitably producing cultural tensions and conflicts around identity.

Three examples

In 1993 The New Yorker published a cartoon by Peter Steiner showing two friendly dogs in front of a computer, with the one saying to the other: ‘On the internet nobody knows you are a dog’. The cartoon captured the then current hopes about the internet as a space where the confines of individual and social identities could be left behind, and where new and creative modes of anonymous interaction would transgress off-line gender, ethnic and other divisions between people. Such sentiment was also expressed by serious academics, like Sherry Turkle of the MIT. Her book Life on the Screen (1995) offered an in-depth analysis of how (then still textual) online experiences enabled people to experiment and play with identities, and helped them ‘to develop models of psychological well-being that are in a meaningful sense postmodern: they admit multiplicity and flexibility’ (p.263). Nowadays, however, the anonymity of the internet and the construction of online personas that do not reflect offline identities have been reconstructed as ‘risk factors’ of internet use (cf. Van Zoonen, 2011). Governments, schools, parents and other concerned parties now standardly warn against online imposters, bullying and identity theft, and social network sites like Facebook or Google+ have policies requiring users to register with their real names and data, and prevent them from having more than one account. A version of The New Yorker cartoon that covers the 2013 situation, could still have the same caption, but would likely show more dangerous, even deadly dogs, evoking the meaning of ‘dog’ as the bad guy.

It is not only in the context of internet use that once celebrated discourses of multiplicity have been annihilated by constructions of duplicity. In the post 9/11 mindset that pervades Europe and the United States , the multiple identities of migrants, and of Muslims in particular have been reconstructed as possibly suspect. In the US this has taken the form of a revival of American patriotism, in Europe it has expressed itself in the proclamation of the death of multiculturalism. Governments across Europe are now exerting considerable pressure on their old and new citizens to identify more clearly with their ‘own’ nation’s history and values. The French, for instance, launched a controversial national debate in 2009 asking ‘what does it mean to be French’ resulting often in discussions about the possible ‘Frenchness’ of Muslims, and in proposals to fly the flag in French schools and to stage official rituals for the acknowledgement of French citizens. An Italian parliamentary committee proposed in early 2012 to make the national anthem compulsory in primary schools, therewith upsetting both the separatist North- and South Italians and the German- speaking inhabitants of Trentino. The previous Dutch government has proposed legislation that enforces singular Dutch citizenship: migrants to the Netherlands will no longer be allowed to keep the passport of their country of origin, Dutch expats requesting foreign citizenship will lose their Dutch passport.

Another example, this one of a more ‘popular’ (as in ‘by the people’) desire to fixate identities, can be found in the many genres of reality television. Audience research about the ‘mother’ of all reality TV, Big Brother, has shown that a key appeal of the program was to discuss whether candidates were ‘themselves’ or ‘fake’. In addition, BB-candidates across the globe would talk among each other about how they felt they could or could not ‘be themselves’ in the house (cf. Van Zoonen and Aslama, 2006), therewith assuming the existence of one real self that is rather than a constructed multiple self that does, as identity theory would say. The notion of such a real self that needs to be found and shown, is exaggerated, paradoxically, in make-over reality programs. In these programs, participants and their hosts invariably engage in conversations about doing the make-over for oneself and not for others, or as Heyes (2007: 21) says about the standard narrative in cosmetic surgery reality: ‘An authentic personality of great moral beauty must be brought out of the body that fails adequately to reflect it. Thus, in this context, cosmetic surgery is less about becoming beautiful, and more about becoming oneself’ (italics added-LvZ). The appearance of ‘authenticity’ as a key asset and value in contemporary western societies has been noted in other fields as well, for instance in tourism, commerce, politics and celebrity culture. A critical perspective on authenticity will include that it is an ascribed rather than an innate or essential quality. Authenticity is in the eye of the beholder and as the discussions among reality TV audiences testify, it is part of a negotiation and not an easily and objectively observable ‘fact’. The more important point in this context, however, is that the importance of the concept of authenticity points to a wider popular desire to identify ‘real selves’ that are true, single and consistent (see also Dubrofsky, 2007).

Univocality and control

The three examples show how commercial, governmental and cultural forces actively work against multiple and performative experiences and practices of identity. The current requirements for passport pictures may be seen as the metonymical expression of such forces. The normal everyday expressive face, with its smiles, nods, and tilts, with its glasses, colouring and covering has to be brought back to its bare features: no smiles, mouth closed, head uncovered, eyes visible, head not tilted, shoulders straight. These are all presented primarily as technical requirements to enable the officers of border control and - more importantly - facial recognition software to authenticate the person carrying the passport. Yet, the implicit cultural message of such stripped faces is unmistakable: there is one true original self that can be recognized and objectively authenticated.

Most other forms of ‘identity management’, the en vogue term for a diversity of mechanisms to authenticate individuals in specific contexts, demonstrate a similar tendency towards single and stable identities. Magnet and Rodgers (2011), for instance, have shown how the full body scans used for border and other forms of security screening are rather insensitive to bodies not conforming to standard abilities, sizes and gender. Such technologies actively construct disabled, oversized or transgender bodies as deviant and suspect. In practical terms this leads to these individuals being selected more often for further screening, in cultural terms it implies a return to a discourse of normalized dichotomous identities, female or male, able or disabled and nothing in between. To paraphrase Magnet and Rodgers (2012: 111), full body scans mercilessly turn bodies inside out in a search to discover ‘the truth’ of an individual identity. Further evidence of how identity management technologies tend to undermine the gains of understanding identities as multiple, comes from other forms of authentication. A recent documentary series by UK Channel Four, about technological advances in the House of the Future, shows how the father in the family has difficulty using the computer-controlled thumb-print door entry system, because his thumb is worn by decades of manual labour. More generally, academic research has shown that the fingerprint recognition does not perform equally for, for instance rural and urban populations (Puri et al., 2010). Likewise, various research in the US has shown how the particular state requirements of voter-ID laws negatively affect the turnout of African-Americans and other minorities (Sobel and Smith, 2009).

Many of these issues have been heavily debated within a civil liberties and privacy framework, with George Orwell’s 1984 and Bentham’s Panopticon as the regularly evoked popular and metaphoric short cuts to the risks and problems of identity management. In these discussions, the classic concern is with governments violating their citizens’ privacy and human rights, through surveillance , registration or data base linking. However, as Lyon (2007) has covered extensively, the everyday life worlds of, among others, work, consumption, leisure and health are also pervaded by surveillance technologies and the infringement of privacy. As a result, the civil liberties agenda has expanded to these sectors but also to the increasing relations between these spheres of surveillance and the threats of ‘federated identity management’, i.e. the interlinkage of databases and authentication procedures across and within domains. Google’s recent change in privacy policy is a case in point: under the new regime Google says it will collect information from all its services (a.o. Gmail, YouTube, Google+) into a single account profile, in order ‘to provide better services to all of our users – from figuring out basic stuff like which language you speak, to more complex things like which ads you’ll find most useful or the people who matter most to you online’. Among the many people and groups raising privacy concerns, were – paradoxically – some 40 US state Attorneys General, representatives of a government that itself is regularly accused of breaching privacy and civil liberties.

Social sorting and consumption

Yet, while privacy and civil liberties issues dominate these controversies, there are authors who claim that such discourse offers a limited understanding of the risks of identity management. Lyon (2007: 115), for instance, argues that ‘the kinds of issues that are raised by urban data profiling, CRM [customer relationship management – LvZ] and security operations go far beyond the narrow confines of ‘privacy’ and ‘data protection’.’ He analyses in detail how various technologies and processes of identity management place people in social categories that are decisive for their everyday choices and opportunities: self-evident is the categorization of certain young men as likely offenders, but customer profiling may lead to price and perk advantages and disadvantages for specific customers, geographical profiling is of direct relevance to the maintenance or abolition of local stores and services, and health screening unevenly affects access to health services . Lyon concludes, therefore, that social sorting is as big a risk of identity management as the breach of privacy and the erosion of civil liberties is. It is in this context, in particular, that identity management also undermines the understanding of identity as multiple, not only because it puts people in certain fixed categories, but also because, of necessity, it needs to identify people as belonging either in one, or in the other category, but definitely not in more than one. It is telling that Google under its new privacy regime not only requests the usage of real names for registration but also allows itself to ‘replace past names associated with your Google Account so that you are represented consistently across all our services’.ii

The Google case is only the most brutal expression of a wider movement towards customer experience marketing (CEM). In a converged online/offline commercial environment such a process entails the ability to engage with a customer across a plethora of channels and ‘touch points’, and thus requires a continuous tracking of a uniquely defined consuming entity. If successful, this does deliver all kinds of consumer pleasures: Amazon is usually mentioned as the company that has indeed managed to offer its customers an enhanced positive experience because of its continuous registration of personal data and preferences.

On the other hand, there are many examples of the rapidly increasing cross-channel advertising going wrong. Avid Facebook users are continuously baffled by the bespoke advertising showing up in the sponsored frame of their profile page, leading mostly to one of two reactions: ‘how do they know I like this’ versus ‘why do they think I like this’? Both, however, cause consumer irritation and – predictably – Facebook users themselves have developed apps to remove such ads. Regardless of the success or failure of CEM procedures, and regardless of the fact that they become ever more detailed and reflective of our personal buying histories and preferences, as customers we are put into the all pervasive, but univocal identity of ‘consumer’. Our multiplicity is recognized only as far as we have bought products or services expressing it.

Counterforces

The field of identity management then, as it is currently emerging, is pervaded by structural tendencies towards control and single identities. However, as a ‘field’ in the sense that Bourdieu developed, as a set of social positions and actors sharing specific actions and activities, tensions and contradictions are inherent and inevitable. Bourdieu’s field theory connects, in that sense, to Giddens’ proposition about a ‘dialectic of control’, whereby all rules and regulations produce their own opposition. Control and univocality as dominant features of identity management thus will construct their own political and cultural resistance, as was already clear in the anti-ad Facebook apps mentioned above. Privacy and civil liberties activists have successfully built a political agenda and achieved considerable success, for instance, with the abolition of a UK identity card scheme and the rejection of a Dutch national electronic patient data, but also with mobilizing a support base that makes them a respected stakeholder for national and pan-national governmental consultations.

Such activism against the control dimension of identity management also has cultural counterparts. Urban surveillance systems across the world, for instance, have witnessed artists performing in front of their CCTV cameras, and facial recognition systems have been countered with makeup and hairstyles that prevent facial detection. The award winning design project CV Dazzle, in particular, was set up out of concern about surveillance and privacy, and a desire ‘to show how we could adapt to occularcentric, surveillance-societies without retreating into anonymity, and, in doing so, celebrate style and augment privacy.iii

There has been much less visible discussion of and opposition to the single identity that is assumed in most current technologies and practices of identity management. This may be because univocality is considered less of a problem in a cultural climate that prioritizes ‘authenticity’ and is obsessed with being oneself, which – indeed – assumes one instead of multiple selves. Apart from the cosmetic surgery make-over television programs mentioned earlier, there are many other popular trends that further suggest a hegemony of a single identity. The search for the inner self , for instance, has created an industry of spirituality that produces a wide variety of commodities and services to help this still growing group of seekers. Political, social and corporate elites are nowadays judged as much on their authenticity as on their competence: ‘authentic leadership’ is the latest buzzword in a host of management manuals, in which it is proclaimed that ‘knowing your authentic self’ is a prerequisite to good leadership. Parenting guides are full of good advice to parents to ‘be true to themselves’, but also to allow their children to be themselves. In the (popular) arts and culture domains, ‘authenticity’ is a key concept to mark artists that have remained ‘true to themselves’ or ‘sincere’ as opposed to those who have sold out to commercial interests and have become dupes of the culture industry. In his diverse writings about authenticity, the Italian philosopher Ferrara (1998) has analysed extensively how contemporary obsessions with authenticity are a response to the postmodern fragmentation of identities. While he suggests that philosophically it is entirely possible to articulate authenticity with fluid and multiple identities, he also acknowledges that the more popular deployment of the concept presupposes an essentialist understanding of the self as unified and stable.

In such a cultural climate, it may be unlikely that there will be strong forces opposing the construction of a single identity that is typical for the emerging technologies and practices of identity management. Yet, as Lyon (2007: 177) argues, ‘when there is pressure towards finding single unique identifiers (...), the existence of multiple identities (...) is a constant challenge to the would-be hegemonic system’. Indeed, there are some occurrences of such opposition, most notably the successful mobilization of support for a change in the Australian passport. Since 2011 Australian citizens can chose male, female or X as their gender on their passport ,with X the option for intersex people, and allowing transgender people to identify as male or female. The changes came about as a result of pressure from an Australian group advocating gender and human rights, claiming that the dichotomous male/female registration discriminates against transgender and intersex people.iv While the acknowledgement by the Australian government of a third sex seems a relatively straightforward change of policy, on a cultural level it also fundamentally undermines dichotomous gender discourse and works, therewith, in close alliance with the project of feminists and other progressive forces to undermine stable notions of gender and other essentialist categories (notwithstanding the inevitable follow-up question of why having to register gender on a passport at all).

The Australian case shows that - like privacy -, univocality needs to be recognized and constructed as a risk in current regimes of identity management, in order to develop more desirable alternatives. Such a recognition forms the main legitimation for the particular angle of this special issue of Media, Culture and Society. The articles invited all critically address the tendency towards univocality in different systems and contexts of identity management. Aaron Martin and Edgar Whitley deconstruct the popular belief that biometric technologies enable the unique identification and authentication of individuals. Miriam Lips looks at current e-government policies fixate identities in ways that are contradictory to traditional notions of citizenship. Moving the discussion to the body as a location of identity and identity management, both Shoshana Magnet and Katina Michael and MG Michael explore whether and how medical technologies function as quartermasters, as it were, for future rigid developments in identity management.

With this collection of articles we feel we have contributed to constructing the single identity assumed in identity management as a social and cultural problem that needs to be solved. A further necessary step would be to search and select cases in which the multiplicity of identity is not only allowed at a discursive level, but also flexibly managed through technological institutional practices. The new Australian passport is one rare example thereof, and a further identification of other such ‘good practices’ would certainly help to break up the automatic univocality in current identity management. At present, the most likely sector where proposals and prototypes of such good practice will be found, is in the triangle of Technology, Entertainment and Design. The similarly called TED global network and the European PICNIC platform both offer talks, conferences, events and performances about innovations that are typified by user-centeredness, collaboration and openness. In fact, both bring together a wider movement of creative experimentation in which identity management issues also occur. At the PICNIC 2011 festival, for instance, UK hacktivist and artist Heath Bunting presented his ‘identity bureau’ in which he develops procedures for people to construct a new legal identity based on legal documents, that can be passed on to someone else after it is no longer of use.v To illustrate with a not so arbitrary example: an academic commuting from Amsterdam to Loughborough to teach and do research would not have to go through the almost insurmountable hassle of acquiring a national insurance number, tax code, health care, pension rights and a bank account for non-residents, but could simply buy the identity that allows for all of that off the shelf of an identity bureau. Needless to say that Buntings ‘expert system for identity mutation’vi could make him the object of UK and US governmental scrutiny because of the potential criminal and terrorist abuse they envision if Bunting’s multiple identities would catch on. Such a security reflex, while understandable, prevents a more extensive exploration of safe and trustworthy multiple identity management systems that would satisfy the practical quandaries of some people’s everyday lives, but – more importantly – acknowledge the cultural diversity and multiplicity that typify us.

References

Ferrara A. (1998) Reflective authenticity: rethinking the project of modernity. London: Routledge.

Heyes CJ (2007) Cosmetic Surgery And The Televisual Makeover. Feminist Media Studies, 7(1): 17-31.

Lyon D (2007) Surveillance studies: an overview. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Magnet S and Rodgers T (2012) Stripping for the State. Whole body imaging technologies and the surveillance of othered bodies. Feminist Media Studies, 12(1): 101-118.

Puri C, Narang K, Tiwari, A, Vatsa, M and Singh, R (2010) On Analysis of Rural and Urban Indian Fingerprint Images. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6005: 55-61.

Dubrofsky RE (2007) 'Therapeutics of the Self’: Surveillance in the Service of the Therapeutic. Television and New Media, 8(4): 263-284.

Sobel R and Smith J (2009). Voter-ID Laws Discourage Participation, Particularly among Minorities, and Trigger a Constitutional Remedy in Lost Representation. PS: Political Science & Politics, 42(1): 107-110.

Turkle S (1995). Life on the screen. Identity in the age of the internet. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Van Zoonen L (2011) The rise and fall of online feminism. In: Christensen M, Jansson A, and Christensen C (eds) Online territories: Globilization, Mediated Practice and Social Space. Peter Lang Publishers, 132-147.

Van Zoonen L and Aslama, M (2006). Understanding Big Brother: an analysis of current research. Javnost/The Public, 13(2): 85-96.

Footnotes

i This introducing article is part of a EPSRC ‘large’ grant on Identity Management, led by the author: IMPRINTS, EP/J005037/1.

ii http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Last accessed March 15, 2012

iii http://www.core77.com/blog/core77_design_awards/core77_design_award_2011_cv_dazzle_student_winner_for_speculative_objectsconcepts_20115.asp, last accessed August 28, 2012.

iv https://www.passports.gov.au/web/sexgenderapplicants.aspx

v http://www.picnicnetwork.org/heath-bunting-1, last accessed March 14, 2012.

vi http://irational.org/cgi-bin/cv2/temp.pl, last accessed March 16, 2012.

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LET’S TALK ABOUT FACTS, BABY

LET'S TALK ABOUT FACTS, BABY {see citation 8}

We have now entered into a scenario in our public discourse where the long-standing respect for evidence-based conclusions has come under attack by those in power. Information previously accepted as fact or truth based on reproducible experimentation, quantifiable observations, and legitimate reporting has now been called into question. In an era where many Americans obtain their news from social media (1), proving the veracity the facts and information presented as "news" no longer falls on those that create it. Given the creation of our self-made spheres of influence, our ability to remove from our view those ideas that do not conform to our worldview, the task of assigning "truth" has now fallen on your shoulders, dear reader.

But where do we start? What tools do we need to tell truth from fiction? Propaganda from research? The reality is, the tools required to rebuild our faith in facts have been withheld from the general public since they were created. Those in power have no incentive to create an electorate of informed people able and willing to hold them accountable for their unsubstantiated accounts of the world. Until now, we have--for better or worse-- put our faith in the institutions of science, medicine, journalism, among others, to maintain the sanctity of fact, to boldly state that, yes, truth exists. We no longer have that luxury, when our leaders denounce universally-accepted climate change as a "hoax" {2}, or suggest that journalists are "among the most dishonest human beings" {3}.

What can we do? We all get information from the internet. How do we make it better?

-Read before you share. We all fall prey to clickbait headlines. I sure do. A recent study {4} showed that many shared links on social media (Twitter in the case of the study) were never clicked, suggesting no one read them. Then there was the dissemination throughout social media of the "weed contains Alien DNA" blog post made to mock the very mass shares it enjoyed {5}. Read the articles you're sharing. Know where your information came from. Is it a news source? Is it opinion (or satire) masquerading as news? When was it published? Do you really trust this source, or does their web design just look great?

-Fact Checking...or...unpacking Fake News Easier said than done. The moral here is to BE SKEPTICAL. The chorus in our echo chamber is not always accurate. Bias exists, but there is good journalism being performed out there. There is actually a way to accurately estimate how many people were at the inauguration {6}, {7}. Those facts are out there, and they are easy to find. The media is, for the most part, unwilling to call something a lie, as it implies intent, but we should not be so accommodating. While some of the following resources have their own biases and influences, they often use citations for their information, which is a start (major funding sources in parentheses):

http://www.politifact.com/ (Tampa Bay Times) http://www.factcheck.org/ (Annenberg Policy Center) https://www.opensecrets.org/ (Carnegie, John S + James L Knight Foundation, Craigslist, Ford) https://sunlightfoundation.com/ (Bloomberg, Ford, Craisglist)

-But what about the numbers? This is probably the hardest task. Statistics are an art as much as they are a science, and hard numbers can be molded to fit any number of outcomes. Look, I personally got a B in biostats. I will not task you to learn advanced statistics. But spending a few minutes browsing through the general ideas of how they work, and how they can be manipulated, is important when we have, as a culture, been denied that knowledge by our science education (or lack thereof). Here is some reading on the subject:

https://www.statisticsdonewrong.com/ http://www.senseaboutscienceusa.org/aboutstats/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/…

-CITE THE POWER Right now for many people, especially in those communities disenfranchised by our corrupt system ( POC, indigenous people, those of the LGBTQA+, disabled,and immigrant communities), empowerment through the sharing of ideas is one of the most powerful ways to resist the horrors unleashed by our government. We should all be constantly spreading ideas, but we should be spreading knowledge too. Cite your quotes with links to further reading. Share not only your emotional support, but links to financially support revolutionary causes. Never stop sharing your representatives' phone numbers. Literacy and access to information are privileges we should not take lightly. They think we're a snake. But we are really a hydra.

http://standwithstandingrock.net/donate/ https://abortionfunds.org/ http://blacklivesmatter.com/ http://www.ip-no.org/ http://nolaharmreduction.tumblr.com/ http://www.youthbreakout.org/ https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/

Reaffirming our relationship with facts is absolutely vital to democracy. Without facts, our decisions are molded by emotional outcries and insidious propaganda. How can we make decisions for ourselves and our nation if we have been blinded from what is real? We can't. The basis for any autonomous decision is a full understanding of all facets of a situation leading up to that decision. Our nation's leaders are working steadfast to make sure this never happens again. Please join me in spreading factual information, which is far more dangerous and threatening to those in power than any opinion any one of us may hold.

CITATIONS, BECSAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT:

(1)- Pew Research Report on News and Social Media http://www.journalism.org/…/news-use-across-social-media-p…/

{2}Don't let Donald Trump forget he called global warming a hoax. He did. http://www.politifact.com/…/yes-donald-trump-did-call-clim…/

{3} President Trump's statements at the CIA headquarters Jan 21 http://foreignpolicy.com/…/trump-goes-to-cia-to-attack-med…/

{4} Study on Twitter clicks versus shares https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01281190/document

{5} "Weed Contains Alien DNA" (it doesn't) http://www.iflscience.com/…/marijuana-contains-alien-d…/all/

{6} 2011 Article on the art of counting crowds http://www.popularmechanics.com/…/the-curious-science-of-c…/

{7} Tweets from the DC Metro on ridership during inauguration http://www.vox.com/…/14…/trump-inauguration-metro-attendance

{8} “Let’s Talk About Sex”, Salt-N-Pepa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrtF45-y-g

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Chapter 4- Correcting Trump

During these early days of the #resistance, there are those in America who remain confused as to why so many others oppose Donald Trump’s presidency. Setting aside his policies (some of which, believe it or not, have attracted a modicum of support), these people don’t understand why thousands (millions?) demonstrated against Trump’s administration as soon as he was sworn into office. Don’t get me wrong- I get the idea that we should “give him a chance” and not judge him before he does anything. We are one nation, founded on the peaceful transition of power and support for whatever leaders our fair democratic process may elect. However, we are also founded on the ideas of freedom of speech and assembly, and the citizens of a government by and for the people have every right to protest a man (or a movement, or a policy) with which they disagree. As for why many are choosing to do so immediately, I can think of quite a few reasons, but for the purposes of this column I’ve decided to focus on a facile (but arguably very important) one.

Donald Trump is a man completely devoid of politeness, empathy, or emotional intelligence.

This is not news. Based on his actions dating back decades, it’s hardly a stretch to conclude that our king baby, who once proclaimed he alone could fix all that’s ailing the country, would be incapable of human decency. And so far, throughout both his campaign and his improbable presidency, he has proven that to be the case. Nonetheless, over 60 million Americans voted for him. Why? Well, because most of them hate Hillary Clinton. But that’s neither here nor there….

The point is, now that Donald Trump is president, some expect him to suddenly act presidential. But why would he? Voters gave his irresponsible actions to this point the ultimate seal of approval. And though many of those same people now wish he would exercise some self-restraint, we know that he is fundamentally incapable of doing so. He still takes to Twitter at every perceived slight and orders bogus investigations to satisfy his ravenous ego, all while maintaining the “Sad!” language that got him this far in the first place.

That language is what I’ll take issue with here. As Trump normalized it long before he announced his candidacy, it went relatively unremarked upon for the entire election cycle. If his usual methods of communication had received even the smallest amount of scrutiny, his campaign would have been over when he mocked a disabled reporter or hinted at the assassination of his opponent. So while I commend members of the media for recognizing that we had (and have) bigger fish to fry, I also think it’s essential to occasionally remind ourselves just what a vile human being we’re dealing with. When Mike Pence said Donald Trump “doesn’t speak like a politician”, he was right… but Trump also doesn’t speak like a civilized human being.

Frankly, and sadly, that’s why some people like him. In a “change election,” many voters found Trump’s disdain for Washington double-talk refreshing. Which is all well and good… but it doesn’t excuse the kind of unapologetic cruelty that Trump still displays as the leader of the free world. It’s one thing to insult a bunch of celebrities in a TV show boardroom- it’s entirely another to refuse to answer a reporter’s question and call his respected media outlet “fake news.” (Sidenote based on that clip: for someone who’s never apologized for anything, Trump sure expects a lot of apologies.).

It is with this in mind that I present something I like to call “Correcting Trump.” In it, I take Trump’s own words and attempt to translate them into sentiments befitting someone in his position. Ready? So am I. And I have been for a long time.

(Note: Some of these are corrections of tweets, which are a maximum of 140 characters long. If a correction is longer than 140 characters, it implies that maybe Twitter wasn’t the best venue for what Trump was trying to convey, which is quite often the case.)

TRUMP (in a tweet from yesterday, 1/31/17): “When will the Democrats give us our Attorney General and rest of Cabinet! They should be ashamed of themselves! No wonder D.C. doesn't work!”

CORRECTION: “I understand that some people have legitimate concerns about Jeff Sessions’ appointment, as he was once considered too racist to be a federal judge. I look forward to listening to the concerns of congressional Democrats as we work to approve someone who I believe would be a great Attorney General. I am also willing to listen to their concerns about other Cabinet members, including those who have previously disdained the departments they will oversee or who have absolutely no experience relating to their appointments. Oh, and Washington, D.C. has worked, albeit slowly at times, for almost 250 years.”

TRUMP (from his speech at a 2015 campaign rally in Iowa): “I know more about ISIS than the generals do. Believe me.”

CORRECTION: “Though I believe I am intelligent in many areas, including higher education, casino management, and vodka production, I know nothing about the military. In fact, I dodged – I mean, excuse me, legally avoided – the draft, due first to my studies and then to some serious bone spurs in my feet (at least one of them... right or left... I don’t remember). Thus, if somehow elected president, I would defer to military officers who have spent their entire lives in the service when dealing with ISIS, one of the greatest current threats to the geopolitical order. Believe me.”

TRUMP (referring to Senator John McCain at a 2015 appearance at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa): “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

CORRECTION: “John McCain is an American patriot, the likes of which our country has rarely seen. I am not fit to carry his jock strap, let alone speak about him in a manner that is anything less than wholly reverent. He may not like me, but reasonable people have their differences, and seeing as he has spent his life defending this country and I’ve spent mine leeching off of it, I will only say that I have the utmost respect for him.”

TRUMP (as part of a July 2016 news conference): “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”

CORRECTION: “I don’t really think it’s appropriate for me to comment on Hillary Clinton’s emails. Frankly, I don’t know anything about computers- I’ve just been using this story to try to score points with people who know as little as I do! And of course, being a patriotic American citizen, I would never ask a foreign government that may very well be hostile towards our democracy to invade the privacy of any other citizen, let alone one who spent much of her life in faithful public service. I know the press wouldn’t stoop so low as to print ill-gotten gains from places like WikiLeaks, nor should they. I’m actually very afraid of Russia’s disinformation campaign during this election cycle. I sincerely hope Vladimir Putin doesn’t decide to go after my ‘missing’ emails- I don’t think the pro-life crowd would support me anymore! Of course I’m just kidding… that all happened before email.”

TRUMP (referring to Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Gold Star parents of slain Muslim Army Captain Humayun Khan, in July of 2016): "If you look at his wife, she was standing there, she had nothing to say... Maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. You tell me."

CORRECTION: “What John Kasich said.”

TRUMP (in a tweet dated May 10th, 2012): “.@Cher attacked @MittRomney. She is an average talent who is out of touch with reality. Like @Rosie O'Donnell, a total loser!”

CORRECTION: “Although I do not believe in life after love, as I am physically incapable of the latter and thus cannot imagine anything in relation to it, Cher is undoubtedly a talented individual. She starred in multiple TV shows, both of which were better than any that I’ve ever done. She also won an Oscar (which, like me, is a tiny little man). And she can sing! Wow. I’m in awe of her. And Rosie, too, whose performance in A League of Their Own was very intimidating to me, as I’ve never thrown a ball or had Tom Hanks acknowledge me in any way.”

There… isn’t that better? Finally, a certain degree of respect in the White House. I’m not great with social media (beyond my fantastic jokes), but I’m going to start occasionally tweeting some of these, if only to show Mr. Trump how to treat people with dignity. You can join in too, using the hashtag #correctingTrump. It may not solve anything, but every little bit helps… even just to keep us all sane.

#correctingTrump #humayun khan #donald trump #hillary clinton #cher #rosie o'donnell #john kasich #mitt romney #rick perry #ben carson #oscars #a league of their own #john mccain #ghazala khan #khizr khan #jeff sessions

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402: The Giant Gila Monster

This movie was originally released to drive-ins on a double-feature with The Killer Shrews, both of which were directed by Ray Kellogg. I've always thought of The Giant Gila Monster as a distant second to its sister in terms of story quality, but it turned out to be kind of a pleasant surprise. There are ideas and situations in The Giant Gila Monster that really could make for an interesting movie. It’s just that I don't think that interesting movie would have had any giant lizards in it. It definitely wouldn't have had any songs.

Chase Winstead has a lot on his plate. Since his father died, he's had to put his dreams of a songwriting career on hold and get a job at the local garage in order to support his mother and disabled sister, as well as his immigrant girlfriend. With some help from the sheriff he's just about managing to make ends meet. This careful balance, however, threatens to come crashing down when two of his friends vanish. Everybody assumes the pair eloped until their car is found in a ravine. The missing boy's father blames Chase for being a bad influence and the sheriff for not doing his job, and has enough financial and political power in the community to ruin both their lives if they can't find out what happened and prove it wasn't their fault.

Pay close attention: I just wrote a plot summary of The Giant Gila Monster, and made it sound like an interesting movie, without mentioning the title creature even once.

That's the weirdest thing about this movie. The audience shouldn't watch a film called The Giant Gila Monster and sit there wondering why the hell it actually has a giant gila monster in it – yet here we are. The mystery of the missing kids and its potential consequences isn't a bad thing to hang a movie on. Nor is the symbiotic but slightly dishonest relationship between Chase and his surrogate father figure. We mostly like these people and are willing to follow their story – but then that damn theremin starts up and we remember oh, yeah, there's a giant lizard in this movie. It's always weird and startling, and never feels like it belongs there.

This is at least in part because the lizard literally isn't in the same movie as everything else that's happening. It never interacts with a character on screen, because of course it isn't actually a giant lizard and the effects budget would only cover one model train (which in no way matches the actual train we're shown), a few matchbox cars, and a fake lizard paw to swing at the camera. The only even slightly impressive shot is when they do a fairly good job of making it look like car headlights are closing on the creature... and did they actually blow up a lizard at the end? What the fuck?!

The rest of the time, the gila monster appears in close-ups and among scale-less desert and vegetation. We never really get an idea how big it is. This looks pretty stupid and in order to avoid dwelling on it, they had to come up with something to fill the rest of the movie. We therefore get this story about Chase and the sheriff, but so much more time is devoted to this than what the movie purports to be about that we keep forgetting the lizard exists. And quite honestly, if the two missing kids had gotten in an ordinary accident or fallen prey to a serial killer or even just eloped like everybody thought they had, most of this movie would be exactly the same.

Chase is a little too all-around nice to really be believable – his little sister, with her leg braces, is obviously designed to pull at our heart strings, as the bots snifflingly observed. He's supposed to be no older than nineteen (the age of the kids who went missing) but Don Sullivan, though baby-faced, was thirty when the movie was made. He doesn't really come across as a kid forced to grow up too quickly, but he's not all that bad when he's not singing. The character’s one notable imperfection is that he seems to have no qualms about the mild theft the sheriff helps him commit in order to spruce up his car.

In a movie like this we would normally expect the sheriff to be a stock lazy bum who avoids any real responsibility, like in Don't go in the Woods or The Giant Spider Invasion, but the sheriff of The Giant Gila Monster seems to take his job fairly seriously. He is frustrated by his lack of resources, and really wants to find the missing kids – and rather than dismissing the young people in town as a bunch of hooligans, he listens to them and enlists their help in finding people who are, after all, their peers. The sheriff's relationship with Chase is somewhat fatherly, but the two also interact as equals, experts in their respective fields: one in law enforcement, the other in car repair. In a time when a lot of movies depicted teenagers as rebels and criminals (examples from MST3K alone are numerous), this is quite refreshing. The sheriff understands that the kids' hangouts and races are just harmless fun, rather than over-reacting.

The human villain in such a movie could also be an absolute caricature but the missing boy's father, Mr. Wheeler, is portrayed pretty fairly, too. He's grieving and needs to blame somebody for what happened. When he demands that Chase be arrested, he's not being a jerk for no reason: he's uncovered the small acts of theft Chase has been committing, and has a fairly reasonable complaint about the found car being moved before it could be investigated. In fact, he's so believable that his sudden about-face at the end when he 'learns his lesson' seems far too pat, even with a monster to shock some 'sense' into him.

The lizard makes a terrible movie monster, anyway. It's a very slow creature, and its bulky body and stark colouration make it absurd to think that nobody notices this thing or evidence of its passage. The way it moves, dragging its belly along the ground with obvious effort, does make it feel like a larger animal than it is, but in a race between it and the Creeping Terror, I'm not sure who would lose. The travelling salesman should have been able to run away from this thing, no problem! The movie also offers us two conflicting explanations for where the damn thing came from: the voiceover narration at the beginning claims that reptiles grow for their entire lives and there's no telling how big they can get (this is true of some species, but not the gila monster), while the actual narrative suggests pollutants in the water are responsible. One explanation for a monster is fine – two is confusing. It would almost be better not to explain it at all.

The gila monster is the third-worst thing in the movie. The second-worst is the direction. Ray Kellogg was hired to do the special effects and was apparently allowed to direct as well because it was cheaper than paying for an actual director. He's terrible at it. The only time the choice of shot actually says anything is a brief attempt at a gila monster POV while Chase and his girlfriend explore a ravine, but the gila monster can't possibly be where the camera implies it is, or they would have seen it. Other than that, Kellogg simply points the camera at the actors and films.

Tom Servo noticed and commented on the preponderance of raised knees but the lack of blocking goes even further than that. There are so many scenes that consist of nothing more that characters standing around talking about things. The only person who really makes any use of gestures is the actor playing the Lovable Town Drunk™. The entire dance scene is filmed from a single camera watching the entire room, so all we see is a vaguely bouncing crowd of bodies. Blocking can help to establish character and make scenes more interesting to watch or disguise visual problems with the production: the Back to the Future movies kept Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd moving towards and away from the camera in their scenes together. This emphasized Doc Brown's frenetic personality and helped avoid the compositional problems inherent in the nine-inch height difference between the two actors. In The Giant Gila Monster, everybody just stands there.

So if the gila monster is number three and the boring direction number two, what is the first worst thing in the movie? I bet you've already guessed it. It's the god-damned Sad Mushroom Ukelele Anthem.

(Yeah, so it's actually a banjo. I don't know what a miniature banjo is called and I refuse to let the question be a permanent part of my Google history.)

When we first hear Chase singing one of his own songs, it's She Rocks Whenever She Walks, which is honestly pretty catchy. Some of the rhymes are clever and I'd rather like to hear it with a band behind it. In fact I was somewhat disappointed when I googled it and learned that it isn't a real song that was ever recorded. When the DJ plays Chase's first record at the dance, I expected She Rocks Whenever She Walks to be the song Chase would then perform live. But no, instead we got The Sad Mushroom Ukelele Anthem. It's a nonsensical, folksy, vaguely Christian bit of musical toenail fungus that crawls inside your brain and leaves you writhing and screaming on the floor as the Lord says laugh, children, laugh, the Lord says laugh, children, laugh...

MST3K featured a lot of really terrible music. There's Arch Hall Jr, California Lady, Pig Licker, and what I suspect to be the entire first and only album released by the Del-Aires. You've got to be really bad to outdo all of that, but The Sad Mushroom Ukelele Anthem manages it. The stupid monster didn't quite kill this movie for me, but Jesus... that song sure did.

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