I give you “The Two Lovers.”
Yes, that is a frog clinging to her labia. I love you guys. Have a great weekend.
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Oh good, I was worried the earthquake movie wouldn’t provide enough nightmare fodder.
All fears assuaged.
Lovers. These are what lovers look like.
Tonight on CSI:Swabia— “Forensics has pegged the postmortem interval at 12 days, based on the stage of tadpole development and the size of cadaver snakes.”
Why is the frog clinging to her labia? I don’t understand. Was that the only thing the artist could think of to hide her vulva?
Frogs were a symbolic stand-in for penises in a few cultures. This gives the story The Frog Prince a depth you possibly weren’t aware of until now.
but Mallory already MADE the Frog Prince _even more terrifyingly molest-y than it was already_. (no but hurray! that clarifies some things a great deal)
“‘King’s youngest daughter, let me in!’ cried the penis. ‘Remember your promise!’
But when the penis demanded a kiss, the princess was so revolted that she hurled it against a wall, killing it.
How astonished she was when the dead penis transformed into a handsome prince! “I was cursed to remain a penis until you freed me from the spell,” he told her. They were married that day.
At the wedding there was a loud cracking sound, as if from a thunderbolt, but it was the breaking of the iron bands around the heart of the prince’s servant, Faithful Heinrich. How happy he was that his master was no longer a penis!”
From that day forward, the Brothers Grimm swore never to study German folklore again, and everyone lived happily ever after.
Kermit singing `Its Not Easy Being Green’ is really an Men’s Rights Activism anthem.
#notallfrogs
A thumbs-up was not nearly enough for this comment.
“Is that a frog in your vulva or are you just happy to see me?”
Thanks, Mallory. I can certainly rest easy now knowing that my ancestors’ imaginations were just as messed-up as I’d hoped.
If I click on the “metal” tag, I’m going to very sad if there’s no additional content. (There should at least be an article about Castrator, the feminist Death Metal band…)
This is the most romantic Pig Destroyer album cover ever!
Normal. All totally normal. Why would you think this isn’t normal?
Normal. All totally normal. Why would you think this isn't normal?
I hate to be picky but isn’t it hanging off her pubic hair? Surely the frog would be further between her thighs if it was hanging off her labia?
I just feel like this is begging for the Two Monks:
monk 1: what do people in love look like?
monk 2: horrible. absolutely disgusting. they’re horribly emaciated, lots of snakes winding through their bodies
monk 1: like this?
monk 2: almost. make them look dead-er
monk 1: is this better?
monk 2: absolutely. add a frog somewhere for good measure
monk 1: how’s that?
monk 2: perfect. oh god, that’s even more unsettling that i was imagining
monk 1: what, the snakes?
monk 2: it’s definitely the frog. that is actually very disturbing. well done
Labial Frog is my new Death Metal band name.
This painting is made even creepier by the fact that it used to be part of a matched set, the other half of which is a young couple in love.
http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1932.179
Things to look forward to in marriage, I suppose?
This painting is made even creepier by the fact that it used to be part of a matched set, the other half of which is a young couple in love.
<img src="http://artimages.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=5243FCB14A8E0CD4F40A5F1AF73915D3E811C2FBE7C5E8AC04323106C10BC31B&s=21&se=1184356564&f=1932.179_w.jpg">
http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1932.179
Things to look forward to in marriage, I suppose?