i subscribed to VANITY FAIR as soon as i saw those portraits of our current administration, &here we are again, today, so thrilled that they titled this article exactly what they did *respect* &thank you!

Lalisa joins 정호연 &Greta Lee
*weeps*
&of course,
the 선 Sartorialism | Sketchbook page has been updated

only the real-deal around these parts, please!

MORE PLEASE!!!!

This idea we citizens of Empire have about 'FREEDOM' is, quite literally, the Freedom of Speech, lol, &no non-citizen will ever understand this freedom we exercise so ... 'freely'

i first encountered Jacob Mchangama in his "Who Has Free Speech" piece
in the Nov/Dec 2025 issue of Foreign Affairs
[he's got an online-only piece from the May/June 2026 issue)
&i thought that the piece was so good that i looked him up
&bought his book
Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

[begin quotes]

The Athenians had two distinct but overlapping concepts of free speech. 

Isēgoría [ἰσηγορία] referred to equality of public, civic speech,

while parrhēsía [παρρησία] can be translated as "frank" or "uninhibited" speech.

p13

"Where they burn books, they will also burn people in the end." 

—Henrich Heine

p285

Only 13 percent of the world's 7.4 billion people enjoyed free speech in 2016,

while 45 percent lived in countries where censorship was the norm.

p 321

In 1950, Elanor Roosevelt had warned

that if hate speech prohibitions were embedded in human rights law,

"any criticism of public or religious authorities

might all too easily be described as incitement to hatred and consequently prohibited."

p 323

[re the pandemic] ... professor of history Serhii Plokhy compared China's response

to that of Soviet Russia to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986,

noting that "lack of freedom of speech helps to turn potential disasters into real ones

and national tragedies into international cataclysms."

p 334

In stark contrast to the logic behind sedition acts,

Mogoeng [Chief Justic Mogoeng Mogoeng of South Africa's Constitutional Court] noted that

"when citizens are very angry or frustrated," freedom of expression,

"serves as the virtual exhaust pipe through which even the most venomous of toxicities within

may be let out to help them calm down, heal, focus, and move on." 

pp 335-336

The current South African constitution exempts from the protection of free speech

"advocacy of hatred that is based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion,

and that constitutes incitement to cause harm."

p 336

In the twenty-first century, the United States remained [emphasis mine]

"the most speech protective of any nation on Earth."

p 337

"bad tendency" test,

judging speech by its potential harm, rather than any incitement to immediate harm.

...

This test was the first line of defence of Southern states against the dissent of abolitionists

and the civil rights movement.

The danger of adopting this logic is that,

if an incendiary op-ed could be said to threaten journalists' safety,

so [Drumpf] could use this reasoning to argue that

a provocative op-ed, banner, placard, tweet, or slogan constitutes "sedition and insurrection." 

p 339

So highly charged was the question of race

that the mere mentioning or discussion of certain words,

regardless of intent,

could lead to serious consequences.

...

While there was no shortage of loud voices,

many Americans chose to hold their tongues.

p 339 & 340

While Republicans focused their concerns on established media outlets and school curricula,

Democrats, liberals, and progressives,

on the other hand,

were significantly more supportive of banning hate speech

and preventing speakers with controversial views on race from speaking at universities.

p 340-341

All of these developments raised serious questions about the long-term resilience of free speech in the US. 

As Greg Lukianoff, the president of FIRE, warned,

"Free speech culture is more important than the First Amendment.

...

It's what informs the First Amendment today—

and it is what will decide if our current free speech protections will survive into the future." 

p342

"What are the limits of online free speech?

And who decides them?

[new para] In the most utopian and techno-optimistic days of the internet,

the answer to these questions were,

respectively,

none and yourself.

p 349

By 2020, global internet freedom declined for the tenth consecutive year.

...

As many as 73 percent of the world's internet users

were living in countries where political, social, or religious content was liable to result in arrests. 

p 354

John Stuart Mill feared society's tendency to impose conformity

"by other means than civil penalties,"

such as social and peer pressure,

as much as censorship by government.

Likewise, George Orwell warned that

"unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban" 

when the public sphere is dominated by a centralized press owned by a few wealthy men. 

p 379-380

... "the right of speech is a very precious one, especially to the oppressed."

—Frederick Douglass

p 390

As Spinoza, Mill, and Orwell warned,

societal threats to free speech can be as stifling as government-imposed censorship.

Yet, determining whether private action undermines or is an exercise of the culture of free speech

can be difficult.

p 391

[end quotes]

volume 0.3 | so, you're living your dream, eh?

you decided to quit your job

&the plan had not been to immediately jump into The Dream

cause you still needed to job a job

a few hours a week

cause really you quit

cause

whatanightmare!

so you did your duty and did some job hunting

cause you need something part-time

don't you?

deliver me my abundance in health

deliver me my health in body and mind

the bodybuddy/lifemate gets a job

&the job continues to suck him in through rounds and rounds and rounds

&rounds

of hoops

&now he's in

but the job

itself

is a rope on fire

lol

nevertheless

some freedom extended itself out to you

&with the momentum of excitement

a little fear

&lots of loathing

you're doing it

you're getting after The Dream

you got your machine

you set up your studio

you still need the mannequin

you question everything

&then you start to hurdle

hurdle after hurdle after hurdle after hurdle

[you simply cannot write about each and every single fucking hurdle any longer!]

until your neck

it gives out 

after a first-jaunt snorkeling

&while laid up

your issues begin to fester

you question everything

you've been too still for too long

deliver me my abundance in health &wealth

deliver me my health in body and mind

deliver me my wealth in money and time

&then something clicks

"i'm the problem"

"i'm the one holding myself back"

"i'm the one paying a self-induced penance for moving here ... literally ... to 'paradise'"

"i'm the one feeling guilty, somehow, for getting myself to this figurative place, here, now"

"i'm the one punishing myself for my ability to get everything that i want from this life"

"i'm the one who thinks that i am supposed to be making sure that i'm not making anyone feel bad about themselves &or their lives"

"i'm the one who doesn't believe in myself"

"i'm the one making myself small, STILL!"

"I'm The One!"

&so you jumped off your ass

and got back to work

cause dammit

you're free!

to do whatever the fuck you want with your days

with your time

toward the pursuit of becoming a fashion designer!!!

&yea

it feels silly as fuck

&so

you suppose

that you're here now

everything's ready

you're prepared for further interpersonal issues

you're ringing the bells like your life depends on it

you've realigned and readjusted to receive

everything's ready

for YOU

&you're ready for ephwhyell volume 0.3

Congratulations, you ruddy bitch. We're officially setting up camp to be revered and adored.

 

deliver me my abundance in health &wealth &influence

deliver me my health in body and mind

deliver me my wealth in money and time

deliver me my influence as a thinker and fashion designer

deliver me my abundance in health &wealth &influence

ephwhyell volume 0.3

^..^

i just wanna dance. THEN DANCE MOTHERFUCKER!

maybe i love it
lol

was feeling a little self-conscious about my mirror
[as a forty-year-old woman!]
cause these bitches online
with no other talent
than spending money
spend a lot of money
lol
&i've started a "fashion" page on socials
cause i want to
but i also understand the implications
of constantly bombarding people
with things to buy
*vomits*
but it has been my dream
my entire life
to design clothes
*weeps*
&so
my fashion perspective
is heavy on quality
mix&match
affordability
&emphasizing life-long style over temporary trends
&i am still in development as a designer of things wearable
&so
the page is more for my own development as a designer
as opposed to a commercial endeavor
*vomits*
i know what i'm aiming for
as far as a design aesthetic is concerned
but i have absolutely no clue as to how to get there
through actual, physical clothes!
*vomits*
&with my neck being the way that it is
[my mind playing over and over again
that i would somehow be "there already"
if my neck hadn't somehow "destroyed my life"
but even before that
my knee "destroyed my ballet career"
but i was never going to be a "ballerina"
nevertheless,]
i feel more and more inclined to dance
because dancing keeps me very limber &very strong
&what i need more than anything is to stay limber &strong
because my neck threatens my mobility
every
single
fucking
day
&so
i want to dance
because i must dance
because i love it
&so
as the bodybuddy/lifemate plans our budget for the second half of this year
with my dance demands in mind
i will work
at home
on all of the basics
&do all of the groundwork
here
until the budget has been responsibly extended
to include the monthly (or most-likely yearly) membership to some gym with studio space
or a studio studio
until then
[when new dance videos exist!]
i'll be starting from First
also
if you haven't noticed
my life has blown up
on purpose
&i am still trying to figure out what my day-to-day is going to look like
&i've been going through some serious shit
interpersonally
cause i have a lot of issues
with regards to my worth
&c.
&so
it is what it is.
so grateful for this mirror!!!
amirite?!

Tasty Tropical Tuesday

[the inconsistency in date-stamps is due to cropping]

my dream is not to dress fancy people; my dream is to dress women who like to dress like men and men who want to dress like the women who like to dress like men

Reigning Men 
Sharon Sadako Takeda, et al [Oversize 391.1 Re]

these are my favorite four looks

[in no order of importance]

from this extremely biased book

lol

but whatchu gonna expect

from the masters of self-congratulatory masturbation

(the japanese &french japano/francophiles)

except that which is self-congratulatory masturbation

lol

&the 선 Sartorialism | Sketchbook page has been updated

w/more images of the reference-type variety

[footnote]

&i learned

that the iconic

"aloha shirt"

was created by a japanese person

&this info is delivered with pride

*boooooo*

so

i will do my part

to hunt down

any/all

Hawaiian-owned

aloha-shirt companies

if there ain't none

then i guess we're gonna need to quit this shit shirt

*weeps*

in the meantime

i will NOT be buying/wearing/promoting

this style of shirt

*middle-finger up*

&generally speaking

just like

waaaaay too much japan-focus

lol

a whole chapter?

the only section defined by a country name?

biased much?

*vomits*

some summertime snorkeling

water clarity was about 50/100

so

"better" pics [&vid] will hopefully be possible on higher clarity days

never. the. less.

water cleanliness was pristine

remember

clarity and cleanliness

ought not be correlated

look it up

also

jellyfish have a cycle near this beach

[this site and this site have ocean quality info

&the jellyfish we simply hear about from the early-morning elderly :]

have you seen this type* of post on socials? cause i have, and whatabunchacunts, eh? i guess i'll play 8]

[1][2]

[3][4]

2013 on a Splice Light Phodeo shoot (will link here [when findyummylovedotcom relaunches])

2011 working our fusion food stall for the Old South Pearl Street Farmers Market

c 2005 ski instructing while home between fall and spring semesters at Baylor University

2023 living that bamf life

2016 whale watching [will link here] off Vancouver Island, BC

2026 Mathilde 

NA some store-bought kimchi

2026 the Table Build 

2013 i made this dress. [will link here]

2010 BA studio art, BA art history (i wouldn't have taken a pic here if i hadn't obtained both degrees)

2010 my girls wanted to make sushi, so we made sushi! (and when they wanted thanksgiving dinner, they got that, too.)

2007 you guessed it. i made them.

2013 i made this dress, too. [will link here]

2021 we established our current business, tkscm, limited.

*&yes

i've figured out what type of cunt is making these types of posts

&so

a forthcoming Etiquette chapter is inevitable, lol

don't worry; i'm not having any fun at all, lol

i had to

&if you're not looking at the shadow
you're doing it wrong

[end note]

i do not enjoy having my picture taken out in public

&so

whenever doing these sorts of "editorial" shoots

these shots are being snapped

quite literally

as fast as we can capture them

&we all gotta take what we get

#sorrynotsorry

someday

when i can afford a model/

the bodybuddy/lifemate is my model (hint, hint)

these sorts of "editorial" shoots

will be done with more time and care

one hopes

lol

but as long as i'm the "model" having to do the "modeling"

&the bb/lm is the "photographer"

this is the best we're gonna get

*weeps*

the plan

from here on out

is to bring along a little thing that i can use to cover my face!

[ootd]

(prices are approximations, do not quote)

2021 hat - esty (custom pair for tkscm, limited [patch still forthcoming], gold on black, gold on white) at $30 each

2026 sunnies - walmart (hnl) $19

2025 shirt - under armour bday gift

2025 tote - paris baguette hawaii $15

2024 skirt - target (hnl) $30, remade 2026

2026 sandals - walmart (hnl) $19