About: Supervenus es el corto de Frédéric Doazan ganador del 17º Festival de Cortos de Bruselas.

Con este cortometraje el autor denuncia la sociedad occidental que impone unos cánones de belleza incompatibles con la salud física y psicológica.

Se promueven trastornos como la anorexia y la adicción a la cirugía estética y la dismorfofobia tanto en hombres como mujeres.

Se trata de imponer las exigencias de la imagen y el cuidado físico buscando la eterna juventud.

Google translation (not perfect, but it provides the gist of the commentary): Supervenus is short Doazan winner Frédéric 17th Brussels Short Film Festival.

With this film the author claims that Western society imposes standards of beauty inconsistent with the physical and psychological health.

Disorders such as anorexia and addiction to cosmetic surgery and body dysmorphic disorder in both men and women are encouraged.

It is imposing its image and physical care seeking eternal youth.

A philanthropic group has rejected donations from a fundraising campaign taken up by Reddit users in the wake of their sharing hacked nude photos of celebrities, the Daily Dot reported.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation had reportedly received more than $6,000 from Redditors, as site users are known, who subscribed to a thread connected to the distribution of pictures of actresses like Jennifer Lawrence (pictured above), Mary Elizabeth Winstead and others. “Reddit The Fappening,” as the thread is called, was listed as the foundation’s top fundraiser before the donation was rebuffed.

“We would never condone raising funds for cancer research in this manner,” the foundation said in a statement on its website. “Out of respect for everyone involved and in keeping with our own standards, we are returning all donations that resulted from this post.”

Lawrence contacted authorities after the photos, allegedly hacked from iCloud accounts, began proliferating online. Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday that Apple attributed the thefts to “targeted attacks” and not a breach of iCloud security measures.

Following a conservative report that found that the GOP is struggling to appeal to women voters, the Republican National Committee on Monday published a tweet expressing support for pay equality.


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On Friday, an Oxford University student writing pseudonymously as Miss Marcello wrote bravely about her rape.

In her shocking article, she wrote a detailed account of her rape experience, and how the police pressured her to drop the case.

The article provoked strong reactions. While the overall response was positive, Marcello was appalled at some of the victim-blaming comments she received. She told BuzzFeed: “I can’t believe some of the things that people come out with. And some of them are amusing for their sheer stupidity.”

Below is a selection of those comments: