Provocateur Pillows

"Great! Now I'm torn between whether to post rants on X or Meta."

Slut Magazine inbox and outboxes.

'Something wickedly provocative - I'm hoping to sue for sexual harassment.'

'He was discussing politics, religion and sex.'

'ANOTHER fatwah?! Who have you been sharing your thoughts with this time?'

Bert launches his one-sign-fits-all counter-protest movement: 'What's your point jackass?'

'Politics is difficult for Leonard these days -- his racism conflicts with his sexism.'

Money is the Root of all Evil.

Freedom

"Do you remember when art galleries delighted in being controversial?"

Offensive cartooning

A man at a cocktail party wears a nametag that reads "Trouble".

'This is all without rhyme or reason.'

"But. . . editorial cartoons can make readers think!"

"I don't pretend to be great. I merely know myself to be very, very good."

'No, please, go on. It's so refreshing to talk to someone with an entirely different point of view.'

Cave Painter

The Establishment: Independent Thought

"Hmm. . . it looks like he was struck on the head with a blunt object. . . If only I could find out what the murder weapon could be. . ."

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. XXII - The crush room at the opera. - 'Mr. Chawbacon's cart stops the way!'

Performance Artist - Gone to put you off your lunch.

'I sculpt what I see, Miss Delsey.'

Art that makes you ask questions.

"Hmm... I wonder what I can find to trigger my self-righteous indignation today..?"

'Michelangelo!'

"I'm just planting invasive species this year. Let them kill each other."

Dear Sadie, I suggest having a steamy, torrid love affair that other people will disappove of. Nothing can make you feel more alive than that. I know. - Kathryn from Ontario

"The second I turn 16 I'm joining a conservative political party and then I'll be able to do whatever I want!"

"That's very controversial!"

"Helen, I really wish you would respect my creative process."

Pro-life Executioner

"OK...is this character insulting?"

"Relax, dear. I'm sure all lunatic fringe conspiracy theorists occasionally suffer from writer's block."

'Welcome, sir?we've heard wonderful things about your accounting methods!'

'We do not discuss soybeans on these premises, Mrs. Grommet.'