9 May 2013

 

elephantonawire:

Dove shows women that they are more beautiful than they think.

Oh, dove you are very sneaky.  Very Very sneaky. 

THIS IS VERY CLEVER ADVERTISING.  This might be brilliant even because they knew exactly what STRINGS TO PULL  in order to get client loyalty.

The fact remains, DOVE is a multi-million (if not multi-billion) dollar CORPORATION- the same people that oppress the 99%

Their products are still riddled with chemicals that are not good for you TOXIC. 

Whoever is running dove’s ad campaigns, really knows what strings to pull and which buttons to push.

But you have to remember, it’s all about the selling and they are betting on this, “AWE, that’s so sweet!” reaction. 

They’re just trying to sell a product; and it seems to be working.

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25 Apr 2013

fastcompany:

How Jenna Lyons Transformed J.Crew Into A Cult Brand


Read here how Jenna Lyons has take J.Crew from ugly duckling to fashion arbiter. 

Okay, good for this woman being innovative and the best at what she Does.

In relation to the first half of this article that talks about Lyons’ “hangryness”: maybe she should do some exercise instead of starving herself for days. ORRRR. Just not wear size -00. It’s okay to wear a 3 ( or preferably slightly higher). Fuck sake.

Also how uncouth to still keep portraying this woman’s hunger as a soothing weakness, as if she were soldiering on in the name of…? What exactly? To keep fitting in teeny pants.

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22 Apr 2013
15 Apr 2013

Abortion seems to be the only medical procedure that people want to deny you based on how you got in that situation.

Drove drunk, got in an accident and need an organ transplant? No problem.

Messing around with a gun, accidentally shoot yourself in the leg and need surgery? Of course.

Smoke tobacco for most of your life and need treatment for lung cancer? Yep.

Climb a tree, fall out and break your leg? We’ll fix that right up.

Have sex and get pregnant when you don’t want to be? YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO THIS SITUATION AND YOU DESERVE NO MEDICAL HELP OR COMPASSION! THIS IS YOUR FAULT AND YOU WILL DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES!

— Worry About Your Own Uterus:   (via veruca-assault)

(via funeral-singers)

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6 Apr 2013

Ethiopian Women Claim Israel Forced Them To Accept Birth Control Shots

arabarabarab:

An Israeli government official has acknowledged that a number of Ethiopian women who were immigrating to Israel were injected with a long-acting contraceptive without understanding the consequences of the treatment.

(….)

“We said we won’t have the shot,” recounted one of the women, according to Haaretz. “They told us, if you don’t you won’t go to Israel. And also you won’t be allowed into the Joint (American Joint Distribution Committee) office, you won’t get aid or medical care. We were afraid … We didn’t have a choice. Without them and their aid we couldn’t leave there. So we accepted the injection. It was only with their permission that we were allowed to leave.”

(….)

“This is about reducing the number of births in a community that is black and mostly poor,” Hevda Eyal, author of the report “By Women to Women,” told The National, referring to the birth control shots.

this is sick.

Not really.

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30 Jan 2013
afternoonsnoozebutton: “Dear Internet” by Tina Fey From PerezHilton.com/Posted by jerkstore on Wednesday, 1/21/2009, 11:21 P.M. “In my opinion Tina Fey completely ruined SNL. The only reason she’s celebrated is because she’s a woman and an outspoken liberal. She has not a single funny bone in her body.” “Dear jerkstore, Huzzah for the Truth Teller! Women in this country have been over-celebrated for too long. Just last night there was a story on my local news about a “missing girl,” and they must have dedicated seven or eight minutes to “where she was last seen” and “how she might have been abducted by a close family friend,” and I thought, “What is this, the News for Chicks?” Then there was some story about Hillary Clinton flying to some country because she’s secretary of state. Why do we keep talking about these dumdums? We are a society that constantly celebrates no one but women and it must stop! I want to hear what the men of the world have been up to. What fun new guns have they invented? What are they raping these days? What’s Michael Bay’s next film going to be? When I first set out to ruin SNL, I didn’t think anyone would notice, but I persevered because—like you trying to do a nine-piece jigsaw puzzle—it was a labor of love. I’m not one to toot my own horn, but I feel safe with you, jerkstore, so I’ll say it. Everything you ever hated on SNL was by me, and anything you ever liked was by someone else who did it against my will. Sincerely, Tina Fey P.S. You know who does have a funny bone in her body? Your mom every night for a dollar.” (source)

afternoonsnoozebutton:

“Dear Internet” by Tina Fey

From PerezHilton.com/Posted by jerkstore on Wednesday, 1/21/2009, 11:21 P.M.

“In my opinion Tina Fey completely ruined SNL. The only reason she’s celebrated is because she’s a woman and an outspoken liberal. She has not a single funny bone in her body.”

“Dear jerkstore,

Huzzah for the Truth Teller! Women in this country have been over-celebrated for too long. Just last night there was a story on my local news about a “missing girl,” and they must have dedicated seven or eight minutes to “where she was last seen” and “how she might have been abducted by a close family friend,” and I thought, “What is this, the News for Chicks?” Then there was some story about Hillary Clinton flying to some country because she’s secretary of state. Why do we keep talking about these dumdums? We are a society that constantly celebrates no one but women and it must stop! I want to hear what the men of the world have been up to. What fun new guns have they invented? What are they raping these days? What’s Michael Bay’s next film going to be?

When I first set out to ruin SNL, I didn’t think anyone would notice, but I persevered because—like you trying to do a nine-piece jigsaw puzzle—it was a labor of love.

I’m not one to toot my own horn, but I feel safe with you, jerkstore, so I’ll say it. Everything you ever hated on SNL was by me, and anything you ever liked was by someone else who did it against my will.

Sincerely,

Tina Fey

P.S. You know who does have a funny bone in her body? Your mom every night for a dollar.”

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8 Jan 2013
18 Dec 2012
A New Jersey teenager who launched a campaign to get Hasbro to make a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven is expected to meet with the toy company Monday afternoon. According to The Associated Press, the oven’s team at Hasbro invited 13-year-old McKenna Pope of Garfield, N.J., to share her thoughts and ideas. McKenna wants the company to make the pink and purple oven in more boy-friendly colors and also feature boys in their marketing for the toy. The oven, she says, reinforces gender stereotypes to the point that her younger brother thinks boys shouldn’t cook. “We continue to enforce this stereotype that men don’t cook, they work,” Pope says in a YouTube video created as part of her effort to get Hasbro to change the way it makes and markets the toy oven. Her online petition has garnered 44,000 supporters since it was launched in November and has the backing of top chefs like Bobby Flay.
— Girls, Boys And Toys: Rethinking Stereotypes In What Kids Play With : The Two-Way (via npr)

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17 Dec 2012

Teased For Not Celebrating Christmas

In the workplace, the issue of Christmas and Christmas celebrations will inevitably come up.  But when asked if I celebrate Christmas (as in do I put up lights/decorate/get a tree), I said no.  Then they asked me why not.  I said, “I feel Christmas is a corporate/capitalist holiday that has people focusing once a year to be nice and considerate to each other, and people spend money on presents nobody wants, presents that don’t have any thought behind them.  (Plus, I’m not religious, so I don’t see a point in celebrating a holiday i have no ties to personally).”

Don’t get me wrong, I like giving presents and I like receiving presents, but I don’t like it when they’re turned into some kitsch, contrived ritual— like Christmas  (maybe even birthdays? not sure).

Of course, I’m getting teased, and I don’t mind it now- because I understand it now.  At first I was uncomfortable with getting teased for my beliefs, but when I thought about it, I realized…. and I mean this in the most sincere and non-malicious sense possible, but quite honestly, it’s ignorance.  I realize most people, however well-intentioned and lighthearted they are, they just don’t really think about the things they do or say.  Now that I understand that, I don’t mind the teasing so much -doesn’t mean I think it’s okay.

If I had said I don’t celebrate Christmas because of another religious (conditioned) belief, I wouldn’t be getting teased (because that’s bigotry and a no-no). As if giving a conditioned answer is more valid than one I thought of carefully; As if my not being religious is less valid than being religious.

13 Dec 2012