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Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Monday, June 4, 2012
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Inspiration: Kuna Women
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| Mola blouse |
The Kuna Indian women live on a little island near the Yucatan Peninsula and make these beautiful blouses by layer fabric and carefully cutting intricate designs. Each design tells a story and no two are the same. I have always loved the idea of clothing being works of art, and I would love to bring that into my own Etsy shop.
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
Beauty Queen
This is another rant.
I've thought about the depiction of women in the media a lot, as I'm sure most women have. I like "fashion" magazines, and I usually try to avoid the beauty tips which are really just thinly-disguised ads; and the pictures of beautiful women, airbrushed to perfection. But it's hard not to see the negative message, and I've realized that the content I'm looking for is not worth it, or simply not there at all. Why am I even wasting my time on these magazines, looking for cool fashion and interesting articles? When I read The Seventeen Magazine Project a few months ago, I started thinking about these things all over again.
Let's get down to the truth: You will never lose the belly flab, have fake lashes from a tube, get rid of the cellulite on your ass, eat less than 1200 calories a day, exercise every day, find Mr./Mrs. Right, become a millionaire in a few years...Why? Because of biology, physics, airbrushing, and economics! It's a lot to ask from a person and women shouldn't feel bad if they can't do it all. Plus, magazines are made up entirely of ads that are meant to make us feel not pretty, too fat, or in some other way inadequate so that we will buy products that don't make us happier anyways.
Fuck you, Cosmo.
I've thought about the depiction of women in the media a lot, as I'm sure most women have. I like "fashion" magazines, and I usually try to avoid the beauty tips which are really just thinly-disguised ads; and the pictures of beautiful women, airbrushed to perfection. But it's hard not to see the negative message, and I've realized that the content I'm looking for is not worth it, or simply not there at all. Why am I even wasting my time on these magazines, looking for cool fashion and interesting articles? When I read The Seventeen Magazine Project a few months ago, I started thinking about these things all over again.
Let's get down to the truth: You will never lose the belly flab, have fake lashes from a tube, get rid of the cellulite on your ass, eat less than 1200 calories a day, exercise every day, find Mr./Mrs. Right, become a millionaire in a few years...Why? Because of biology, physics, airbrushing, and economics! It's a lot to ask from a person and women shouldn't feel bad if they can't do it all. Plus, magazines are made up entirely of ads that are meant to make us feel not pretty, too fat, or in some other way inadequate so that we will buy products that don't make us happier anyways.
Fuck you, Cosmo.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
5-Days-After-Sex Pill Gets FDA Panel Nod
http://ping.fm/A723T
I think this is really great. Of course, I don't promote casual unprotected sex, but this is something that could encourage less abortions. Personally, I am against abortions (shock! horror!) but I think everyone has the right to choose for themselves. Destruction of a living being is sad and selfish. However, some women feel they must have them due to medical or other reasons, which makes sense to me. (Why would you put your life and your unborn child's life in danger?) I don't agree with abortion as a form of birth control, but I also don't agree with the people that stand outside Planned Parenthood with their giant pictures of aborted fetuses. That's not the way to change someone's mind.
I think this is really great. Of course, I don't promote casual unprotected sex, but this is something that could encourage less abortions. Personally, I am against abortions (shock! horror!) but I think everyone has the right to choose for themselves. Destruction of a living being is sad and selfish. However, some women feel they must have them due to medical or other reasons, which makes sense to me. (Why would you put your life and your unborn child's life in danger?) I don't agree with abortion as a form of birth control, but I also don't agree with the people that stand outside Planned Parenthood with their giant pictures of aborted fetuses. That's not the way to change someone's mind.
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