17.May.2010 Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Look at the shorts on Moondoggie! I want a pair in that exact wash.
I will also take the top.
And any of these bathing suits.
American Able
You may have seen this on a handful of other sites but I believe in spreading the good news about awesome projects as much as possible. American Able is a series of portraits, created by photographer Holly Norris and model Jes Sachse . The portraits are a parody of American Apparel advertisements and are a means for critiquing the manner in which the media, specifically advertising, has “invisibilized” women with disabilities.
‘American Able’ intends to, through spoof, reveal the ways in which women with disabilities are invisibilized in advertising and mass media. I chose American Apparel not just for their notable style, but also for their claims that many of their models are just ‘every day’ women who are employees, friends and fans of the company. However, these women fit particular body types. Their campaigns are highly sexualized and feature women who are generally thin, and who appear to be able-bodied. Women with disabilities go unrepresented, not only in American Apparel advertising, but also in most of popular culture. Rarely, if ever, are women with disabilities portrayed in anything other than an asexual manner, for ‘disabled’ bodies are largely perceived as ‘undesirable.’ In a society where sexuality is created and performed over and over within popular culture, the invisibility of women with disabilities in many ways denies them the right to sexuality, particularly within a public context. – via American Able
You can also read a great inteview with Jes and Holly at the, always clutch, Worn Fashion Journal.
10.May.2010 Music Monday: Lena Horne
It may just be a Gap ad but it stuck with me. Such spirit!
Rest in Peace.
Shel Silverstein
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
“Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein 
September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999
03.May.2010 Music Monday: Macy Gray
What I would have posted if I hadn’t been so exhausted:
It may be the most enjoyable song on my i-pod right now.
02.May.2010 Lilith & Me: Part 1
Sometimes hanging out with your friends is not only fun but it is also educational. Sitting down to some noodles with Jo tonight, we discovered our mutual love of LILITH FAIR and Jo informed me that the tour was making a comeback this year. Say Word?! The 13 year old girl inside of me, the one who begged her Dad to take her* , is rejoicing at this news. Finally, I will get to live out one of my childhood desires!
*My dad willingly took me to see an LFO concert but refused to take me to Lilith Fair. He drew the line at Lilith Fair.
