Archive for February, 2009
The Times They Are A-Changing: Another Moment in the Alt-Beauty / Beauty Narrative
I stumbled across SuicideGirls.com because one of my female Facebook friends became a fan of its Facebook group. And it got me a-thinking and a-writing and a-questioning. As always.
In my news feed, the associated image was quite tiny but some of the associated copy is easily read. It is :
” Everywhere you look TV, Movies [...]
A New Lent For Lapsed Catholics And Anyone Else Who Wants To Play at Home.
So there I was sipping my morning cup of certified organic free trade coffee, feeling pretty good about my very recent ethical consumption choice and perusing the PPBP blog (since she is my source for all things that people might actually enjoy reading), when I discovered today is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 31 so far )A Double Whammy Of Economic Error : Clark and Harper on Protectionism
Joe Clark wrote a well-intentioned Op-Ed for the Globe today. See here. The main thesis is that the rich countries should make a real effort to help poor countries and not try only to cushion the blows of the recession here at home. Canada, in particular, should lend a hand in the Caribbean. Great sentiment, great [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Obama’s State Of The Nation Address And The Other Guy
Tonight, I watched President Obama’s State of the Nation address to a special joint session of Congress on CNN.com. The speech was rock solid – which should come as no surprise. It hit all the right notes, managed to grapple with some policy details, and still managed to be moving — especially by the end. For [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Oscar Red Carpet Fashion Round-Up. Um, Seriously.
Apparently the Oscars happened Sunday night. I had no idea at the time. I only realized it had happened after the fact, when I took a peak at the on-line papers before bed. Fortunately, I was stupidly drunk on absinthe at the time, after test-piloting a podcast concept, so it didn’t really register. I noticed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Silly-Sock Girls, Shoe Ladies, and Women in Comfortable Shoes: The Female Obsession With Footwear?
I was reminded recently of a phenomena I had forgotten about: Silly-sock girls.
You know who they are. These are girls / women who wear bright, multi-colored, clashing, and very often mismatched socks. They may also wear comparably silly shoes — brightly colored Converse being a classic example. The implication I’ve always read into this behavior is that [...]
Heels: How do women wear them?
How the hell do women wear heels?
On two occasions I have unwittingly bought footwear, with the slightest smallest virtually imperceptible heel. Both times it happened because I was in a rush. The first time I was on the way to the airport when I remembered I had no dress shoes for the wedding I was going to [...]
Another Important Discovery! February 2009. A Tuesday. Eleven-ish.
In a previous post (this one here), I suggested — rather formally — that it is a mistake to try to interpret another person’s understanding of the world, her intentions, and her behaviors by simply assuming her understanding of the world, her intentions, and her behaviors are much like one’s own. People are different and, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Two Approaches to Creation: A Way to Make Sense Of (And Hopefully Defeat) Creative Blocks
I’ve been fairly productive as of late and, as a result, I’ve been thinking about the creative process.
It seems to me there are two different approaches to creation : representational and emergent. By representational, I mean, a creative process whereby a person begins with an idea, a feeling, a story — whatever — and sets [...]
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More SHOCKING NEWS: Harper Bullies His Way To Even More Power and Liberals Speak Loudly and Can’t Afford A Stick.
Posted on February 28, 2009. Filed under: Politics and Society | Tags: analysis, Canadian politics, commentary, Conservatives, economics, economy, Elizabeth May, government spending, Green Party, Harper, Ignatieff, Liberals, NDP, stimulus spending |
Canadian federal politics is becoming so predictable that I almost can’t be be bothered to write about it anymore. Fashion commentary is infinitely more stimulating.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )The Latest From Mr. Harper and the Conservatives: a call for massive government spending with after-the-fact oversight and by golly if he doesn’t get what he wants he is prepared to [...]