Thoughts of a 'fishbird': Archive

Why Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" Video Makes Me...

jazzylittledrops: So this video started going around my facebook today, with about a dozen of my female friends sharing the link with comments like, and “Everyone needs to see this”, and “All girls should watch this,” and “This made me cry.” And I’m not trying to shame those girls! I definitely understand why they would do so. And I don’t want to be a killjoy. But as I clicked the link and...

Apr 18th

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http://www.fastcompany.com/3006354/when-failure-not... →

Mar 1st

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Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed →

“We’ve been led into a culture that has been engineered to leave us tired, hungry for indulgence, willing to pay a lot for convenience and entertainment, and most importantly, vaguely dissatisfied with our lives so that we continue wanting things we don’t have. We buy so much because it always seems like something is still missing.”

Jan 28th

The world's poorest president →

“I’m called ‘the poorest president’, but I don’t feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more. This is a matter of freedom. If you don’t have many possessions then you don’t need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for...

Nov 17th

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“In times of change, learners inherit the earth; while the learned find...”

– Eric Hoffer, American social writer

Oct 17th

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Oct 10th

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Rethinking Columbus Day →

Oct 8th

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680616/a-new-film-shows... →

Sep 28th

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Sep 18th

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the...”

– William Morris

May 16th

Dove, Under Armour campaigns bring beauty ideals... →

My latest post on AnxietyIndex.com

May 10th

May 8th

Is Origami the Future of Tech? - Businessweek →

May 4th

Seventeen Magazine Faulted by Girl, 14, for... →

May 4th

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in...”

– Gustave Flaubert, French novelist

May 2nd

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Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats | Video... →

Apr 30th

Apr 27th

Blue-Collar Beverages That Travel Well -... →

Apr 26th

For London Developers, Light Is a Heavy Burden -... →

The right to a candle’s worth of light

Apr 26th

Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? - Magazine - The... →

“In a world consumed by ever more novel modes of socializing, we have less and less actual society. We live in an accelerating contradiction: the more connected we become, the lonelier we are. We were promised a global village; instead we inhabit the drab cul-de-sacs and endless freeways of a vast suburb of information.”

Apr 17th

Antibiotics for Livestock Will Require... →

Apr 12th

Is an Egg for Breakfast Worth This? - NYTimes.com →

Apr 12th

"I live without cash – and I manage just fine" →

“…we no longer have to see the direct repercussions our purchases have on the people, environment and animals they affect. The degrees of separation between the consumer and the consumed have increased so much that we’re completely unaware of the levels of destruction and suffering embodied in the stuff we buy. The tool that has enabled this separation is money.”

Apr 12th

Why Designers Need To Stop Feeling Sorry For... →

“What we must recognize is that Africa is the next and last continent of incredible growth. Companies that don’t have a foothold there already are serious laggards.”

Apr 11th

Why are so many Americans living alone? →

Apr 10th