Thoughts of a 'fishbird'

Why Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" Video Makes Me Uncomfortable... and Kind of Makes Me Angry

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:38:33 -0400

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 started watching the video, I started to feel a slight sense of discomfort. I couldn’t put my finger on why that was, exactly, but it continued throughout the whole thing. After watching the video several more times, I have some thoughts…

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I really like the positive aspects of this dove campaign, but this author points out lots of flaws.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3006354/when-failure-not-option-typical-career-advice-does-not-apply

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:40:51 -0500

http://www.fastcompany.com/3006354/when-failure-not-option-typical-career-advice-does-not-apply

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:39:16 -0500

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.”

The world's poorest president

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:59:37 -0500

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 yourself.”--Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay

"In times of change, learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully..."

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:33:03 -0400

“In times of change, learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

- Eric Hoffer, American social writer

Video

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:21:43 -0400

Rethinking Columbus Day

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:43:55 -0400

Rethinking Columbus Day

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680616/a-new-film-shows-what-happens-when-the-uninsured-get-sick#1

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:04:22 -0400

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680616/a-new-film-shows-what-happens-when-the-uninsured-get-sick#1

Video

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:41:37 -0400

"The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life."

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:27:02 -0400

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

- William Morris

Dove, Under Armour campaigns bring beauty ideals back to reality at JWT AnxietyIndex: Brand Answers for an Anxious World

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:02:23 -0400

Dove, Under Armour campaigns bring beauty ideals back to reality at JWT AnxietyIndex: Brand Answers for an Anxious World:

My latest post on AnxietyIndex.com

The impossible texting & driving test (by RYDBELGIUM)

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:51:38 -0400

The impossible texting & driving test (by RYDBELGIUM)

Is Origami the Future of Tech? - Businessweek

Fri, 04 May 2012 14:32:50 -0400

Is Origami the Future of Tech? - Businessweek

Seventeen Magazine Faulted by Girl, 14, for Doctoring Photos - NYTimes.com

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:51:51 -0400

Seventeen Magazine Faulted by Girl, 14, for Doctoring Photos - NYTimes.com

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

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:37:56 -0400

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

- Gustave Flaubert, French novelist

Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats | Video on TED.com

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:31:45 -0400

Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats | Video on TED.com

Every year 200,000 American—yes, American—children...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:44:44 -0400

Every year 200,000 American—yes, American—children are forced into prostitution. #MeetEmma She stands for thousands of American kids sexually exploited every year. Hear the story at ecpatusa.org/meet-emma. Follow @ecpatusa.

Blue-Collar Beverages That Travel Well - Businessweek

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:55:04 -0400

Blue-Collar Beverages That Travel Well - Businessweek

For London Developers, Light Is a Heavy Burden - Businessweek

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:52:14 -0400

For London Developers, Light Is a Heavy Burden - Businessweek:

The right to a candle’s worth of light

Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? - Magazine - The Atlantic

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:55:06 -0400

Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? - Magazine - The Atlantic:

“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.”