Though I really like this video and the free folks in it. I need to do some hippie shoots…. Time to feel the earth!
I find the people in this video to be liberating and very sexy. I like people who are more than comfortable outside of the sheep zone, they are creative and free!
click the image to read and watch the full post!
Burning man festival, expect me soon!
I’ve been watching a documentary on the kidnapped brides of Kyrgyzstan on Vice News and I am shaking with shock. Just like PETA videos and films can shock the inner core to the point of pure disgust, sickness or for some a weird kind of intrigue, this film is only one voice from this violent business. I was in shock watching the first few minutes, but as soon as it got to the end of the second video I couldn’t hold the tears back. Bride kidnapping is common in the far east of Europe too, as it was documented on Channel 4 a year or so ago. Lot’s of questions popped into my head, concerning myself thoughts with what these men think they are doing and what made them think it’s okay to treat another human being in that manner? Especially a woman? It’s brutal, and I wish I knew what I could do to stop it.
Watch the documentry for yourself, and let me know what you think. I personally love the way it was filmed, and how the ‘live’ kidnapping was presented, to show how nasty people can be.
Follow this link and watch what journalist, Thomas Morton for Vice, has to offer.
One bride being kidnapped
I read this on Chictopia, where I have an account and love to chat with creative fashion types [such as myself *ahem*]… o_O
Anyway, what are your views? Read the article below and tell me what you think. For me, I’m not the skinniest or the prettiest woman in the world, but I don’t mind. I love who I am, and I’m able to admit that I did and still do in some way have an eating disorder. It’s not a major health issue, but I do hate parts of my body and I wish I could look like ‘her’ [whoever the ideal 'her' is], and so I won’t eat after certain times of the day, I just drink water if I’m hungry which is BAD! Don’t do it!
With the media constantly putting out photos of thin ‘role models’ but contrasting other headlines with a worrying stance, it can confuse the hell out of anyone. I sit and compare parts of my life, personality and ideal body with many celebrities on the web, in magazines and on TV, wishing and hoping that the song ‘You’re Nobody ’til somebody Loves You‘ is true. I now know, after a ton of research, self discovery and asking around, that this ‘thin’ ideal isn’t such a good idea. If you are naturally curvy, you’ve heard it before, Embrace Them! and If you are someone who is thinning themselves away just to be noticed, then I’ll have to recite what Gino D’acampo said on a lunch time show ‘Women are beautiful… but no man wants to make love to bones.’
But the whole debate on whether the fashion industry is to blame? Personally I don’t think so, I think it comes down to individual fashion houses – one fashion house in particular comes to mind when they were asked why they didn’t make clothes for bigger and black women, and they simply turned around and said they only made clothes for the beautiful. I don’t own or will never buy anything from that company for as long as I live. Dolce & Gabbana are one of my favourite design houses, as they make beautiful clothes for everyone, of any age and any shape and I love spending money on their items, as they make me feel beautiful.
So, read the article and tell me what you think::
[courtesy of Chictopia :: KAYTURE]
“Let’s have a look back at the fifties, when women such as Marilyn Monroe had the bodies that every girl wanted. Feminine curves with generous hips drew her silhouette. In fact, the iconic actress weighed around 60kg for 1m64 (over 130 pounds at under 5’4″)!
Well, now as we can see, the beauty factors have pretty much changed since Marilyn’s sultry and shapely days. Today, we are influenced by models seen on the designer’s haute couture runways or girls posing for popular fashion magazines, both of which tend to show thin and very tall, young models. Are we influenced by the constantly changing beauty criteria? If we browse the Internet it is easy to bust into the “thinspiration” trend on blogs, which show skinny bodies or even give readers advice on how to lose weight. And if you remember a few years ago, it was almost impossible to gain success online without having endless, thin legs. So the truth is that we are influenced by the mainstream concept of beauty, and not always in a good way.
Should we blame the fashion industry for showing us that type of body, for telling us how women should look like in order to be beautiful? It is of course easier to dress up a thin girl for a runway if she has a model standard body. However, we have all heard about anorexia in the modeling industry and this shouldn’t be the image that other girls want to follow without seriously thinking about it. Let’s also not forget that not every girl can have such a body- it is a matter of corpulence and metabolism.
It is possible to be thin by having a healthy lifestyle routine. Matching daily sport to a good and reasonable diet that avoids starving is the best way to take care of oneself. So even if fashion seems fascinating in the glossy pages of magazines, it is better not to put one’s life and mental health in danger with the ideas of beauty. Staying aware of what you eat and how you exercise while ignoring beauty standards is perhaps the best solution.
With my own personal experience in the modeling world of Switzerland, it is possible to do beauty shoots, walk on small runways or have a fashion blog without being very thin or very tall. The most important thing is to be confident about your body and feel good in it by having a healthy lifestyle. Of course, I’ve received some rude messages from anonymous people saying that I have fat legs, but it is important to ignore those types of people. As long as you feel good with who you are, you do not have to adapt to the fashion rules and fall victim to the ideas of the “perfect” body type.
The skinny type has never been the one for my body. When I took part in the Miss Switzerland 2011 competition I wanted to stay true to myself and to my fitness without being afraid of what people will think about me when they saw me on television. The thing is that I could never resist my favorite desserts, and didn’t even want to try. Those are little pleasure of life— why should we avoid them?
In conclusion, let’s hope that one day fashion will reveal to us, girls that aren’t afraid to enjoy food, that self confidence resulting in a healthy and athletic body will rule not only the blogosphere but also the way that women and men interpret beauty.
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by Kristina Bazan”
I loved this article so much, that I intend to do my own how-to, but without fur/faux-fur, for other items. Well, for now, click the image below to read the guidelines and enjoy!
click the image above
and more on the site =]
[courtesy of Chictopia :: SYLANDSAM]
I love tokyoFashion.com, so if you haven’t checked them out, or don’t know much about Tokyo street style, then this is the hub to start learning.
Kisses x
I’m still feeling the single blues… and this is the first time I have decided on taking the advice of Charlotte from SatC, she said to spend half of the time you were with someone feeling like crap before you get back up and just get on with your life – but obviously if it was a long relationship then give yourself a month tops! For example, if you were in a relationship that lasted 2 weeks, then mourn for a week and move on, but if the relationship was a year… spend 1 – 6 months mourning then get up and be single for a while [that does not mean you should sleep with anyone for the sake of the modern 'single' life] and just have fun.
I saw this video and thought it would be cool to share with you [I've posted this to my pagan blog too] – Part of it is in German, my apologies, I speak German so I understand what’s being said, but I assume the CC works for those of you who want to follow [bare in mind German, Latin, French and the Nordic languages gave birth to modern English so some words and phrases will be easy to pick up - yay!]
As for that, life here seems to be picking up in some areas, like the fact that I start college today! I have a ton of stationary and a few new books on philosophy, World War 1 poetry and magazines to keep me entertained =]
Wish me luck! I’ll blog about it later on…. on tomorrow… ? I downloaded Kasabian‘s latest album so I’m a little preoccupied at the moment… x
I love this book and what’s mentioned here is really good. As I’ve mentioned before, my little activist is yearning to get her toes out, so exploring feminism is one of those subjects I want to delve into. I’ve only just bought the book for my Kindle, and I’m about half the way through. This book is really good, exciting and another fresh look at what feminism is according to the modern woman.
If you haven’t checked out the videos to the book How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran, click the link =] I have yet to do a full review.
Here are some videos I thought I should share:
Jessica Valenti herself:
Image via Wikipedia
Sex and the City won’t be in TV. I got all excited about it, possibly returning, but with the movies, and the way series 6 ended, it seemed unlikely.
Ah well, I still have True Blood and Supernatural!
Links
*Claps*
*Squeal*
OMG!
L - R: Charlotte, Carrie, Miranda & Samantha
I’m a huge fan of Sex and the City. I have both movies, and all the episodes on DVD sitting with the films and shows I ‘need’ under my widescreen TV. All in easy reach of course. When I saw the first film, like a real fan I cried when Mr. Big and Carrie Bradshaw were supposed to get married and he flaked at the last minute leaving the upset Carrie to drop her beautiful lilies in the middle of a one way New York street. I cried like so much when I bought the DVD and lay on the bed watching it. To this day, it is some serious hard hitting and emotional stuff. Oh how many women like myself, have fallen in love with the life Carrie leads. With her column, love, fashion and her fabulous friends, no wonder the show was a huge success.
WATCH THIS:
Links
Yahoo UK http://uk.omg.yahoo.com/gossip/the-juice/sex-city-return-tv-085544190.html
Marie Claire UK http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/530251/sex-and-the-city-to-return-to-tv.html
Oh
My
Goddess!
It’s about flipping time!
Caitlin Moran
This book is AMAZING! I would order that any woman on the planet should get this book and read it. I guarantee, you’ll not only look back on your lives and reminisce how hard and awkward it was to be a frilly pink princess and wake up with boobs and missing the vote because of blood stained sheets. This book is fantastic on so many levels. I’ve only just bought it, and I’ve been glued to it so much I’m already half way through! How many days is that now…? 2 days… gosh. I’m a slow reader, so that’s pretty impressive.
This book tackles the ‘touchy’ subject of pornography as a tool for teaching young kids about appearance, sex, attitudes toward words concerning the ‘lady flower’, Jilly Cooper and life as a blooming young lady from the 80s until now. It’s THE summer anicdote to female understanding on a light political manner, with feminist fists and life in one go. It’s perfect!
I must say, only having read part of it, I’ve found it incrediably difficult to look like I’m not having a fit of laughter or a satirical meltdown in the back of a bus. That last time I read a book as funny, neat and true as this was Stephen Fry‘s Moab is my Washpot. AMAZING! I’ve only recently started looking into feminism and what it would mean to me, especially since I feel the ‘little-activist’ in me is finally learning how to walk, alongside PETA, The Red Cross, Pagan pride and modern women with tattoo ART.
Part memior and part feminist, and teenage (what to expect now that you are growing up, since your parents won’t tell you) manual, this book is a must have. I would have kept it in time for the next Paris excursion, but my little fingers have a mind of their own and I couldn’t wait! I would give you a better review, but I’m on chapter 9 – I Go Lap-dancing! For now, read the reviews and watch the video. Once I’ve read it, I’ll make a review video for TheHarlequinDays – make sure to comment =]
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran – The Guardian review
Caitlin Moran’s feminist handbook: Panel Verdict
The Saturday interview: Caitlin Moran
This is London – How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
A quick video review I found:
shay chay coulay!
