It’s hard to unknow what you already know.
-I’m not entirely sure of the source
So sad that after decades of declared feminism and the fact that women aren’t objects, we still see that well an alive in pop culture.
Take Angels and Demons for example. Dan Brown clearly reinforces the stereotype of Robert Langdon, a prominent symbologist [...]
Recently, I read the series of essays in Outlaw Culture by Bell Hooks. It astonished me. Opened my mind, so to speak.
My friend Joshua Hooper is a graphic artist. His work is pretty freaking sweet. But I noticed in one of his illustrations, that of a black girl (of if you prefer African American woman), [...]
Tags: african american, bell hooks, black, fetish, gender, joshua hooper, lighting, madonna, outlaw culture, race, sex, sexuality, sociology, stereotypes, tyra, tyra banks
I’ve been blogging for a LONG LONG time… just read through some of my entries from Xanga, LiveJournal, Blogger and MySpace.
Here’s a spoken word poem I penned a few years ago (I’d forgotten that I can write):
How Platonian of You
the cycles of conversations torment my mind, belying some wildly insane need i seem to have [...]
I’ve always wanted to join the Peace Corps and fight poverty and corruption on the ground level. It’s not out of fear that I’ve hesitated. Fear of seeing so much suffering, danger of being captured as an American aid worker or loneliness in such a huge change in lifestyle. I have great admiration for those [...]
Tags: activism, activist, aid, altruism, brasil, brazil, china, corporations, education, ethiopia, goodwill, HIV, independent lens, kenya, long term, malaria, NGO, nigeria, OECD, pbs, peace corps, salvation army, sub-saharan africa, sustainable development, textile industry, US, volunteerism, zambia
My friend, sexy beast, a.k.a. Joshua Hooper, introduced me to The Power of Now a while ago. I discounted it as new age psycho babel.
But then I remembered Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation. The tapes she listened to, while in that hotel room, while waiting for her husband.
Eckart Tolle speaks very slowly. The inflections [...]
It’s a new season and time for a slight update on my wardrobe. I tend to shop around March and August of each year to make sure that I’m including some trend pieces among my basics. This year, with cost being a huge factor, I’ve decided to opt for a couple of great pieces instead [...]
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Tags: abs, allen schwartz, bluebonnet, budget, cocktail dresses, ecote warei, fashion, flutterbuy beach cotton dress, forever 21, french connection, H&M, laundry, navy pleated cocktail dress, sandals, shelli segal, shoes, strapless ruffled silk chiffon dress, summer dress, sundresses, texas, tubetop dress, urban, urban outfitters, urban renewal, wardrobe
I’ve been reading Seth Godin’s blog religiously. What I’ve noticed is that he uses everyday experiences to discuss marketing issues. The analogy helps effectively communicate his ideas, and that small bit of inspiration goes a long way in helping me develop marketing plans.
While speaking with my friend Juicy J last night, I remembered driving through [...]
Filed under pr/marketing, social
Tags: analogies, anticipating actions, behaviours, cars, driving, joshua hooper, juicy j, pr agency, predicting people, seth godin, SHIFT communications, traffice
I’ve been mulling over the concept of personal brand reputation and what’s acceptable behaviour online. When Facebook first became public right after I graduated college, I was adamantly against the concept. Facebook was my personal space online, and allowing my professional world in would create tons of conflict and an anal amount of privacy controls. [...]
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Tags: branding, facebook profile, jany xu, online reputation, personal brand, tumblr, twitter
I’m so incredibly lucky.
I went to a lunch called “Conducting a Job Search in a Tough Economy” yesterday sponsored by the Northern California Penn Club. Peter Jacobs, a Wharton alum, introduced a framework to help us outshine the competition during job search. What struck me the most was the age distribution [...]
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Tags: anhui, applications, apps, big picture, china, factories, hefei, hometown, job search, lucky, northern california penn club, online resume, penn clum, personal branding, peter jacobs, social media, sonewe, sonewe.com, start-up, the wharton school, widgets, youtube
Professor Robert Sapolsky teaches a fascinating class at Stanford University on neurology and biological sciences. Thanks for Boing Boing, I just watched two of his lectures on primate sexuality.
I honestly haven’t watched something so educational and stimulating in a long time. Sapolsky’s lecture style and humor makes me miss college and inspires me to pursue [...]
Tags: aids, anthropology, behavioral biology, biological sciences, boing boing, chimpanzees, female, gorillas, hormones, male, monogamous, musk, neurology, orangutans, pheromones, polyamorous, primate, robert sapolsky, sexuality, social evolution, sociology, stanford university, Testosterone, transgendered, transsexuals
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