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about the last post. yes, i got smacked. i was told not to be such a smartass and to deal with my own stuff and speak for myself.
haha?
at this moment i wish (and it is VERY inappropriate) that there were a native american heritage person speaking instead of me.
i guess i now have to drop my beliefs of homo- and transsexuality as well BECAUSE I'M NOT ONE?
this is another great load of 'now i get it' empathy.

besides that.. if i'm not a native american and saying you actually have no right to use and exploit their culture i should shut the fuck up and deal with my own bussiness.. it's everybody's (white's) own thing if they use other's cultural elements or not. right? and if i'm some fashionista whatever whatever then i need to use some of the stuff to be cool?

another thing.. where does it take the fairtrade fashion? nowhere, right.

there! i've fucking said it. now i want to get smacked in the face with ignorant stupidity.
i mean, i wouldn't really call it stupidity if it weren't ignorant. you've just been pointed some stuff and now it's your fucking turn to take the next steps, learn or whatever, contemplate.
but i'm sure she won't get it. i'm sure she'll politely tell me to shut the fuck up and not be such smartass. which i'm not.

panustan homse hea vihmase ilma peale, et meenutada samalaadse ilmaga seonduvaid kultuuriantropoloogia loenguid, kust ma ennast väga tihti (tõsisena) ei leidnud.

lisaks sellele, et ma kavatsen ühe jordiaanlase välja vihastada.

selle peale vana uudis mingist teisest väljavihastatud jordiaanlasest.. yes..
http://www.elu24.ee/?id=49552

by Nadra Kareem

M.A.C. Cosmetics and a designer duo known as Rodarte have apologized for collaborating on a new makeup line inspired by female factory workers in the deadly border town of Juarez, Mexico. And rightfully so.

The line features blush, eye shadow, nail polish and gloss in shades such as “Ghost Town,” “Sleepless,” “Factory” and “Quinceanera.” But this ode to maquila chic has outraged socially-conscious stylistas. That’s because since 1993, the bodies of about 800 women and girls, many of them young, indigenous factory workers, have surfaced in the Chihuahuan desert. Few arrests have been made in these killings, thanks to how those responsible are reportedly able to silence Juarez's corruption-plagued authorities.

Given the murders, what made Rodarte decide that it would be in good taste to launch a cosmetics line — not to mention a fashion collection — about the workers? Evidently, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the sisters behind Rodarte, took a road trip last year to Marfa, Texas from El Paso, Texas, which borders Juarez.

“The ethereal nature of this landscape influenced the creative development and desert palette of the collection,” the sisters explained. “We are truly saddened about injustice in Juarez.”

I don’t doubt that the Mulleavy Sisters feel sorry for the factory workers in Juarez, but that didn’t prevent the duo from exoticizing — and marginalizing — the women in their cosmetics and fashion lines. In the runway show for Rodarte’s newest collection, models in pale foundation and heavy eye makeup donned layered pieces featuring goat hair, chiffon, shearling and lace. Think Olsen twins meet Mexican peasant.

If only Juarez was made up of peasant women. In fact, it is a city of 1.5 million people. The women there don’t herd sheep or look like extras from the set of a trite Mexican period piece. They wear jeans and T-shirts and heels and sneakers like women do in any big city.

Having lived in El Paso for two years, I’ve made more trips to Juarez than I remember, so I had ample opportunity to take in the local fashions. Viewing the Rodarte collection, however, I seriously question if the Mulleavy Sisters ever stepped foot there.

I understand that an undercurrent of fantasy always runs through fashion, but the Rodarte collection has practically no basis in reality, as far as the Juarez maquiladora workers are concerned. Seriously, why would factory workers cloak themselves in shawls and layered patchwork pieces that could easily get caught on machinery? I raise this point to suggest that the Mulleavy Sisters weren’t inspired by actual Mexican factory workers, but by their stereotypes of them. In short, in attempting to pay tribute to these women, they othered them, kind of like sports teams who claim to honor the Native American warriors they turn into mascots.

So were the Mulleavy Sisters wrong to launch a fashion collection “inspired” by the maquiladora workers? If fashion is art and art can effect social change, not necessarily. But the sisters erred by duping themselves and their audience into thinking they were representing reality. Those who viewed the show described it as playful and beautiful — a vision far removed from its so-called inspiration.

What if the show hadn’t stirred up such warm feelings but made viewers uncomfortable and appalled, as anyone who learns of the Juarez murders should be? What if before the show, the sisters hadn’t simply described taking a road trip to a place with a dreamy landscape, but prepared some words about the ongoing rape, mutilation and murder of Juarez's female factory workers? Perhaps the audience would’ve left motivated to learn more about the issue and take action.

In light of the controversy about the cosmetics line, M.A.C. recently announced that it will give a portion of the proceeds from the M.A.C. Rodarte collection to support those in Juarez. That’s a praiseworthy step. But it took serious public outcry to motivate the company to take it. If M.A.C. and Rodarte genuinely care about what’s happening along the border, they should have planned to raise funds and awareness for Juarez from the outset.

http://race.change.org/blog/view/macs_new_makeup_line_makes_light_of_women_living_in_deadly_juarez

Labels: classism, exploitation, i'm so stupid i don't care, ignorance, poverty, racism

i just love it when some stupid people (who have a certain one-dimensional idea of atheists) get argumentative over the xmas subject. this is so funny.
we can talk about lots of stuff when you're being ignorant and.. (was gonna say blind) looking the other ways. it's so blissss

there are like two things i can read from my tumblr dash at the moment..

- emma watson's new haircut (oh, she's got a new haircut, so what do you people think about it, yay or nay. does anyone seriously give a fuck.. well, besides the fact that she omg she now has shorter hair. and it is not known as sexy and girly. i hope you all get over it and go on with your lives. and standards.)
- suddenly everybody else are talking about the drugs. and the legal issues. unfortunately it's too boring (and obvious) subject so i'm not bothered to read the whole stuff.

i have discovered another interesting person.. laura ingraham.
these are some of the reasons..
1. she is an anti-LGBTQ (in 2008 she was named "the worst anti-gay and anti-transgender voices of 2008") (and jeah, of course she is the one who says being gay is just a 'bad choice')
2. she's a conservative. so she supports the republicans. i guess for MANY it answers a lot of questions.
3. she's religious. i don't really know how hard the religion has been on her. so let's just say it's a fact i just enjoy about her.
4. wiki says she adopted a girl from guatemala (and a boy from russia). well.. one obviously has some racist, classist, homo- and transphobic issues.. and then she adopts a girl from guatemala.
5. seems she's against the health care reform.
6. and it kinda seems she a pro-lifer. (after all, it's no surprise)
7. an all-american-patriot. (sorry, the actual correct term would be all-united-states-of-america-patriot)
8. maybe some of you know, but she has written a book about fake diary entries by obama, his family and administration. yes, the book is mocking the obama's administration. yes, the book is not funny. yes, the book is racist. (i can't believe it's NY times best seller.)
9. she's a true white privilege holder. tho, i don't know about her status on being cis.

and about that obama thing. this is interesting. check it out. ignorance AND STUPIDITY are bliss. (and i can't believe fox was/is under consideration for being the official something-something new channel. there was this voting thing, i voted against.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/04/colbert-slams-laura-ingra_n_670351.html

Labels: laura ingraham, obama, racism, white privilege