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Whoa. The MLA has officially devised a standard format to cite tweets in an academic paper. Sign of the times.
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@cleolinda: EL James wants 50 Shades parties shut down. “You can’t just hijack something someone else owns”: tinyurl.com/br98spd
@cleolinda: I hope somewhere Stephenie Meyer’s lawyer(s) just lit up with joy, all “OH SO WE’RE DOING THIS NOW? YAAAAAY”
@DSylvan: Sounds like her brain forgot logic’s safe word.
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Willow Smith taking on nap with her dad Will.
Jada Pinkett-Smith tweeted the pic with following:
“Being a fatherless child, these are the moments I cherish. Love J. ”
Adorable!!
It’s just too cute. TOO MUCH. No give me more
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Urban Outfitters has certainly been in the spotlight lately. Stevie Koerner was added to the long line of artists claiming the chain lifted their designs without giving them credit. Twitter then exploded with Outfitter haters. Even Miley Cyrus jumped on the bandwagon, tweeting, “Love that everybody is hating on Urban Outfitters…. Not only do they steal from artists but every time you give them money you help finance a campaign against gay equality. #SHADYASHELL.”
Miley was referring to the more than $13,000 Urban Outfitters contributed to the former Pennsylvania senator—and famously anti-gay—Rick Santorum’s political action committee.
It seems to add insult to injury that Urban Outfitters (along with its progeny, Free People and Anthropologie) rocks a freewheeling style and courts progressive youngsters. It just feels a little more insulting than, say, Target giving money to anti-gay candidates. But…you sold me that Obama shirt, UO! we sniff. How could you?
But nobody should be surprised: This is less the exception than the rule. Corporations (many of them right-wing) have long funded products that avant garde consumers buy, from the first advent of rock n’ roll to the blingification of hip hop. As soon as a counterculture emerges, it’s immediately co-opted by people with money who know that coolness and youth sell. It’s a coup if the establishment exploits anti-establishment culture for a profit, but it isn’t uncommon.
We have to remember that products with an ethos are a relatively new phenomenon. Only in the last ten years have we come to hope that companies have a message—even better if it doesn’t conflict with capitalism. American Apparel, for one, built its mainstream success on the fact that the stores didn’t use sweatshops, but still maintained its scrappy, entrepreneurial image. (True, AA is bankrupt. But so are, like, half of all companies nowadays.)
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The GOP’s definition of a failed presidency:
- Killed Osama Bin Laden
- Saved the American auto industry
- Had 16-straight months of economic growth
- Ended the Iraq war & started brining troops home from Afghanistan
- Repealed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
- Passed Affordable Healthcare Act
- Passed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act for women
- Began regulating Wall St.
- Appointed 2 women, one of which is Latino, to the Supreme Court
- Passed Student loan reform
- Helped overthrow Gadaffi without a single US soldier dying
- Cut taxes for 95% of working families
But yeah, what a failure. Too bad we can’t bring back Bush… *sarcasm*
They’re only setting up an impossible standard for success for them…
The disturbing part is that liberals/progressives fall into this whole what-have-you-done-for-me-lately thing too. Like, yes, I realise he’s not the ideal, but the country isn’t even going to get back to normal in four years, and we all know it never was going to.
But… but… he still hasn’t closed a facility that has miles and miles of red tape and failed policies preventing its closing. Clearly he is a failure for not doing whatever he wants without caring about the consequences.
-Joe
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If you see a product or advertisement that misrepresents or degrades women – whether in a store, online or in a magazine – here’s what you can do to make a difference:
On Twitter, post a description or a picture of the offensive item with this hashtag: #notbuyingit
If enough of us publicly tell these companies that we won’t buy into their offensive advertising or products, we can get their attention and see real change happen! In the past few months alone we’ve seen corporations as big as JCPenney and Gymboree change practices in reaction to public outcry.
Most importantly, just by being a little more aware of the images around us day-to-day, each of us can start to influence our own communities in unique ways. We’ve already heard from mothers in New York who’ve had billboards removed and young people everywhere who are creating media literacy clubs at their schools – these actions are making a difference and building momentum towards shifting our entire culture.
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