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indiancountry:

To create Native Daughters magazine, Jordan Pascale, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) journalism student, stepped into a Pine Ridge, South Dakota sweat lodge in the fall of 2009 hoping to figure out a world he longed to understand.

archiemcphee:

Glasgow-based artist Jim Lambie can transform any space into a visual delight with his awesome geometric tape designs. Using everyday vinyl tape, he creates angles and lines of contrasting colors that suggest movement and optical illusions. He can convert a once empty and quiet room into a space filled with energy. As viewers enter a converted space, they instantly have a visual interaction with the artwork.

The labor-intenstive installations take up to several weeks to complete. When speaking about his work, Lambie says, “Is the room expanding or contracting? Covering an object somehow evaporates the hard edge off the thing, and pulls you towards more of a dreamscape.”

As a former musician, the artist draws on musical references as inspiration. Often, the titles of his pieces refer to iconic bands or songs, including The Doors, Morrison Hotel (2005), and Careless Whisper (2009). The pieces depend on the architecture of the space, and thus are unique and fleeting installations that cannot be exactly reproduced anywhere else.

Visit My Modern Metropolis to view more photos of Jim’s wonderful tape installations.

This is a really interesting topic for me. As a Business student, one of the things that people have differing opinions about is Corporate Social Responsibility. Whereas I believe that it is every corporate entity’s job to think of how they affect their environment, the stakeholders, and that the future is going to be about people, rather than profit, others would disagree that is is unethical to ask a corporation to have a goal other than creating profit for its shareholders. Their argument is that while you can ask a corporation to “fight the good fight,” they are not going to do so unless it is going to be profitable for them. So, is it really CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) at that point? The argument is that the business isn’t really doing it because it’s the right thing to do, rather, they are greenwashing everything and they won’t take that extra step unless it’s going to bring in the dollars. 

In any case, this marketing campaign might bring in more money for Maybelline but either way, I’m for this. Whether it’s for profitability or not, it’s still sending a message and for right now, it’s just going to have to be a compromise. 

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drugstoreprincess:

Finally, a makeup advertisement addressing the fact that makeup is an ARTFORM, and isn’t only used to “hide your flaws”.

Oh my god Maybelline! Well fucking done! *raucous applause and whooping*

well…i certainly agree with the message.  makeup is a legitimate form of individual expression.  but i’m not about to get all bright eyed and bushy tailed for maybelline.

if it weren’t necessary for them to make $$ they wouldn’t be marketing makeup this way.  the beauty industry is more and more often exploiting the growing attempts to critique patriarchal expectations of female beauty.  these critiques threaten the success of these companies which, more often than not, thrive on body shame and sexism.  companies like maybelline only care about empowerment as long as is brings in the cashola.  the green.  the money, honey.

While I agree with everything above, the fact that these ads are not targeting women’s insecurities is shocking. It is a nice change from the bullshit ads saying if women wear makeup, they’ll get a hotter guy.

It may be for profit, but it gives me some hope. This is actually why I wear makeup. It is great to see an advertisement that is not telling me to slap on some concealer or nobody will want to talk to me.

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uglyuglyugly:

Oh, the cyclically self-sustaining stranglehold of capitalism.

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sikssaapo-p:

Blood Tribe Strong.

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30 Rock addresses whitewashing in the media

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lastrealindians:

Yellow Thunder Camp, 1980

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embalmed-doll:

I need an angry dome.

my whole life is an angry dome.

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dreamdreamdreamer:

Javanese beauties c.1930.

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