La préhistoire de la mode [modifier] À l'époque baroque [modifier] Alors que pendant la guerre de Trente Ans la mode était plutôt variée, la cour du Roi Soleil fut à l'origine d'une évolution importante. Deux jeunes filles, par Louis Le Nain. La mode masculine avait alors un côté «...
I seem to be on a bit of a book buying binge lately. Barnes and Noble and Borders have my number. They keep sending me these 20, 30, 40% off coupons. And I have to use them, right? Just think of all the money I'm saving! Plus, every time I go to the bookstore, my wife also comes away with her own...
If you're not familiar with the story of the laptop now in my possession--and there's no reason you should be, outside of a few people--suffice it to say, it was something of a steal. I Jedi-Mind-Shitted a guy selling it on eBay to sell it to me for cash, since he was geographically near me--and for...
Culture jamming From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Anti-consumerism Related social movements Anarchist movement Anti-globalisation movement Environmental movement Situationism Postmodernism Ideas and theory Society of the Spectacle Culture jamming Corporate crime...
One of the things I will regret in my later years is how extremely dull my life is, and how much I enjoy it anyway. For example, one of the more exciting events to happen in my life recently is that the Women's Studies Tentative Schedule of Awesome has been posted. I'm really looking forward to...
Books: Show us your summer reading list. Submitted by marvel is my pen name. [x] Teaching to Transgress- bell hooks [x] Soledad Brother- George Jackson [gave up] Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value- David Graeber Rules for Radicals- Saul Alinsky pretty much everything by Paulo Freire [x] No...
So a Worn Free operative (our spies are everywhere) gives supermodel Naomi Campbell a gorgeous Debbie Harry "Punk" shirt at a party in Houston ... and lo and behold, she sports it during this Fashion Week Live event. What is a Fashion Week Live event? We're so glad you asked. According to reputable...
Have just finished Naomi Klein's extraordinary book 'The Shock Doctrine'. I remember being very impressed / inspired / challeneged by 'No Logo', but that was a Sunday School Picnic compared to this later work. A brilliant journalist, who researches like a gold prospector and has a quite stunning...
One of my heroes , Naomi Klein, has an interview hosted on Salon right now. Her book No Logo really opened my eyes. She's one of the people really making a difference on this planet. This is the first time I've noticed that vox now allows you to embed video from places other than what is available...
Last night the fashion world gathered behind the New York Public Library for the 26th annual CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Awards, which honors the top designers. The Daily News reports back, saying the night also gave the group a chance to celebrate the life of one of their own,...
I'm finally getting around to Naomi Klein's No Logo. All sorts of interesting stuff in here, but I'm reading the chapter "The Branding of Learning," which is particularly disturbing. Here are a couple passages: Channel One is pushing the market-research model even further, frequently enlisting...
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