Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Went to the MAC store...
Lip collection from A Tartan Tale: liner in Draw Me Close, Dazzleglass in Moth to Flame, lipstick in Baron's Rose
Powder blush in Honor
Paint pot in Chilled on Ice I have decided my theme for the rest of the winter is sparkly! I can't pull off the ethereal glow thing that Q does (it just makes me look shiny or oily) but I do enjoy some fancy sparkles. :) Fairy Queen, RN.
Fyrinnae look today!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Prom dress?
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Christmas Tree | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Just thought our Christmas tree looked neat in the light like this. Boxing Day is fast becoming one of my favorite parts of of the holiday season: the Play With It day! Today we're chilling out around the house; Bryan & I are setting things up & cleaning up a bit, and Ganon is living in Thomas the Tank Engine bliss and playing with his new bed, complete with slide & "home" (a play area below the bed part). It's just some really nice unwinding time.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
What Men Can Do to Prevent Gender Violence
TEN THINGS MEN CAN DO TO PREVENT GENDER VIOLENCE
- Approach gender violence as a MEN'S issue involving men of all ages and socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds. View men not only as perpetrators or possible offenders, but as empowered bystanders who can confront abusive peers
- If a brother, friend, classmate, or teammate is abusing his female partner -- or is disrespectful or abusive to girls and women in general -- don't look the other way. If you feel comfortable doing so, try to talk to him about it. Urge him to seek help. Or if you don't know what to do, consult a friend, a parent, a professor, or a counselor. DON'T REMAIN SILENT.
- Have the courage to look inward. Question your own attitudes. Don't be defensive when something you do or say ends up hurting someone else. Try hard to understand how your own attitudes and actions might inadvertently perpetuate sexism and violence, and work toward changing them.
- If you suspect that a woman close to you is being abused or has been sexually assaulted, gently ask if you can help.
- If you are emotionally, psychologically, physically, or sexually abusive to women, or have been in the past, seek professional help NOW.
- Be an ally to women who are working to end all forms of gender violence. Support the work of campus-based women's centers. Attend "Take Back the Night" rallies and other public events. Raise money for community-based rape crisis centers and battered women's shelters. If you belong to a team or fraternity, or another student group, organize a fundraiser.
- Recognize and speak out against homophobia and gay-bashing. Discrimination and violence against lesbians and gays are wrong in and of themselves. This abuse also has direct links to sexism (eg. the sexual orientation of men who speak out against sexism is often questioned, a conscious or unconscious strategy intended to silence them. This is a key reason few men do so).
- Attend programs, take courses, watch films, and read articles and books about multicultural masculinities, gender inequality, and the root causes of gender violence. Educate yourself and others about how larger social forces affect the conflicts between individual men and women.
- Don't fund sexism. Refuse to purchase any magazine, rent any video, subscribe to any Web site, or buy any music that portrays girls or women in a sexually degrading or abusive manner. Protest sexism in the media.
- Mentor and teach young boys about how to be men in ways that don't involve degrading or abusing girls and women. Volunteer to work with gender violence prevention programs, including anti-sexist men's programs. Lead by example
Copyright 1999, Jackson Katz. www.jacksonkatz.com
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Gender-based violence is something we're never going to get past unless we get men on board too.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Dancing with the star: Dr. Oz's sexy nurse handmaidens
Yep. That's right, Dr. Oz. Reinforce those stereotypes of nurses as low-skilled physician handmaidens. I'm sure all the nurses you've worked with in your life are really impressed. (I'd give the finger, but that's unprofessional. Not that you know what that means, apparently.)
Fashion Show with Google on Vimeo
Awesome Japanese commercial created for the "More with Google" campaign.
Trampoline Wall - ReflectionOf.Me
A wall, a trampoline, and a dude with apparently no sense of self-preservation> :D
