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Madness in March to come!

Wow, cant believe its March already man. Damn, where did the time go. Anyway, happy march everybody! Enjoy the sports this month and that day where we use little people as an excuse to get drunk (St. Patrick's)!. Im glad tho cuz this month i go on spring break and meet Kat Von D @ Barnes & Noble for her book signing. Shes fuckin marvelous lmao!


Dont know her?...Check her out.


Y3a, so she recently wrote a book called "High Voltage Tattoo" about her shop and experiences as a tattoo artist. Evry1 should go buy it cuz its the shit.

Oh yea and remember this?



LOL shes a crazy bitch. AMANDA PLEASE!

Bryan on Materialistic Superficiality

To correctly analyze the matrix of Materialistic Superficiality we must first disect the literary definitions of the words. Superficial; lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling. Materialism; a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters. Corporate industry has taken the human desire of individuality, identity, and personal expression and has made it into an industrial commodity. The beauty cosmetic market and fashion industry are prime examples of this. The beauty industry is the foundation to for the titan that is fashion. The beauty industry capitalizes on the insecurities of women telling them they must be sexy and visually pleasing to men at all times. And primarity to maintain an image where a woman is classy and at the same time a whore willing to please. The contradictory ideal for a woman is coupled with the pressure to look young at all stages of life. Through years or submissiveness and a world culture that accepts women as objects, they began to internalize the unrealistic standards of beauty and buying the wrinkle serums, fake tits, artificial lips, and having the fat sucked out of their child bearing hips. With this now internalized vision of beauty women have been accepting their social niche by participating in the practice that is fashion.

What is fashion? Some say it is expression of one's self through clothing. I say thats a fucking lie perpetuated by massive conglomerates who are trying to sell shit. The same clothes made by the children who we turn the TV and see starving. Do not be confused. Fashion is business. the word is defined as; the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. If it is the most admired style it is not orginal. Self expression is a spec of the past.



So now what do we have. People with money who decide what is beautiful, then they force it in our minds through images in the media and surrounding us by it in stores. What are our choices? For a person incapable of deciphering what they really like and what they are told to like, they more often than not fall victim to the fashion guestapo. Immersing themselves in the scraps of materials with microscopic labels at an attempt to make themselves feel whole.





So these businesses, are the ones I hold responsible for suicide among young girls who are not satisfied with their body image because cosmo says that they weigh too much. I blame them for making girls think that men are more imporant than a future. I blame them for trapping women in men in the gender roles strictly in appearance. Materialistic Superficiality is no longer a term, it is a way of life that we inherit through the culture we are born in. Is it possible to destroy it.

Real Shit

Stacyann Chin = The Truth! Listen, Learn, Incite, & Reform.

You Kno A Mulatto!

Im a biracial person. its pretty cool, and i just found out there was a flag that reps. people like me. About being mulatto-- it really isnt all its cracked up to be. Most people imagine us as neutrals, but sometimes you get excluded by both groups. So you develop a "get in where you fit in" mentality. I however got ovr tht (thank god)and here i am.

Also, i recently discovered this author/rapper/activist Sista Soulja. she is so dope. i discovered her in my womans studies class. I have to read the book below, i already started it and i think its powerful as hell. shes just all around cool 2 me.



WATCH THIS VIDEO SHES THE IS SO0O ON POINT. (EXCUSE HER HAIR AND CLOTHES IT WAS THE EARLY 90'S)

Respect My Conglomorate!!!

Yep Respect My conglomorate btchez! ( or conglomoration as i like to call it ) As I am on my way to becoming "that guy" i thought I should show off a few things i have recently done. i love media arts. whether it be graphic art/photography/film/newsmedia or journalism. its where my heart is. <3



Any way check out a few pieces i have taken my time to produce. hopefully u likeeee? cuz me like! LOL Keep in mind that im still tryin to get better so be gentle with the criticism...geez! otherwise enjizzoy!

1st Cover to my magazine Rockin Republic (4 life)
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One of many logos i made
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A banner done for a friends blog-- Check his blog out http://www.fashiononmyterms.blogspot.com/
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My blog banner, im not in love with it. so i'm making another soon!
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My taste in art. I mostly like pin-up art. The old school stuff like betty paige and the vargas girls. Theres something in those images that is so playful but meaningful. Not slutty but sexy...just dope. lol idk i like 60's pop art too. love the psychadelic themes tht were going on with fonts and colors. & i'll post more of my own as soon as i can. but until then Stay Tune'D!

Your-Edge

sometimes we feel like we are on top of the world, and some days we feel low...real low. Im not writing about this for any particular reason, its just something to do. i think that we all have something within us that makes us different and makes us unique. but i think the problem is that people are afraid t0 be different,because society says its bad. so ,my thought for today is:

run ur shit.