Can we talk about this video real quick? I never knew about it when it came out (over a year ago), but it was bought to my attention on twitter just now. (ht Chris)
Half of you watching it will be all “LOL Gingers” “Gingers are hilarious and disgusting and deserve to be killed. Hahaha I’m so funny.”
But watching it was strange for me. These kids are white and look enough like me that seeing them rounded up that way really brought home how desensitised I am to seeing black people, or Asian people, or Jewish people, or anyone that has been historically persecuted treated like this.
Because I have seen scenes played out like that in movies, or even in news footage, and while horrifying and horrible and so totally wrong they still weren’t as shocking as they should have been.
Evolving happiness. “They say that you need to be a whole person on your own in order to be part of a successful relationship, and I believe that that’s true, too. But what they don’t tell you – what nobody seems willing to tell you – is that it’s also okay to work this stuff out with someone else by your side.”
Brend has almost convinced me to grow something with all the gardening he’s been doing. I think it’s far more likely that I’ll make some succulent terrariums or vertical gardens though.
Remember that one time it snowed in Wellington? This video captures that day perfectly.
Feminism, that touchy subject that shouldn’t be touchy because can’t we all agree that women deserve to be treated just as well as men are? I like how Sarah explains that feminism is not about being better than men, or being the same as them, but that we’re all equally as awesome as each other (or have the potential to be) and good at different stuff.
Goddamn Sal is a brave woman for putting all of this out in the open. Body hair is one of those things you just. don’t. talk. about. I’m happy for that to change though! We’ve all got it, it’s all different, we all deal with it somehow.
On the subject of privilege. “What other people are trying to say, and you aren’t really hearing properly, is that the way you have experienced the world has been shaped by a series of factors that you’ve probably never had to think about before.”
While I’m sure we’re all aware that it’s not up to the victim to prevent sexual assault (a la this list) this video put out in New Zealand is a really great reminder that everyone can help prevent assault. Especially when a victim is not aware what is happening and may not be able to help themselves.
If you love Instagram and/or can’t get access to it on a phone then these Instagram Photoshop actions will be right up your alley. Filter all of the photos you can get your hands on.
If all of the songs on Danger Days are as good as this one I’ll be able to go back to having you as a not so guilty pleasure. I used to be obsessed with you but you kind of fucked it with The Black Parade.
I thought I’d share some sweet videos I’ve favourited on Youtube.
Neil Patrick Harris is the SHOE FAIRY. Fuck yeah.
Just like all the other movies from your youth you figured that if you watched Little Shop of Horrors again you’d ruin it because it wouldn’t be as good as your remembered right? If this one song is anything to go by I think that hypothesis is wrong!
500 Days of Summer wasn’t too awful, I guess. I mean Joseph Gordon-Levitt starred in it and I’ve loved him since I first saw 3rd Rock from the Sun. But this trailer looks like it’d make a much better movie!
Almost…apart from the fact I’m lazy and inflexible and too old.
Best to leave it to the pros, like these Royal NZ Ballet dancers who performed this amazing tribute to Lady Gaga after just 12 hours of rehearsal time. <3
Somehow I decided that making my first bloggy video would be a good way to announce the winner of the nameplate necklace competition despite being a terrible actress, having no idea how to edit video, and never having made one before. Once I got started though I was determined to finish.
So here it is, atmospheric feedback and all. Please go easy on me.
Just as I finished recording the courier came with a package for me from Pakistan. It was all wrapped in cloth and I was a bit scared of it till I remembered my glasses were coming from Pakistan!
They are amazing for $26 NZD delivered! The right eye feels slightly blurred My ears are wonky so the right eye doesn’t line up properly all the time and is a teensy bit less clear, but I can still see great in them, they look cool and they even came with a hard case and cloth. Woop, will definitely be buying glasses online again.
Now I’m off to see Harry Potter. :D
O and please don’t name the winner in the comments so it’s a surprise.
I wanted to include this advert in yesterday’s Pick N Mix but couldn’t find it online anywhere. It has shown up on NZ TV recently after big changes made by one of our major chocolate manufacturers. Cadbury has moved production to Australia, reduced the size of their blocks of chocolate, reduced the amount of cocoa solids in the chocolate and added palm oil to their recipe (which not only negatively affects the taste of the chocolate but also contributes to deforestation in Indonesia).
Whittakers’ is taking a well deserved dig at them here. I think without even trying Whittakers’ has just taken a large chunk of Cadbury’s consumer base, Cadbury basically handed it to them on a platter.
This video is beautiful, and thought provoking. If you don’t talk to your child at a young age about being comfortable with the way they look then the magazines, TV shows, movies, books they see and people they talk to are going to influence them first. You may have become accustomed to it like me. But this video by Dove made me take note of all the stupid crap I see everyday that makes me feel like I’m not good enough. The beauty industry is HUGE!
