Read – Online
Create your own damn design: Know Your Ethnography, Avoid a Copyright Infringement Case: Tory Burch Vs The Camisola Poveira
How the names of 6,816 complexion products can reveal bias in beauty Extensively researched article about foundations, the range of colors in which they are available, and the names they are given. I had to think about that Oprah Winfrey episode sometime in the early 90s, about how racism permeates everything. Think of things like “skin color band aids” and “skin color tights” having my skin tone, and I’m almost as pale as Casper the Friendly ghost. That’s just really weird and really racist;
Councilman Mike Bonin Proposes Stopgap Homeless Housing Sites at L.A. Beaches
Dirty business: How Lush Cosmetics Tried to Crush a Union Drive
Perez Hilton Changed Gossip Blogging In The 2000s. Now He Says He’s Sorry. Interesting article about the truly horrible gossip culture in the 2000s. Also food for thought regarding things like regret, apologising and if you can be forgiven, and if so, to what level, and following from that: should certain people still get to have a platform?
It’s about time: ‘The Simpsons’ Actor Apologizes for Voicing 30 Years of Stereotyped Character Apu
Can’t we just get rid of this crap: How Facebook let fake engagement distort global politics: a whistleblower’s account
Often times, a person’s death feels less painful once more time has passed. Amy Winehouse’s death however, to me feels more and more unnecessary and painful now than it did 10 years ago, and the way she was treated just angers me more and more. Rhian Jones wrote an article about it: Amy Winehouse: the spiteful way she was treated still fills me with rage
A New Book on L.A.’s Historic Places Is Eye-Opening Even for Longtime Angelenos
Listened to – Music
Years & Years – King (Official Video)
The Ataris – The Boys of Summer
Charli XCX – Unlock It (feat. Kim Petras and Jay Park) [Official Visualizer]
Rapid Fire (Leo P and the Velvet Trinity)
Listened to – Podcasts
Your own backyard A podcast about the disappearance and murder of Kristin Smart in 1996, that led to new activity and eventually the arrest of two suspects
Watched – Films and Documentaries
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Watched – TV and Youtube
The Toddler-to-Trainwreck Industrial Complex | Alyson Stoner
Miscellaneous awesomeness
The fish doorbell! Info in English.
Pocket Piano Literally.
The dream is back:
Me, this entire month:
Especially for the non-morning people:
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