She was a supermodel, originally found by brands from her blog and instagram posts. She recognizes that social media edits out imperfections that make us all interesting, and are detrimental to our own health and the health of others. I thought she was beautiful in her still photos (which she explains could take a whole day to pose, shoot, and edit), but she is even MORE beautiful when she speaks so passionately and intelligently about the social media culture and how "likes and numbers" cause addiction to validation from strangers and how she believes we can change and what SHE finds interesting and beautiful! Thanks, Essenia O'Neill, for shedding some light on this major issue throughout the world as we become "more connected" and "less connected" at the same time.
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Showing posts with label change. Show all posts
Friday, January 22, 2016
Why Social Media Sucks...From an InstaModel who knows best!
She was a supermodel, originally found by brands from her blog and instagram posts. She recognizes that social media edits out imperfections that make us all interesting, and are detrimental to our own health and the health of others. I thought she was beautiful in her still photos (which she explains could take a whole day to pose, shoot, and edit), but she is even MORE beautiful when she speaks so passionately and intelligently about the social media culture and how "likes and numbers" cause addiction to validation from strangers and how she believes we can change and what SHE finds interesting and beautiful! Thanks, Essenia O'Neill, for shedding some light on this major issue throughout the world as we become "more connected" and "less connected" at the same time.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Barbie: Back to the roots
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Have Clean Water? Be thankful.
Life of the poor and the rich...
Posted by Issam Bayan on Viernes, 22 de noviembre de 2013
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Change Comes to Those Who Work for It
It may come slower than they'd hope for, but women around the world - victims of rape, domestic violence, communal violence, and oppression by their traditional communities for the sole fact that they were born females - are making big changes.
I read an uplifting post about women who were beaten for selling goods in their towns where this was considered acceptable only for men. After being beaten, and finding that her husband had done nothing to defend her honor or life during her hospital stay, she decided along with some other women to start a village FOR women and led BY women. While disturbing to note that men had gone so far as to blockade the entry to the female-only towns and even to beat the women in front of tourists who give them their livelihood through visits and the buying of traditional jewelry and crafts, it is incredibly invigorating to hear that the women persevered, bought land where blockades had occurred, and have continued to fight for their rights to life free of violence and oppression, both as women and as human beings.
While destroying traditional patriarchal norms of their people, they are creating new traditions that accept women of all ages and their children. They accept male visitors who are invited in but they are not allowed to stay. Other similar communities are cropping up nearby, with different rules and regulations and hierarchies, but all with the same goal in mind: to change the world for women, to make it a better place where they have voices and power over themselves.
You can check out the full story and some gorgeous images of these world-changing women by clicking here.
I read an uplifting post about women who were beaten for selling goods in their towns where this was considered acceptable only for men. After being beaten, and finding that her husband had done nothing to defend her honor or life during her hospital stay, she decided along with some other women to start a village FOR women and led BY women. While disturbing to note that men had gone so far as to blockade the entry to the female-only towns and even to beat the women in front of tourists who give them their livelihood through visits and the buying of traditional jewelry and crafts, it is incredibly invigorating to hear that the women persevered, bought land where blockades had occurred, and have continued to fight for their rights to life free of violence and oppression, both as women and as human beings.
While destroying traditional patriarchal norms of their people, they are creating new traditions that accept women of all ages and their children. They accept male visitors who are invited in but they are not allowed to stay. Other similar communities are cropping up nearby, with different rules and regulations and hierarchies, but all with the same goal in mind: to change the world for women, to make it a better place where they have voices and power over themselves.
You can check out the full story and some gorgeous images of these world-changing women by clicking here.
Recovering Lost Food...
This group of people came up with an ingenious solution to mend the broken food system across the U.S. borderlands. (See more at http://u.pw/1ISvwTz)
Posted by Upworthy on Viernes, 21 de agosto de 2015
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Let's value not only education, but also educators...
...for the teachers, for the students, and for the future
Where Have All the Teachers Gone?There's a teacher shortage in the U.S. So we got some hardworking teachers to tell us what's wrong with public education.
Posted by AJ+ on Jueves, 3 de septiembre de 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Alice's Magic
To quote John Lennon: "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Step 1: Believe in magic!
Step 2: Go out and make it happen!
Step 3: Make others believe by being an example of the magic that is possible in the world!
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: People Create Culture
Well worth your time, this video touches on so many things, while its main focus is gender and "happy" feminism. I think it will be generally easier for women to be engaged by this discussion as it is more relateable from personal experiences but men will find it entertaining and will gain perspective and connection through her anecdotes. Have a watch and see if you are not moved. She makes points and calls out cultural differences between how genders are treated that you may never have taken the time to notice because they are so ingrained.
As she says, culture doesn't make people...people make culture. Let's create the culture we want to live in and to be known for.
As she says, culture doesn't make people...people make culture. Let's create the culture we want to live in and to be known for.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Albert Einstein: Crisis
“Let’s not pretend that things will change if we keep doing the same things.
A crisis can be a real blessing to any person, to any nation.
For all crises bring progress.
Creativity is born from anguish, just like the day is born form the dark night.
It’s in crisis that inventiveness is born, as well as discoveries made and big strategies.
He who overcomes crisis, overcomes himself, without getting overcome.
He who blames his failure to a crisis neglects his own talent and is more interested in
problems than in solutions.
Incompetence is the true crisis.
The greatest inconvenience of people and nations is the laziness with which they
attempt to find the solutions to their problems.
There’s no challenge without a crisis. Without challenges, life becomes a routine, a
slow agony.
There’s no merit without crisis. It’s in the crisis where we can show the very best in us.
Without a crisis, any wind becomes a tender touch.
To speak about a crisis is to promote it. Not to speak about it is to exalt conformism.
Let us work hard instead.
Let us stop, once and for all, the menacing crisis that represents the tragedy of not being willing to overcome it.”
A crisis can be a real blessing to any person, to any nation.
For all crises bring progress.
Creativity is born from anguish, just like the day is born form the dark night.
It’s in crisis that inventiveness is born, as well as discoveries made and big strategies.
He who overcomes crisis, overcomes himself, without getting overcome.
He who blames his failure to a crisis neglects his own talent and is more interested in
problems than in solutions.
Incompetence is the true crisis.
The greatest inconvenience of people and nations is the laziness with which they
attempt to find the solutions to their problems.
There’s no challenge without a crisis. Without challenges, life becomes a routine, a
slow agony.
There’s no merit without crisis. It’s in the crisis where we can show the very best in us.
Without a crisis, any wind becomes a tender touch.
To speak about a crisis is to promote it. Not to speak about it is to exalt conformism.
Let us work hard instead.
Let us stop, once and for all, the menacing crisis that represents the tragedy of not being willing to overcome it.”
-Albert Einstein, 1955
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