Every room in my house is painted a different color.
I bought this house two years ago this month. I have a sun room. Or, a really strange shaped room that leads to the back porch. I’m working on turning it into a studio; it’s the last room I haven’t painted yet.
I’ve been going back and forth.
Then I heard something strange the other day:
the story of Drunk Tank Pink.
Apparently, it’s a color that seems to effect people psychologically.
DRUNK TANK PINK(n) : A bubblegum-pink color; in the early 1980s, psychologists daubed jail cells with drunk tank pink paint and discovered that the color calmed aggressive prisoners. Soon, enterprising football coaches began painting their visitors’ locker rooms with the same shade, hoping to pacify their opponents. Buses painted their seats pink and discovered that vandalism rates declined; door-to-door charity workers wore pink shirts and their donations rose threefold.
Will I paint my sun room drunk tank pink? Doubtful. But the idea is growing on me. Click here to read more.
I chose the house for many reasons. Because it seemed to have sprouted out of the earth like a tree, so deeply grooved it was within the old garden. It had no cellar and the rooms rested right on the ground. Below the rug, I felt, was the earth. I could take root here… (Diary 1 4)
WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH: Great acting. Well written. I have new respect for Adrien Brody after seeing this.
Harold and Maude
WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH: This cult classic is always uplifting. Sure to make you look at life just a bit differently. Cat Stevens for the entire soundtrack? Yes please.
UPDATE: This movie has since been removed from Netflix. Super sad face. Still worth finding!
WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH: For a movie I expected to be a complete stoner film, this was actually really good. Also surprisingly, quite a few actors I recognized.
I guess some people would say I’m pretty laid back, but there are many things I have great passion for. And generally, when I care about something, I care about it greatly. I also can be accused of being a feminist from time to time, although like a lot of “feminists”, I simply wish there was more equality and opportunity for all people, including women. That being said, may I present pure awesome in mobile app form: the #NotBuyingIt App.
Essentially, this app is fully socially integrated and allows for users to upload and post commentary regarding advertising they’re confronted with in daily life, both positive and negative, in their view of women. Absolutely geinus and I’m somewhat sad I didn’t think of it first. I donated $25. I think this, should it take off, could really be an enlightening force in our society of social media obsession. Companies certainly don’t want to be featured as being negative in the eyes of their women consumers, right? To me, it seems like this might be the only way to make a real difference- collectively, and strongly.
Needless to say, for the most part there is a huge problem with how women have been, are, and continue to be portrayed in the media. Though my job deals largely with advertising and the marketing culture, I’m the first to admit that I think of “The Media” as my ultimate nemesis. (Then again, perhaps that’s partly why.) However, it seems to me as though there is progress being made, slowly (but surely) as it may be. I think we can see traces of this in a variety of ways.
But we’re still behind. The media consistently portrays women as incompetent and unable to make their own choices. Choices they do make themselves tend to sway in favor of what men would like of them. Being a female web designer, I personally see the imbalances all the time in my career field especially, even in the short few years in the professional field. This advertisement for GoDaddy is one I saw a few months ago while randomly scouring the internet. Am I being overly sensitive by being offended by this ad? Have I been brainwashed into thinking I’m being overly sensitive for fear of being called a feminazi? Is it REALLY that big of a deal for them to even consider throwing a woman into this ad featuring five so-called “web builders”? If it were five women featured as these “web builders”, would people be more likely to notice the imbalance?
Who knows.
Either way, it’s definitely the #NotBuyingIt type of material.
