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- Are All Native American-Inspired Accessories 'Offensive'?
- The Daily WTF: Michael Jackson Got Busted
- Hello Crushable! Nice To Meet You.
- Girl Scouts Research Advises Parents to Check Teens' Facebook
- Hot Shot: PJ Ransone
- Celeb Lookalikes: MTV Europe Award Outfits And Household Cleaning Supplies
- 'The Walking Dead'-cap: 5 Things NOT to Do In Zombie Land
Are All Native American-Inspired Accessories 'Offensive'? Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:36 AM PST Back in April, Jezebel posted an article titled “Feathers And Fashion: Native American Is In Style” which pondered the iffy style trends appropriated from a hodgepodge of different tribal cultures. The conclusion?
But as Thanksgiving grows nearer, we decided to reopen the issue: Yes, wearing a giant headdress around town can be construed as a gross appropriation of sacred culture – especially during a holiday that many people eschew for it’s glorification of what went on between white settlers and the original American people. But there’s being sensitive, and then there’s being overly-P.C. You can celebrate a culture’s fashion without being offensive, and we’ve found some great items that pay tribute, not mock, Native American style. And if you have a problem with our Spirit Hoods, feel free to throw out those moccasins you wore all summer along with the dreamcatcher you made in summer camp. Post from: Crushable |
The Daily WTF: Michael Jackson Got Busted Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:15 AM PST Got $2,000 to spare this holiday season? Then consider buying this Swarovski crystal bust of Michael Jackson. It’s the gift that never stops giving (house guests the creeps). Etsy shop GalaxiaCrystalArt created the sculpture as “the ultimate fan piece to represent the great man, dazzling in the crystals he loved so much.” If you don’t find this angle sufficient, the sellers also offer a two-minute vid of the bust rotating slowly on a lazy susan. We’re sold! (via Regretsy) Post from: Crushable |
Hello Crushable! Nice To Meet You. Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:13 AM PST Hello Crushable! Nice to meet you. You may have noticed I’ve been writing on the site for the past few weeks. That’s not because I’m stalkery. (Though maybe I am). I’m actually Crushable’s new editor-in-chief. What does that mean for you? Look under your seat! New cars for everyone! Crap. That stuff only works for Oprah. Ok. I guess there are some limitations to this internet business. But I wanted to tell you a little bit about myself. In addition to loving love walks on the beach and romantic moonlit dinners, I’m also pretty much obsessed with pop culture. And while I may have snuck into the Ivy League, I have since been putting my knowledge of Ancient Greek to good use, working for different newspapers and magazines, dispelling the myth of Jim Halpert, and professing my love for all things tiny. Here at Crushable, you can be assured that my love for Tina Fey almost equally matches my affinity for Nick Offerman. And I’ll be attacking all aspects of celebrity, pop culture and films with equal enthusiasm. (Except for horror. I scream like an old man when watching bloody things on screen. But that’s just one of the many reasons we have our deputy editor Drew Grant around.) Together with Drew and Liana Maeby, over the next few months we’ll be turning Crushable up to 11. What can you expect? Definitely more explosions. Think Michael Bay sequels. Basically, Crushable is like your pop culture obsessed friend who’s not embarrassed to have all the latest details of Lindsay Lohan’s incarcerations memorized and a shrine to Ryan Gosling in her foyer (Oh, should I have kept that one to myself?). I’m excited to be here, and hope you’ll increasingly find Crushable to be a must read surfing destination in your daily internet perusings. Also, if you ever have thoughts about the site, or just want to chat, drop me a line. On Twitter I’m Keanesian. I’m AllTheCoolKids on Tumblr and meghan(at)crushable.com here. We’re looking for new writers for a variety of columns coming up, so feel free to drop me a line if you’d like to work with Crushable. Also, we’re in the market for interns! Post from: Crushable |
Girl Scouts Research Advises Parents to Check Teens' Facebook Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:23 AM PST Wasn’t it enough that we sold Thin Mints for them for the majority of our childhood? A new study by the Girl Scouts Research Institute entitled “Who's That Girl?” just released its findings about young women and their relationship with social media. Some of these facts are sad but obvious, like how the majority of girls play down their intelligence and confidence online with their profiles on sites like Facebook. Others are more disturbing:
So basically, young women (and this applies to guys as well) know the risks of putting up party pics on Facebook but do it anyway? Peer pressure can be a bitch. Oh and also, the web is turning us into a hyped-up sex monsters because of online marketing, but that’s nothing new. But what we’re really irked about is how these results are being translated: moms, time to start snooping!
Time to start investing in this. While the Girl Scouts may have their hearts in the right place, rifling through your kids’ online profiles is akin to reading their diary….albeit a diary they put online without knowing the full consequencs. We’re all about talking to your teens about the risks site like Facebook pose, but trying to enforce limits will only make them resent you and find ways to block your access. Guess the “Dammit My Mom Is On Facebook” filter isn’t too far away. Post from: Crushable Girl Scouts Research Advises Parents to Check Teens' Facebook |
Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:09 AM PST Tina Fey and Christoper Cross sing “Lemon’s Theme” – Want to hear Liz Lemon sing a duet with Christopher Cross? Of course you do. Then get yourself a copy of the 30 Rock soundtrack, a double CD that includes such classics as “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah.” (Pitchfork) Post from: Crushable |
Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:00 AM PST We’re huge fans of all things David Simon, and for that reason we absolutely love PJ Ransone, the soulful-eyed actor who appeared in The Wire and Generation Kill. Here’s a great PJ quote from an old Vice interview:
We would never do anything with babies either, PJ. (via Terry’s Diary) Post from: Crushable |
Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:26 AM PST Gossiping About Gossip Girls – Want to share your thought about Chuck, Serena, Nate, and Blair in real time? Join College Candy for their Gossip Girl viewing party tonight! It’s the closest thing to having your friends over, and this way no one talks over the TV. (College Candy) Post from: Crushable |
Celeb Lookalikes: MTV Europe Award Outfits And Household Cleaning Supplies Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:24 AM PST After the MTV Video Music Awards, we noticed a trend of celebs looking ever so much like inanimate objects. During yesterday’s MTV Europe Awards we realized the concept has take an even stranger turn — our favorite stars were all dressed up in what appeared to be the contents of a bucket of cleaning supplies. Mops, brushes and Palmolive, oh my. It was like all of Hollywood took the idea of a slutty maid costume way too literally — and at this point it’s almost art! Check out our gallery of Snooki in a feather duster and Rihanna sporting a giant loofah at the Madrid award show. (photos via Getty) Post from: Crushable Celeb Lookalikes: MTV Europe Award Outfits And Household Cleaning Supplies |
'The Walking Dead'-cap: 5 Things NOT to Do In Zombie Land Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PST Last week we watched the premiere of AMC’s new gorefest (with a heart), The Walking Dead. It’s a great miniseries, though it’s basically The Stand meets 28 Days Later meets a George Romero film. Also: we were pissed off by the lack of chicks. This week though, Sheriff Rick Grimes escapes out of his tank in Atlanta though, and comes across upon a new group of stragglers, of which there are two women. Also Michael Rooker, and an Asian boy-whiz that I can’t help but think of as Short Round even though that’s racist. And apparently these people have never seen a zombie film, because they somehow manage to do the opposite of what even I know to be the very basic rules to zombie survival. Which are: 1. Don’t fire your guns: Dude, how many bullets are in one gun? And you’re in a city dealing with literally a zombie overpopulation problem? Not to mention that you need to have great aim to kill a zombie:it needs to go right through their braaaaaains. Add that to the fact that the sound of a gun going off attracts more zombies than you could possibly kill with that bullet, and you have to wonder if Grimes and his motley crew ever saw a horror flick. 2. Don’t leave the crazy racist alone with the one black guy on the roof: If you’re ever in a post-apocalyptic, every-man-for-himself scenario and run across character actor Michael Rooker, run. Though he’s played the good guy in plenty of films – Tombstone, Cliffhanger, The Bone Collector – he’s much more notorious for playing the titular character in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. And being a giant slug-alien in Slither. And a terrible racist in Mississippi Burning. Basically: don’t give this guy a gun. And don’t leave him stranded on a roof with the one black guy he keeps calling the n-word while the rest of the team checks out the sewer system, because that’s not going to end well. Oh yeah, which bring me to: 4. Do Not Barricade yourself in a shopping center: So, no Dawn of the Dead fans in this group, huh? The sequel to Romero’s seminal Night of the Living Dead had the zombies overtake an entire shopping mall, a metaphor for mindless consumer capitalism that went over the -er- heads of its original audience, but rose up from the grave in order to become a cult classic and warrant a (debatably) shitty remake. Meaning that somebody from that ragtag bunch must have known that locking yourself inside a big building with lots of clothing racks for things to grab you out from under is never a good idea. Even if it means all the Orange Julius’ you can drink. 5. Do Not Rub Infected Zombie Blood All Over Your Body: Now, at least this one was original, so you can’t blame the group for not reading this chapter in the Guide to Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse. Still, no matter what zombie laws you’re working under, it’s common sense that you get to be a zombie when your blood gets tainted by that extra special undead ingredient. So while we totally gives points to Grimes for coming up with a way to throw the zombie hordes off his scent (zombies can smell if you’re alive, so wrapping yourself in bloody entrails is the way to go), it also seems like a really dangerous gamble. Especially if it starts to rain and you find yourself spitting out the bits of decaying kidneys you were using for a hat an hour ago. Oh well, they all get out fine, except for Michael Rooker who is locked on a roof alone. But we haven’t seen the last of him! We know this because next week he is still swearing up a storm at nobody. Also next week: Grimes’ wife stops boning his sexy former partner for five minutes, Short Round gets a new car, and some other zombie stuff. Post from: Crushable |
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