I think I’m going to create a new holiday, a new cause, a new movement. Let’s start today. Women Getting to be Normal Humans in Group Photographs Day. October 23rd. Why not? A group of men in a photo is a group of men. Period. A group of women is coached into the most ridiculous and juvenile kinds of poses. Someone somewhere must think it’s cute and adorable. It’s not. In addition, women are bombarded with advice on how to stand or present their bodies in such photographs in order to appear slimmer, more appealing. There’s a rather hilarious moment in the BBC panel show QI where Victoria Coren Mitchell decries a certain kind of pose featured on Page Three which somehow manages to “get the bum and the tits in the same shot.” Sandi says it is difficult to know what to do with your hands if you are being photographed. Victoria once read that if you put one foot forward when having your photo taken you look thinner. Victoria says she was amazed about how Page 3 girls seemed to ...
On September 10th I shared with you that Sarah Sundae likes cupcakes to help spread the word that she was raising money to buy a wheelchair-accessible van for her son. Guess what? Purely because of community support, this Ellicott City mom has reached her fundraising goal. Her son suffered brain damage due to the flu. The Howard County community rallied to help. Ellicott City mother uses social media to raise money for a wheelchair van, Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun This is such wonderful news. It’s also true that having to go on social media to get neccesary care for her disabled son says something deeply unsettling about how our society handles healthcare and disability. What happens in a similar situation when the surrounding community is not affluent and/or does not have access to the internet? Food for thought. ***** In July I made yet another impassioned plea for why arts education gives students A Reason For Living . My reason for writing is still on the table...