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Is A Barbie Body Possible?
Read more: Is A Barbie Body Possible?With her long slender limbs, small waist and ‘flawless complexion’ (at least when she has makeup on), it is no surprise that many young girls dream of being just like Barbie. However, it turns out that attaining Barbie’s dream bod…
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#Stripforjackie: Lebanese Olympic skier sparks social media campaign about free speech
Read more: #Stripforjackie: Lebanese Olympic skier sparks social media campaign about free speechA Lebanese Olympic skier whose topless calendar prompted calls for a ministerial inquiry has unwittingly sparked a social media campaign backing her, with supporters stripping off in solidarity. Three years ago, Jackie Chamoun posed for a calendar photo shoot. Behind-the-scenes…
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Wait Watchers
Read more: Wait WatchersFrom the photographer’s website: For my series, Wait Watchers, I set up a camera in a heavy-traffic, public area and take hundreds of photographs as I perform mundane, everyday tasks as people pass by me. I then examine the images…
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Attractive & Fat
Read more: Attractive & FatJes Baker is cutting retailer Abercrombie & Fitch down to size. Baker, who blogs under the name “The Militant Baker” and wears a size 22, changed the brand’s A&F logo to “Attractive & Fat” in a mock, black-and-white Abercrombie ad…
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Fat Barbie
Read more: Fat BarbieFor those of you unfamiliar with the wonderful Worth1000, it’s a website that hosts creative contests of all kinds, most notably for photoshoppers who are outstanding at what they do. Hell, just look at the first question on the site’s…
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The Guerrilla Girls and the “HORROR ON THE NATIONAL MALL!”
Read more: The Guerrilla Girls and the “HORROR ON THE NATIONAL MALL!”“The Washington Post” asked the Guerrilla Girls to create a full page for their section on feminism and art, which was published on April 22, 2007. The Guerrilla Girls’ page contains an image of a fake tabloid, called “NOT OK!…
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H&M Ad-busting
Read more: H&M Ad-bustingArtist Daniel Soares pasted Photoshop toolbar stickers on these H&M posters as a nice little reminder that not all is as it seems. Y’all know how Photoshop messes with our perception of beauty, and I think this is a smart…
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Russell Brand Mocks MSNBC News Anchors and the Mainstream Media on Live Television and in Print
Read more: Russell Brand Mocks MSNBC News Anchors and the Mainstream Media on Live Television and in PrintOn June 17, 2013, Russell Brand (a stand-up comedian and actor) visited MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ news show to promote his international stand-up tour, ‘The Messiah Complex’, but he also managed to mock the ‘Morning Joe’ news anchors, as well as…
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Basta Dobbs
Read more: Basta DobbsCNN calls itself “The Most Trusted Name in News,” but for years they provided a platform for Lou Dobbs to spread dangerous myths about immigrants and use dehumanizing and disrespectful language towards the Latino community. In 2009 Presente.org fought back,…
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New Prints / Newsprints * Black Male / Blackmail
Read more: New Prints / Newsprints * Black Male / BlackmailThe prints exhibited June 2013 at Firestorm in Asheville NC, will comprise two separate bodies of work; Chelsea Ragan’s combination screen print / woodblock print / painting / drawings graphically detail police shootings of young black males from across the…