Monthly Archives: May 2011
Talking about virtual fitting rooms in New Orleans
I’m leaving for New Orleans Thursday to give a paper on the social codes and values embedded in virtual fitting room programs like My Best Fit at the Association of Asian American Studies conference. The paper draws on a Good … Continue reading
Shadi Ghadirian and the Arts of Time Travel
How fortuitous that the day after Mimi posts her interview with Junaid Rana on the politics of Muslim dress, this image shows up in my Tumblr feed, by way of a l’allure garconniere and Colorlines: This is just one of … Continue reading
Clothing the “Terrifying Muslim:” Q&A with Junaid Rana
Last Thursday, Reuters released photographs from the United States’ extra-territorial raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan, which show “three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.” (Reuters purchased these photographs from a Pakistani … Continue reading
TGIF, But Are You Wearing Pants?
This infographic from Buzzfeed asks an important question worth considering as the weekend approaches – also, it’s hilarious!
Filed under OUR JUNK DRAWER
What’s Missing in Vogue Italia’s “Tribute to Black Beauties”
Word in the blogosphere is that Vogue Italia has published yet another all-Black editorial in the current issue, titled “Tribute to Black Beauties.” This, following their February 2011 editorial called “The Black Allure.” Recall too that in the same month, … Continue reading
Filed under FASHION 2.0, FASHIONING RACE
