So, I found these images mainly on, http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5Hgdnpyk6LA/Sg6sUCi_JVI/AAAAAAAAArw/KmYBXaiA_5o/s400/stupidity.gif&imgrefurl=http://rethink-your-life.blogspot.com/&usg=__Tsxnk02SJY6oHQwMKk0DskzCpqU=&h=400&w=334&sz=235&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=DUBkj9MSg6A4fM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsexist%2Bculture%2Bjams%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1Thats a pretty huge link, i know. So the first image as you can see is a Tommy Hilfiger ad, that hes been culture jammed into an abnormally skinny model that blames the industry and advertising for making her like that. But as we dicussed in class, what is normal? There is a healthy however, and that woman is not the best example of healthy or happy.
The culture jam is about about many hours people actually watch television. Again we discussed in class technological devices are a way for advertising to get into our household and trap our minds into buying things we dont need. My computer has recently not been working, and I realized how much I really dont need to use it. Only assignments, I could do without facebook and other things. I do want to start living my life and not let technology or anything control how I want to live it.
The 3rd culture jam is pretty clear why it is up there. North America (canada and not just the US) are consuming alot more food then we actually need to survive. There is enough food being produced on this planet, why isnt everyone getting some of that share? Are we really that selfish?
The last is also pretty obvious of why it is up here as well! think about it!
-Durden32
great finds! the culture jam about food was particularly interesting. recently i've been thinking about the availability of food, it's incredible how much we produce in excess. consider that we have the luxury of going to a restaurant and sending back our meal if it is not satisfactory! or throwing away food if we carelessly burnt it. for decades parents have been telling their kids to think of the poor kids in africa when a lone piece of broccoli is in danger of becoming food waste. somehow the gravity of the message and its truth hasn't had a very impacting effect. we're aware, at least mildly, of so many global issues that it's almost overwhelming. where do you begin?
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Check these out. These are some Guerrilla Girls ads. I was looking into them today and I thought they were pretty interesting.
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Macho Muffin
I agree with Gesundheit that the culture jam about food was particularly interesting. I have a real problem with wasting food and food waste to begin with, perhaps due to being a student!! But then I consider the hunger issue worldwide and I wonder how we do it. It goes unthought of for some to throw away the extra 3 pancakes they cooked in the morning that they don't think will make good leftovers, or the huge order we get from McDonald's that we can't possibly end up finishing. My parents too used to say to me when I was a kid and didn't want to eat my green beans that there were 'starving kids in China who would love to eat those beans', but I never really considered the real repercussions of our eating trends. I must say though that culture jams like this, that remind us of the issues we often disregard, are important pieces of counter culture.
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