I’m taking a quick jaunt into a sober tone but I thought this Sexual Abuse campaign warranted a look.  It is the most affecting and illustrative ad I’ve seen on the topic.  I can imagine this is what it might feel like to be trapped in the person who has endured, is enduring sexual abuse.

What ‘market’ are you in? If you think you’re not a market, but an individual with twists and turns, inconsistencies and nuances, think again, because the marketers are coming straight for you, tracking devices in hand. You know that, though right? You know you’re being marketed to and for the most part, eat it right [...]

we are not asking permission from some great Uncle Sam like authority to be who we are or to have power.

I’ve been back from my studies in London for about 6 months now (returned to the good ole U S of A in November 2007) and I’m torn between whether I miss London or not and whether I am happy to be back in Chicago or not. Thus my life story…indecisive as hell. Living in [...]

Chauncey was diligent in asking me to post. She just didn’t give up. I almost dreaded when her next email would come as I really did not know what I wanted to say with my “personal” voice. It seems that my “Alabama Chanin” voice has become my personal voice or, perhaps, that my personal voice [...]

This article talks about a trend in highlights and other hair salon treatments for kids as young as six and usually in the ten to twelve year range. The first time my now thirteen year old sister got highlights I really laid in on her. I said she was going to ruin her hair and [...]

I want to see your work. sculptors illustrators furniture designers industrial designers web designers glass blowers welders woodworkers ceramicists candle-makers photographers knitters quilters painters collage artists zine publishers makers of short films garments designers jewelry designers (no bead stringer togetherers) makers of objets d’art or anything else. Please send it to me at chauncey (at) [...]

Hello! Claudia Brown and I make up the Portland-based surface design studio Pattern People. We opened up shop fairly recently after many wonderful years working in-house for clients. We’re paying a visit to the Girl on the street blog to share a list of a few of our favorite influential women in the arts –– [...]

The Women Are Heroes project from an ‘artivist’ in Belgium, JR and Médecins Sans Frontières (doctors without borders)…a trailer for what looks to be a very moving and important piece of work.

From that moment on, I knew we were going to be great friends.