SF Bay Guardian on a sustainable San Francisco October 23, 2008
Posted by Adrien in in other words, signs and fortunes.Tags: Bay Guardian, San Francisco, sustainability
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For its 42nd anniversary issue, the SF Bay Guardian has published a series of pieces on rethinking politics, food justice, money, and culture towards building a sustainable San Francisco. Check them online or pick up a copy at your local news box:
In honor of our 42nd year printing the news and raising hell, the Guardian imagines a sustainable future for San Francisco, with visions for energy, land use, food, transportation, culture, and the economy.
A city transformed:Fighting the power structure, and building a sustainable community, for 42 amazing years
People’s power:A sustainable energy system is well within San Francisco’s reach
First, do no harm:A sustainable land use plan is about what we don’t allow as well as what we do
Beyond the automobile:The road to sustainability has lanes for more than just cars
Just Food Nation:Transforming how we eat will address poverty, public health, and environmental sustainability
Culture isn’t convenient:Sustaining entertainment and nightlife in San Francisco requires awareness and a policy shift
The money at home:A sustainable local economy starts with small business – and the public sector
Hip Hop inspires politics! August 21, 2008
Posted by Adrien in in other words, signs and fortunes.Tags: Adriel Luis, election, hip hop, politics, Talib Kweli, vote
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Speaking of the turning political sway of hip hop (from the ill-literacy blog):
Generation Vote is giving everyone between the ages of 18 and 30 an opportunity to speak their mind with Vote Hip-Hop, a contest that welcomes political art in the form of audio, video, or visual deliciousness. Winners get a wad of cash, a free trip to an awards ceremony, and their work shown on a gang of websites including WireTap Magazine and BET.com!
And ohhhhh snap, Adriel’s in the lineup of judges, along with Talib Kweli, Jamilah King, Favianna Rodriguez, and Monifa Akinwole Bandele.
All you artists out there get on top of this opportunity to inspire folks into action!
Subvert fashion August 21, 2008
Posted by Adrien in in other words, reflections.Tags: Fashion, Race
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In redux of the recent post on Racewire regarding cultural appropriation in the latest fashion trends, allow me to explain how style and fashion are personal interests of mine. Not just for the fun of self-expression and image-making, but also for the creativity of others’ stylistic choices. The life that is made manifest from all walks, taking shape in whatever manner of dress that reflects a person’s various tastes, habits, and lifestyle — that is a richly colored world that we all inhabit and literally see every day.
I have to admit to reading a few fashion blogs, but I tend towards those that take a more conscious approach. Particularly those that highlight “street” fashion or “urban” styles, that attempt to highlight the fashion of “every-day” people rather than the plastic phosphorescent photoshopped fantasies sold in mainstream fashion magazines. (more…)
Asian Hip Hop Summer Tour artists August 21, 2008
Posted by Adrien in events, in other words.Tags: Asian American music, Asian Hip Hop, Asian Hip Hop Summit
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Want to know the very intimate details of the lives of Dumbfounded, Chosen One, LyraFlip, Youthinasia, and DJ DStrukt?
From angryasianman:
The Asian Hip Hop Summit Tour 2008 continues its way across the country, with shows this week in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, and Minneapolis… If the tour happens to be stopping by your town, why not check out a show? For more information about the Tour, go here, or visit the MySpace page here.
This is underground Asian American hip hop. Who are the headliners of the Asian Hip Hop Summit? We’ve got the artists profiles here, in their own words:
Appropriate me now August 21, 2008
Posted by Adrien in in other words.Tags: Fashion
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Tribal is in? Afrika? Are you kidding me?
Jonathan Adams on Racewire:
Remember the Keep a Child Alive campaign when Gwyneth Paltrow and other celebrities declared, “I am African,” and painted their faces in solidarity against the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Well, as bad as that was, it isn’t as bad as the latest craze.
According to fashion sources, “tribal” is the latest trend to hit runways and red carpets.
h/t StereohypedPorny clothier American Apparel is now hawking goods printed with an ethnic design the company calls “Afrika.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, AA has not used a single black model to help advertise the new print, despite the fact that it’s all over their Web site in dresses, leggings, bras and headbands.Orientalism seems to be hot this summer, but I hope “tribal chic” goes the way of the Ugg and the Mullet.
