When I read this article, I was really shocked at the punishment that one can receive in France for “public insult toward a member of the ministry." An $18,000 seems excessive to me. Also, all Dominique Broueilh did was call politician Nadine Morano a lier. Don't most people assume politicians lie part of the time anyway?
Also, being called a lier is the least of Morano's problems. There is video online (click here) of her dancing rather inappropriately with young male supporters to a Black Eyed Peas song.
It seems to me that politicians in general, specifically French ones in this case, do not want to take responsibility for their actions and poor choices. It's a good thing that the Internet is making it necessary that they will have to start.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Fashion Blogging
I generally make it a rule not to read fashion blogs (the closest I come is my guilty obsession with Perez Hilton), so after I read the New York Times article "Bloggers Crash Fashion’s Front Row," I did some research on Tavi, the blogger mentioned in the article. I went to her blog, and from what I read, it seems like members of the fashion industry have been really critical of her. However, based on my limited knowledge of her, I have respect for her... or as much respect as I can possibly have for a fashion reporter of any kind. Personally, I find writing about clothes and fashion to be so ridiculously frivolous when there are so much more important issues to worry about. And, not to stereotype, but those involved in the "fashion community" generally seem to all resemble Meryl Streeps' character Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada-self absorbed with an overly inflated opinion of one's importance and contribution to the world. Tavi seems different.
However, with that being said, Tavi seems like a fairly down-to-earth teenager that started a blog purely for the personal enjoyment and satisfaction that comes from it. And then, industry leaders like the editor of Elle are personally attacking some poor 13 year old girl? Really? I mean, I don't doubt that she has a fairly loudly heard "voice" on the Internet, but she's 13. It seems to me that the staff of magazines like Vogue and Elle are more threatened by her than they let on.
I think Kelly Cutrone, known for her work at People's Revolution and for her new reality show on Bravo! said it best: "Do I think, as a publicist, that I now have to have my eye on some kid who’s writing a blog in Oklahoma as much as I do on an editor from Vogue? Absolutely. Because once they write something on the Internet, it’s never coming down. And it’s the first thing a designer is going to see.”
However, with that being said, Tavi seems like a fairly down-to-earth teenager that started a blog purely for the personal enjoyment and satisfaction that comes from it. And then, industry leaders like the editor of Elle are personally attacking some poor 13 year old girl? Really? I mean, I don't doubt that she has a fairly loudly heard "voice" on the Internet, but she's 13. It seems to me that the staff of magazines like Vogue and Elle are more threatened by her than they let on.
I think Kelly Cutrone, known for her work at People's Revolution and for her new reality show on Bravo! said it best: "Do I think, as a publicist, that I now have to have my eye on some kid who’s writing a blog in Oklahoma as much as I do on an editor from Vogue? Absolutely. Because once they write something on the Internet, it’s never coming down. And it’s the first thing a designer is going to see.”
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