BritPixie

lifeinthefastlaine:

lifeinthefastlaine:

Maybelline “Confidence” ads. SO happy with how the colors in these turned out in printing and matting. To clarify, these are not real Maybelline ads, they were created for an advertising class.

EDIT: This is important. This means a lot to me. I legitimately believe a huge mistake was made today.

These ads were a part of my portfolio into the advanced advertising program at my school. About half of the people who apply get in. I got into the first two creative classes, intro and intermediate, and I was confident I would get into advanced… especially after I posted these on tumblr and in a matter of a few hours got THOUSANDS of notes with people saying that they loved them, most people even believing they were real advertisements and not something a 21 year old student made for class.

The only reservation I had was that my portfolio was being judged by two older men. Two men who have never worn makeup in their lives. Two men who would probably not even begin to understand what this campaign means. Two men who have never been under societal pressures to wear makeup, but then being told they’re insecure for doing so.

Those reservations might have been founded, as evidenced by the fact that I did not get in. I was rejected. I got over 5,500 notes on these ads in 24 hours, yet I was rejected for not being good enough. I can’t finish the program, and I have to figure out where to go from here.

Now to the good stuff: Tumblr is amazing. Everyone who has reblogged this, whether your comments were negative or positive, is amazing. I find it truly astounding that these have gotten so much attention. These, which are advertisements selling you something, something people inherently dislike. I am humbled, shocked, and grateful. This is the first time since I’ve been in advertising that I felt like I was doing something right… that maybe, just maybe, I could make it in this industry and make a positive change.

Those dreams were squashed today. I cried, and I complained. I’m angry — but not at myself like I thought I would be. I feel they made a mistake. I refuse to believe that I’m in the bottom 50% of the people who applied. I deserve to be in that program, and I know it. Thousands of people can’t be wrong that this is a good idea. An idea that MEANS something, and idea that resonates with many people. 2 older, conventional men can absolutely be wrong when it comes to judging what makes a good makeup ad.

Here’s where you come in. Let’s make them regret their decision. Reblog this, like it, comment on it, whatever. Let’s get this attention… so much attention that they can’t ignore it. While the decisions are most likely final, I want to make them think twice. I want them to look back, and believe that they fucked up. If it doesn’t even benefit me personally, I want them to think about how fair a panel of 2 male judges is when it comes to evaluating work done by women, for an audience that consists of predominantly people who identify as women.

So let’s do this. They fucked up; I deserved to be accepted. I know it, and I have a feeling you guys know it too.

I actually really really like this. I’m such a makeup junkie, and while I do wear some to cover up some flaws (no one really wants to look at a gross zit), I definitely wear a lot of it to play to my strengths instead of just trying to become someone different. 

dammitjean:

fernacular:

Welcome to: If Male Superhero Costumes were Designed Like Female Superhero Costumes!

Aaaaa I dunno. I got tired of guys having no idea why girls find female superhero’s costumes kinda sexist, so I, um, made this?

My main goals were: 1) Make it so the first thing you think of when you look at them is sex, whether you want to or not. 2) make it so that any male human who looks at this feels really uncomfortable. 3) make it funny, because, well, it’s kinda hilarious really.

Not trying to start a war here, just wanted to poke a bit of fun.

So, here you go menfolk, welcome to being a girl who likes comics.

Love it!

Their junk should be as big as ladies in comic books boobs.

unknowablewoman:

Here you go. Thirteen minutes of me rambling on and on about this whole Ryking business. There’s actually some decent info in here about clinic escorting. I also talk about bullying, misandry, and hating men.

I just think it’s important to put a human face on this. Yay.

So…enjoy? I guess? I sound like a total airhead; it’s because I’m a misandrist cunt, obviously.

She’s pretty much my hero right now. 

(Context… this dude is a real shit).

(Source: saturniinae)

nova-bright:

yellowcars:

Men Can Stop Rape’s new College Bystander Intervention campaign.

Actual good anti rape campaign posters! They don’t shame victims, they ask people to examine their own actions and inactions and protect their friends. And not in a gross excuse for chivalry either, just as people keeping people safe.

I like this. 

That is pretty great. And, also, that last one works every single time.

stfuconservatives:

labocat:

Taken from the Honest Girl Scouts campaign. For a campaign trying to get people /not/ to buy cookies and /not/ support the GSUSA, this is doing an awful lot to suddenly make me want /to/ support the GSUSA. (and I’m saying this a a former Girl Scout of about 6 years who hasn’t bought cookies in years because they’re too expensive). 

I see so much acceptance here, and especially in a time in children’s lives where acceptance is so important, taking that away from them is just cruel.

If you don’t have a niece or young neighbor, plug in your ZIP code here to find a pro-abortion feminist-minded little girl to sell you some sweet, sweet progressive cookies.

Woah! Let’s not teach our children about “radical” activists, and gay role models. That would just be… well, great actually. Raising girls to be smart, independent, and tolerant sounds like a pretty worderful organization to me. 

I’m actually kind of glad this campaign exists because I never realized how awesome the Girl Scouts are (especially with the Boy Scouts being as gross and intolerant as they are).

I see two morals of the story here: 1. Girls rule, and boys drool (amirite? - jk) 2. Let’s all get some cookies! 

I need to preface this (for some people), by saying that I don’t really like kids, and I don’t plan on having any ever. But, with that said, I’ll take 3 of this one please.

“Can you hold this for a second, I need to go and check out the others (to make sure they aren’t also wrong - *eye roll* idiots).”

(Holy crap. SO cute.)

thedailywhat:

This Is Funny, You Should Watch It of the Day: The Little Mermaid offers young girls some fishy advice on life and love.

[tscn.]

Ugh. True.

fuckyeahgenderstudies:

missworld:

lipstick-feminists:

confessionsofanautisticboy:

Easily the best feminist song.

I think this was my first taste of feminism as a child <3

I used to sing this to myself all the time. Winifred Banks was my idol when i was four. (I always found Mary a little problematic.)

Oh man I loved this song…

Nice.

changetheratio:

Here it is - the video for “Raise Your Cache” from last week’s incredible RaiseCache event for HackNY. Note the ratio. There now, that wasn’t hard, was it? 

Very proud of this, the product of many zany hours by myself and my co-producer Phil Di Giulio, co-founder of FrameSocket, the vid platform embedded above (shout-out also to our Mixmaster David Pakman, who took my raw vocals and auto-tuned them into submission). Startups/orgs repped, in no particular order: 

Urtak, Piictu, Dispatch, Fashism, Curbed, Eater, Racked, Foursquare, Lover.ly, The Daily Muse, Honestly Now, Shelby.tv, Art.sy, The Geno.me, CityPockets, Bnter, LaunchPad LA, WantWorthy, 10gen, Sonar, The Difference Engine, Hashable, WellcomeMat, FrameSocket, Change The Ratio, Contently, NYTM, OnSwipe, KloudCo, Siftee, Hopscotch, Artsicle, Veri, TechStars, SideTour, TechCrunch, Aviary, Yipit, GirlDevelopIt, Elizabeth & Clarke, YouNow, Giftiki, Barbarian Group, Birchbox, Local Response, The Lean Startup Machine, Sailthru, Business Insider, Spark Capital, IA Ventures, HuffPost Tech, WSJ Social, The Daily, StockTwits, Uber, Wanderfly, Small Girls PR, Behance, BrunchCritic, Google, USV, WeFest, Guest of a Guest, RaiseCache, We Are NY Tech. 

Lyrics below: 

RAISE YOUR CACHE 
(To the tune of Pink’s “Raise Your Glass”)

Hack, hack, get in the black
Get on the ball there’s no turning back
Show some stamina 

Think, think, energy drink 
Push some more code it’s swim or sink 
Want some ramen, ya? 

Founder, hacker 
Venture backer
Maker, shaker 
Firecracker
Trying, frying, odds-defying 
This shit’s serious 

So raise some cache if you’ll be here  
To hack one more day
Startup underdogs
We’ll just iterate, iterate - lighting up the night 
In New York City - til we get it right 
But until then until then we’ll raid your stash
Just come on and come on and raise your cash! 

Pitch, glitch, scratching the itch 
Solving the problem to make us rich 
Can’t we just cash out (cash out!)
Bootstrap, note with a cap,
Building the userbase, build the app 
It’s so on right now (so fuckin’ on right now)

Rip it, zip it,
Ship it, flip it
Read the blog from that guy from Yipit 
Flying, vying, Hack NY-ing 
This shit’s serious 

So raise some cache if you’ll burn on 
Without a runway 
Startup underdogs,
We will never be never be anything but lean
It’s better that than going to Wall Street 
So just come and come on and make your splash  
Just come and come on and raise some cash 
If you’re dorky, New Yorky then raise some cash
Keep on wishin’ it, Tischin’ it - raise some cash 

(Bubble? This ain’t no Y2K, baby.)

And if you’re short on the flow 
And the going’s pretty slow 
You can change that ratio 
We can always, we can always,
Raise another round…

(Aw, foo!) 

So raise some cash if you are in
It for the long haul
Startup underdogs,
Keep on making things making things - every single day, 
In New York City 
Techie little geeks 
So - raise - some
Cache if you are here,
And you are staying 
New York underdogs,
We can make it here make it here - only gotta try 
In New York City 
Here’s to us, NY 
And together together we’ll raise some cache 
With community, unity - raise some cache
Just come on and come on and raise some cache
Just come on and come on and raise your cache 
For me 

******

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