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    • pretty

      Posted at 8:27 am by jasminedesirees, on March 9, 2016

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      “You don’t have to be pretty.

      You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general.

      Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.”- Erin Mckean

      I’ve always liked that quote, so wanted to share in honour of International Women’s Day. I’m a day late, but that’s just what life is like sometimes.

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      Posted in inspiration, quotes | 0 Comments | Tagged erin mckean, international women's day, pretty, quote, women
    • moulin rouge

      Posted at 9:03 pm by jasminedesirees, on January 7, 2014

      One of the things I did on my jam-packed weekend in Bend a few months ago was check out some of the cute little antique shops that are scattered around. There is something about finding an item that you love, and knowing that it has had a whole other history that you’ll never know about before you found it that’s really neat.

      When I was creeping through the old hardcover books and magazines at the back of one store, I found this magazine, A Night at the Moulin Rouge, published in 1939. It has pictures and descriptions of all of the different performing acts, and lots of beautiful women.

      I bought it right away, but I haven’t decided what to do with it. I wanted to frame it and hang it on the wall, but the photo spreads inside are wonderful so it would be a shame to only have the cover on display, but it’s also pretty old so I wouldn’t want to just leave it laying around without protecting it somehow.

      Posted in art, photography | 1 Comment | Tagged antique, art, magazine, moulin rouge, photography, women
    • picture this

      Posted at 10:59 pm by jasminedesirees, on December 17, 2013

      I received a Barnes and Noble gift card for my birthday about 5 years ago, and I set off to the store to claim my prize. I have been known to spend a good chunk of my time at bookstores, once I accidentally spent 6 hours in Chapters and didn’t even realize it. My frantic mother almost killed me, but I had just been browsing through all of the wonderful books and completely lost track of time.

      I spent hours searching through every section trying to find the perfect book, it’s really a lot of pressure trying to make a decision like that. Or as Drew Barrymore put it in Ever After, “I could no sooner choose a favourite star in the heavens”.

      Eventually after a lot of indecision and minor panic attacks, I came to the photography section, where I found this little gem. It’s possible I had been living under a rock, but I hadn’t ever really been exposed to Life magazine before, and I was completely blown away by the photographs inside. I bought it immediately, and have some of the images hanging in my room to this day.

      Today I was creeping around on Amazon looking at Christmas gifts, and I happened into the section on photograph books. It’s taking every ounce of will power I possess to remember that I am supposed to be buying things for other people, not for myself, but there are a few I’ll be keeping my eye on until the new year.

      Lillian Bassman: Lingerie

      Jerry Schatzberger: Women Then

      Lillian Bassman: Women

      Posted in art, fashion, life, photography | 0 Comments | Tagged art, beauty, fashion, history, Lillian Bassman, lingerie, women
    • run like a girl.

      Posted at 7:41 pm by jasminedesirees, on July 17, 2013

      This video is a great reminder of how far we’ve come. Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to enter the Boston Marathon. During the race, she was physically attacked by one of the race organizers for having the audacity to participate in a “male” sport.

      She went on to become an advocate for women’s athletics, and she opened the door for millions of women, including myself, my mom and my younger sister, to be able to participate in marathons, and other running events.

       

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged equality, history, Katherine Switzer, marathon, running, sports, women, women's rights
    • shake your ta-tas

      Posted at 4:17 pm by jasminedesirees, on June 19, 2013

      A few days ago in San Francisco there was a protest in front of the Union Street Victoria’s Secret store. Women of all shapes and sizes showed up in their bras and undies with signs to protest the lack of body diversity displayed by the store, and by other retailers as well.

      I think it’s pretty awesome that these people were brave enough to show up and stand up for what they believe in, and to do it in such a fun and bold way.

      It’s not just the lack of body diversity shown by the models that’s a problem at Victoria’s Secret. I worked there for a few months (I was a bra specialist, NBD) and I always thought it was very strange that a company claims to be “all about bras”, that they don’t carry a more diverse range of sizes. I was constantly having to turn people away that were willing to come in there and spend $50 to $100 on one bra, because we didn’t carry their size.

      And these were not all very large women either, as bra specialists, we were required to try on all the bras that come in so we could be familiar enough with them to sell them, and most of the bras that they sell didn’t fit me either.

      Victoria’s Secret has an opportunity to be a really strong advocate for all women, to make them feel beautiful and sexy, and also to tap into a whole new market for their products, women who are constantly searching for beautiful, comfortable bras that fit properly, and they are really missing the boat.

      Full story here.

      Posted in San Francisco, thoughts | 1 Comment | Tagged body image, bras, protest, San Francisco, victoria's secret, women
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