Dress Me Up Dollie

Man, I'm going to say this:  I majored in advertising.  I'm not someone who indiscriminately hates on advertising.  But I do really, really dislike American Apparel's advertising.  The overt objectification of women they've got going on really bothers me.  And it's not treated in any kind of way that says they still respect women, despite having them mostly nude to sell their products.  I don't know how this is different from most advertising, because across the board it's really not kind to women.  But there's something about AA that's particularly grating on my nerves.

This woman doesn't have a face!  She's just boobs and ribs and especially vagina.

I'm not sure what it is about this one that bothers me.  Do you know?

Same with this one.  Hmm.  What are your thoughts on the whole thing?

Alright y'all, I've been gone for a while.  I'm not coming here with a promise that I'm coming back for good, but this blog's been on my mind for my whole absence and I'm thinking I should come back to it!  I'm working on a little project--a self portrait every day.  No end date.  I was reading a magazine recently and saw a line about a guy who's taken a self portrait every day since 1998.  Damn.

Here are my first two days:

This is more bloggy.  I took it specifically thinking of the blog.  The dress and the belt are both Old Navy, from 2 or 3 summers ago.

There was actually a third photo in this series, but for some reason OnSugar didn't want to upload it.  Anyway, I've had this idea bouncing around in my head since I was 18.  I know it's pretty straightforward [unoriginal], but I like it.  The third one showed my side tattoos a lot better.  I guess another time!