Remember my post All is fair in the fairness game ? Patricia had left a comment on it remarking on how the ‘ethnic look’ – Latina, Philippina, African American was popular in the United States. We have a friend who was born in India and grew up in the States wishing she had fairer skin.… Continue reading “Beauty and the bleach”
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Globalwalk for Breast Cancer
Patricia of Chaotic Gestalt points out to this site Globalwalk for Breast Cancer. On August 1, 1999, Polly Letofsky left her home in Vail and headed west. She traveled across 4 continents, 22 countries and over 14,000 miles. By foot. As an awareness campaign for breast cancer, survivors around the world came out to walk… Continue reading Globalwalk for Breast Cancer
Conspiracy theory and birth control
Time has an interesting piece on Conspiracy Theory and Birth Control . This says that a recent research (500 African-Americans between the ages of 15 and 44) found that one third believe medical researchers use blacks as guinea pigs for unproven forms of contraception. About 25% believe that “poor and minority women are sometimes forced… Continue reading Conspiracy theory and birth control
Of flies and strawberries
Michael, I am sure when you wrote it, you were not thinking of the number of discussions that would spring up around your initial thoughts on the most popular blogger. (Or, were you? :)) – but I like the idea of a “blog buddy” – that has nothing to do with linking and ranking but… Continue reading Of flies and strawberries
Is UP ready for AIDS?
In an earlier post Reining in the spread of AIDS, I had written about the surprising and rather unbelievable finding thrown up by the annual AIDS survey. Only 28,000 new infections were reported in 2004, compared to 6 lakh in 2003. My hypothesis then was that reported cases of AIDS were on the decline –… Continue reading Is UP ready for AIDS?
Being linked to
Going through my technorati search, I found my post Anthropology at Intel linked to on this usability site. And they also had this really cool pic… (Anthropologist inspecting locals and viceversa – Link via usernomics) This is what I meant when I responded to a comment on this post yesterday saying that while many companies… Continue reading Being linked to
Aliens have taken over my blog
HELP! My blog now holds in “moderation queue” nice comments from normal people (who are regular visitors to my blog). And passes weird comments from anonymous casinos and poker clubs. And this despite an wp upgrade and strict spam measures. I just noticed a huge bunch of comments waiting for my “approval” – and to… Continue reading Aliens have taken over my blog
Anthropology at Intel
Product design is no longer about scientists sitting in their offices (mostly in the West) to develop products (for the entire world, including the inscrutable East – atleast where technology is concerned) and launching beta versions for testing and refining. Anthropological methods (tweaked to suit commercial needs) being increasingly used by large technology companies are… Continue reading Anthropology at Intel
Ideal wives – a follow up
It was just a minor detail I could not understand that kept me awake all night (fortunately, there is no specified time for thinking – maybe because the master did not associate ‘thinking’ with women – notice, a sharp mind is not one of the womanly ornaments) – this whole sex business between midnight and… Continue reading Ideal wives – a follow up
Culture jamming the ToI
I first came across the term ‘culture jamming’ when blogger / flickr mate Akshay left this wiki reference as a comment on an earlier post on the Coke controversy This is the simple wiki definition – Culture jamming is the act of using existing mass media to comment on those very media themselves, using the… Continue reading Culture jamming the ToI