picking cichorium » Africa

on black and white issues

mechanizedWitch — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:12:07 +0000

I was once again alerted by the fabulous NY Mag programmers that the new look is coming to ALL of the NY Mag pages, one of which was the slideshow for the Chanel Couture Spring 2009 collection. This being the prettiest collection I have seen this year, I had to post.

I also applaude NY Mag for picking up the story of Shaun Ross, a super hot albino model, just as NYT did last year. I follow the albino threads in the news since my studies on South Africa. I hate the stupidity that arises in people because of the basic lack of education. Maybe Ross and other visible people like him could be an answer?

Shaun Ross is hot

According to some blogs, back in 2007 Connie Chiu of Hong Kong used to the world’s only albino model.

Connie Chiu

Cape Town vs Cape Town

mechanizedWitch — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:51:13 +0000

Make sure to check out New York Times videos today, especially the one about Cape Town, South Africa. Clearly, poverty does not exist there according to NYT. The same holds according to the article that goes with the video. Well, I guess you dont get to see anything besides the touristy things in 36 hours. My bad.

An image from an article on HIV/AIDs in SA from RTI.org

to follow up

mechanizedWitch — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:15:50 +0000

Following up on the post from Dec 18th…New York City MTA should do something about the subway warnings in Russian. Or not. I dont mind having a good laugh every once in a while.—Also, it is exactly a year since I came back from Ghana. I miss this ever-grinning country with its marvelous signs and ads.