No Obvious Label

In the 7 years since i began blogging, WordPress has added advertisements (so now I pay to keep them off) and changed the difficulty index.

But I read this funny sentence in NYT about some fashion show, and realized that this could be my motto. No Obvious Label.

I’ve never felt comfortable being a billboard for certain things:

Car companies (now and then I’d accidentally ‘work’ for a car company, like when I was paid by Safe Routes To School. For about 20 or so classes I conducted with my SRS colleagues, I had to pop a CD into the computer that ostensibly touted bicycle safety, but all the while, the Honda robot did its “media impressions” magic to all the 2nd-4th graders that were our captive audience.

Naturally I didn’t last. I’m perhaps too critical of such things: IMBA flogs Subaru automobiles. All the race teams of note had car company affiliations back in the 90s and 2000s.
Sigh.

~ by jacquiephelan on February 25, 2014.

Posted in Alice B. Toeclips

2 Responses to “No Obvious Label”

What a perfect visual that will be for Louisa’s interview report on Wild J

P.S. I checked in with her last night and learned she started the book and was on p.60 – so she has another couple hundred pages before she can interview. I’m so excited for her to get to know you better.

donnadubose said this on February 25, 2014 at 11:28 am | Reply
How wonderfully civilized we all are. Or are we not?;-)

Life´s not exactly easy if you refuse to be labelled. Maybe you can draw satisfaction from the fact that your example has made it easier for me. Of course, I have to be lightly labelled still, but I remain critical of it.

Thanks, Jacquie!

Fimbulmyrk said this on February 26, 2014 at 7:03 am | Reply