Apr 25
AirBuddy commented on
Did Twitter Kill This Young Man?.
No.
His disappearance has been featured on several blogs since March as there's been a horrifying trend of missing POC college students. There was that woman whose body was found in the Vancouver hotel's water tower, for instance.
Here's a link
from March 25.
Feb 11
AirBuddy commented on
Apple Next to FLOTUS.
.... But likely no male partner in there mucking up that CEO image. At least on Wikipedia you can read that his personal life involves "hiking, cycling, and going to the gym" along with several other exciting things.
Nov 7, 2012
AirBuddy commented on
Taking Whatshertits to Another Level: Ben Beres's Print Is Cut from a Show at Cornish.
This is about harassment, plain but unfortunately complicated. While I agree that the piece is intended as a joke, it's still a chauvinism joke that comes off as oddly chauvinistic, what with the metonymic breasts and all. Normally I don't think this would be cause whatsoever to remove an art piece, except for the following key information:
Ben Beres is employed by Cornish in the Printmaking department. This is missing from Jen's report and makes all the difference.
It doesn't matter if it's Microsoft, Cornish, or a hot dog truck, drawing caricatures of co-workers for public display that cause your co-workers discomfort, no matter your good intentions, constitutes harassment.
Cornish has done the right thing by removing the piece, given that it has an obligation to its employees to create a nonthreatening work environment. Besides, given the controversy it will likely be shown at another venue, any of which would be more appropriate than where these female artists have to show up every work day.