Showing posts with label control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label control. Show all posts

7/31/11

Chicks Wispering


There's nothing more disturbing than two chicks wispering to each other.

So Keith says on the subject of women.

He says a lot of other good stuff, but for now I'll focus on the wispering part.

Cos women wisper online as well. We share good consumer experiences and we bitch about the bad ones. The ones where we feel overlooked, misplaced or disregarded.
And girlfriends aren't taking it!

Last week we saw the strength in speaking up when some UK eating-disorder support groups voiced very critical views on Topshop using a size 0 model.

The retailer did replace the picture with a less anorectic looking one of the model, though never really seemed to get what the fuss was about in portraying this ultra skinny model.

This faux-pas in misunderstanding ones key customer is not unique, but it is fatal.

Count on a lot of women worldwide to no longer shop at Topshop. And count on them
to spread the word of why not to shop at Topshop

Looking good is a state of mind
But mostly chicks will wisper, talk and blog about clothes that makes us feel good 
in our own skin. Of fashion made for "real" women and the way we breathe, move and have curves, quite different from those of young boys.

We know that "looking good is a state of mind", and we want to feel good, be kind, laugh at our troubles and let love flow. 

We don't want to be scared of food or men or ourselves or have 
to control our flowing nature 24/7. Eating-disorders are inner demons and should not to be helped upon any woman. 

To me, we all have a responsibility to accept more and condemn less. Among that is to laugh out loud at those who want to sell us weak and needy self-images. 

I'm very keen on Sophia Loren. There, as they say, is a bird.
As Keith put it in 1964. 

5/6/11

On My List

Everybody knows Keith is a heavy reader.

And as a classic lover of literature, Keith says he found refuge
in books before he discovered the blues.

He now owns thousands of books and even considered "professional training" to manage them.

Sounds a bit geeky, and the librarian’s standard Dewey Decimal classification system did turn out to be "too much hassle" - restoring my belief in the Keith kind of not trying to control things too much.

Instead he keeps his favoured books close to hand, and so do I.


ON MY LIST: 

Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business
Erik Qualman

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Stone me. The Wit and Wisdom of Keith Richards
Mark Blake

The Internet is a Playground
David Thorne

Influenze. The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
By Malcolm Gladwell

Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success
Claire Shipman, Katty Kay

The Next Big Thing: Spotting and Forecasting Consumer Trends for Profit
William Higham

The Myths of Innovation
Scott Berkun

My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic: Everything You Need to Know 
About Art, Ads, Life, God and Other Mysteries and Weren't Afraid to Ask
Charles Saatchi