Zooey Deschanel + No Makeup= Amazing!

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The Androgynous on May 20, 2014

On Saturday, Zooey Deschanel posted up a picture of herself on Instagram with no make-up, and a messy bun, looking somewhat like I do every morning.  I absolutely love this trend of celebrities showing us all that they aren’t what Photoshop makes them out to be- as long as they are actually wearing no make-up! Some of these supposed “natural” pictures I have seen of celebrities are definitely NOT natural.  I can’t always tell if they Photoshopped it or if they are just wearing at least some basic foundation on their faces, but many of them are definitely not au’ natural!

This picture sure seemed completely natural to me, and I love it! My theory about women and make-up is basically this: If nobody ever wore make-up we wouldn’t know the difference because there would be nobody else to compare us to!  So if all the women in the world just stopped wearing it all at once we could all save ourselves the time, money, and pain of buying and applying (and RE-applying) make-up! Doesn’t it sound like a beautiful, amazing, utopian world to live in?  I think so!

So who is going to stop wearing their foundation, mascara, and liner now?!

Who’s with me?

GREAT!!

…….. I’ll let you all go first! 😉

 

Macklemore: Anti-Semite or Completely Oblivious?

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The Androgynous on May 21, 2014

Rapper Macklemore (from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) has been under fire for a costume he wore while giving a surprise performance of his song “Thrift Shop” at a EMP (Experience Music Project) Museum in Seattle.

Now, for those of you who are hiding under a rock and have never heard the song, it is about being cheap/frugal and shopping at thrift shops for clothes instead of paying hefty prices for designer brands.  Historically speaking, the Jewish people have been stereotyped as being “cheap”, unfortunately.  Hence the obvious stereotypical Jewish costume Macklemore wore for his song about being frugal.

Macklemore then came out trying to get everyone to believe that his costume was just random parts and pieces that happened to make up a costume that suspiciously resembled what old anti-Semitic propaganda portrayed Jewish people to look like, which Seth Rogen (proudly jewish) did not approve of.

So, I guess it was just bad luck for him then?  If you believe that response, that’s fine.  You have the right to your opinion and beliefs, just as I do mine. If you do choose to believe that it was just a random costume and it was all a big coincidence, then you have to at least admit that this man is completely oblivious to the world around him including history, stereotypes, and culture. I personally think he is trying to minimize the backlash to the costume (which any good publicist would tell him to do, right?). I’m sure he thought he was being clever when he put on that costume and performed that song. Here’s the apology that he posted on his website on Monday May 19th.

I don’t believe in boycotts or banning a person’s right to free speech in the least. I personally would never choose to dress the way he did, especially while performing that particular song; but, to each his own. I’m sure he is already feeling whatever “punishment” he deserves, so I’ll try to give him the benefit of the doubt and HOPE that he is just an idiot.  I’d prefer that to an anti-semite.  It definitely puts his activism for allowing everyone to be themselves and promoting tolerance in to question, though!