Harvey Milk posters! Yes that is a rainbow mustache!!! Shaun Slifer and I just wrapped up another partnership with Schenley High School’s Theory of Knowledge classes, the day before I…
Check out this sweet lil video that Nicki Sabalu made for Thurston Community Television in Olympia, Wa…they used shots of the covers of both my zine Chick Pea #4 (a…
This week’s print is from Schenley High School’s Theory of Knowledge class that Shaun Slifer and I did a project with in conjunction with the Signs of Change show, curated…
I found these engraved brass cobblestones on sidewalks throughout Cologne, Germany, when I lived there a few years ago. The stones are memorials to residents of buildings that were displaced…
This is so violent and hateful!! If Justseeds is committed to social justice, you need to work towards ending fat oppression (fat-phobia/sizism) as well as all other systems of oppression. Here is a list of resources to begin educating yourself and challenging your fat-phobia: http://fatpanic.wordpress.com/stuff-to-watch/
I hear what you’re saying. This print was created by teens I work with, and I think your feedback warrants discussion with them. A teaching moment. I let those drawings of the kids at the top slide for the greater message of the poster, but representation is so important, and I overlooked that. Thank you for checking me!
I was also upset and disappointed when I saw this print posted on the just seeds website and Facebook page. Thanks for this response. We have to challenge the idea that it’s okay to value/judge/police people based on health status and/or what they choose to eat.
Another link to check out: http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.ca/
Its good that this is a place to challenge each other and dialogue.
It’s necessary to acknowledge that this particular imagery, informed by fat-phobic socialization, is addressing unhealthy dietary behavior, not attempting to be hateful.
I fail to see how this image is violent.