The Peril of Skinny Jeans, Corsets, and Restrictive Clothing
Skinny jeans can definitely be too skinny, as an Australian woman found out the hard way. After donning her jeans for a day of helping a friend pack, a job that involved a lot of squatting, she collapsed on a path, legs too swollen to walk. After 4 days in hospital, during which her jeans had to be cut off, the woman thankfully recovered. She had Compartment Syndrome, a dangerous compression injury that was first identified in WWII bombing victims who spent hours pinned under rubble before rescue. When your jeans simulate the Blitz, there’s a problem, but it’s not the first time fashion has caused lasting harm. Compared to Victorian women, hipsters have it easy. Despite pretty straightforward evidence, the mysterious ailment that affected young women was misdiagnosed as anemia, instead of, in technically terminology, Squashed Organs. Corsets did not go quietly, but eventually they faded away, benefitting both women and whales. Muscle Compartment Syndrome Published by: BMJ By: F.
Bateau stop | Le 33 Tour
Tout est parti d’un désir lointain d’un jour expérimenter le « bateau stop », et d’une conversation avec Thomas, mon colocataire passionné de voile, et voilà que la première ligne de mon voyage est tracée : une transatlantique en bateau stop ! Cette conversation déterminera même la date de mon départ puisque on ne fait pas une transatlantique n’importe quand (pour éviter les cyclones et autres réjouissances !). Ce sera donc mon premier défi : trouver un voilier qui voudra bien me prendre à son bord, alors que je n’ai aucune expérience de la navigation (tout juste une semaine de croisière côtière en Bretagne)… Et ce n’est pas une mince affaire mais je vous prouve que c’est possible, il faut juste ne jamais cesser d’y croire. J’ai commencé à parcourir toutes les bourses aux équipiers en ligne et à y déposer une annonce pour traverser l’Atlantique, puis à en parler à tout le monde autour de moi et sur les forums de voyageurs. Quelques sites de bourses aux équipiers :
The Logic of Surveillance Capitalism
This post was originally published on Philosophical Disquisitions. You have probably noticed it already. There is a strange logic at the heart of the modern tech industry. The famous Harvard business theorist Shoshana Zuboff refers to this phenomenon assurveillance capitalism and she believes that it has its own internal ‘logic’ that we need to carefully and critically assess. And that’s what I want to do in this post. Zuboff identifies four key features in the logic of surveillance capitalism. Each of these four features has important social repercussions. 1. First, you need to understand the sources of the data, i.e. what it is that makes it fair to refer to this as the era of ‘big data’. Second, you need to understand the relationship between the data-extracting companies, like Google, and the users of their services. It is worth dwelling on this functional independence for a moment. One final point about data extraction and analysis. 2. (Zuboff 2015, 81) 3. 4. (Zuboff 2015, 85) 5.
How a Makeup Mogul Liberated Women by Putting Them in a Pretty New Cage
When Caitlyn Jenner made her debut on the July 2015 cover of “Vanity Fair” in full old-Hollywood glamour mode, her highly styled appearance triggered discussion and debate: After all, not every woman has the money to, or even wants to, embody that particular ideal of feminine beauty, which involves elaborate foundation makeup to create shimmery highlights and contoured cheeks. Fifty years after the women’s lib movement railed against makeup, we’re still deeply conflicted about the stuff. Is it a tool for oppression—a way to force women to conform to certain standards meant to please or seduce men? “She encouraged women to be exceptional at a time when the world disparaged nonconformity and hated it for women.” In the Victorian and Edwardian periods, respectable Western middle-class society condemned regular use of makeup, which was thought of as something only stage actors and prostitutes used. Top: Cosmetics magnate Helena Rubinstein always projected a scientific image.
Sherlock: The Network app
Capital - The end of middle management?
As the US election season gets underway, American politicians are rolling out their usual lines about creating jobs for the middle class. It’s a terrific sentiment, but if they’re talking about the middle class that used to populate middle-management jobs in offices around the country, I’m sorry to report that that train has left the station. The sad truth is that middle management is on its way to becoming virtually extinct. We should no longer expect traditional job ladders for managers to move up the ranks, or even retaining the notion that middle managers are the glue that connects workers and ensures goal alignment up and down the hierarchy. This is different. Replaced by computers While lauded, technological advances have already taken their toll on lower-level jobs. Further up the chain, the problem gets much worse, particularly for some professions. A cultural shift The demise of middle management isn’t due to technological advances alone. Millennials at work Moving forward
The Dangers of Tight Jeans, According to Research - Pacific Standard
The day after she'd been helping a relative move, a 35-year-old woman tripped and fell. As a result of the accident, the woman spent a subsequent four days in the hospital. The culprit here was not clumsiness; blame the woman's skinny jeans. This is the first time anybody has reported in the scientific literature on the possibility of injuring nerves from skinny jeans, write the authors—neurologists from the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia. Most tight-jeans case studies have happy endings. It seems the dangers of jeans can be mild, unproven, or relatively rare. Advertisement — Continue reading below
Studio Bertjan Pot's Masks
Dutch designer Bertjan Pot's masks were the product of a failed material experiment. "I wanted to find out if by stitching a rope together I could make a large flat carpet. Instead of flat, the samples got curvy. When I was about to give up on the carpet, Vladi came up with the idea of shaping the rope into masks. The possibilities are endless, I’m meeting new faces every day." Studio Bertjan Pot consists of Bertjan Pot, Vladi Rapaport and Marjolein Fase.
A World Without Work
1. Youngstown, U.S.A. The end of work is still just a futuristic concept for most of the United States, but it is something like a moment in history for Youngstown, Ohio, one its residents can cite with precision: September 19, 1977. For much of the 20th century, Youngstown’s steel mills delivered such great prosperity that the city was a model of the American dream, boasting a median income and a homeownership rate that were among the nation’s highest. But as manufacturing shifted abroad after World War II, Youngstown steel suffered, and on that gray September afternoon in 1977, Youngstown Sheet and Tube announced the shuttering of its Campbell Works mill. Youngstown was transformed not only by an economic disruption but also by a psychological and cultural breakdown. This winter, I traveled to Ohio to consider what would happen if technology permanently replaced a great deal of human work. The U.S. labor force has been shaped by millennia of technological progress. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
