via A Whole Bunch of People*
This is a disgusting, stomach-churning situation. I'm not even going to pretend that I have something to add here, but I want to blog about it to spread some awareness. Here's a summary from Latino Político:
There is no greater promoter of human rights and advocate for migrant families in Baja Arizona than Isabel Garcia. She was a recipient of the 2006 Premio Naciónal de Derechos Humanos, presented by the Mexican government for the first time to someone who wasn't born there, in order to get an idea of the scope of work she's done. Rather than accept the award, however, she took the opportunity to call a press conference and demand that the affluent and elite south of border do more to promote economic justice among the working classes. It was a perfect example of Isabel's work to keep the focus on the underlying roots of human migration and exploitation, rather than on herself.
Isabel is one of the major driving forces behind the Coalición de Derechos Humanos, headquartered in Tucson, and that's just when she's wearing her organizer hat. She also serves as one of Pima County's leading Legal Defenders, which has Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pink underwear in a snit since apparently the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America does not apply to those who serve in government.
You see, Sheriff Joe came to town recently to sign copies of his new book that blames all the ills of society on "illegals". Well, that type of thing isn't received the same way in Tucson as it is north of the Gila, so a protest was organized in conjunction with Sheriff Joe's appearance. A piñata created in Arpaio's likeness, wearing his trademark pink boxers, was...well, it was a piñata, so you can imagine.
A nativist Arizona shock jock, Jon Justice, as he calls himself, was outraged and offended that pro-immigrant activists would make a pinata effigy out of someone they don't agree with, and then proceed to abuse it. His words on the issue?
i dont know about you, but when i see children beating up on the likeness of a human being, and then another person like isabel garcia … picking up the head of that likeness of a person … and then parading that around i would take that as a threat of physical violence … [Quoted by Nez]
And yet, it's so freaking funny, because after ranting about how offended he is about said piñata, and how beating up a piñata effigy of someone is a threat of physical violence to that person, he then goes and makes a piñata effigy of Isabel Garcia. There is a video. I'm not going to put it here, since other people have it. Select quotes from Justice abusing his pinata effigy on camera and on the air [again, quoted by Nez]:
[Justice in a female voice]: Ooooooh Viva la Raza….feels SOoosoosoosoo gooood …’oh Jon! You make me feel as warm as the inside of a chimichanga!’
[. . .]
[Justice in a female voice]:Ooooooh Viva la Raza….feels SOoosoosoosoo gooood
Can I take her home with me? I’m going to take her home with me! MmMmMM…[voice from camera: "Okay, you're freaking me out Jon."]
[. . .]
Oh, she’s pretty light, actually! You see when you do all that work on the border in the hot sun, you lose weight!
Is this making you sick yet?
I find it interesting that Justice's first recourse was not through physical violence to the piñata, but through sexual abuse and degradation, which is mixed with major cultural degradation. And yet I'm sure that when someone complains about it, he'll brush it off, say it was only a doll, not a real person, etc., despite the fact that he was ready to take the violence against Arpaio's effigy seriously.Well, guess what? Rape/sexual abuse is not fucking funny, it's not a joke, and it is no less violent or invasive than outright beating someone up.
* Also blogged by Nez, Brownfemipower, Ilyka, WoC PhD, Kai, and many others.
It has long been known to me that my taste in poetry is...a little behind the times. Which is not to say that newer is better with poetry: if all our age can produce is Billy Collins, I'll hole up in the library and read Spenser, thank you. BUT -- it stands to reason that, say, every poem published in the last 150 years does not suck. If I don't understand any of it, if all of it rubs me the wrong way, the problem probably lies with me. Furthermore, if I can't read a poem that was written 50 years ago, is that really a sign that I'm a good reader of poems that were written 500 years ago? Probably not. I must become a better reader of poetry. I must train my mind to read in different ways.
I know that most students of literature freak out when coming across something like Chaucer for the first time -- but let me tell you, I'd rather do 50 pages of Chaucer than 5 pages of Ezra Pound's Cantos. So I have decided that, although I need to make my way through 20th century poetry, I want to start with poetry that has a benign presence behind it.
Meet Louis Zukofsky. (He's cute when he smiles, isn't he?) Zukofsky, otherwise known as Zuk or Z, is the unfortunate soul whom I have chosen for the purposes of clinging to his sleeve and starting me off on 20th century poetry. Good thing he's been dead since 1978 so he doesn't know that I'm doing this.
Now, when I talk about 20th century poetry, I'm talking about scary 20th century poetry. I guess I can handle the non-scary stuff on my own. Although he wrote a lot of short stuff, Zukofsky has his own big, long scary poem, to my mind, the second scariest thing to Pound's Cantos, which is "A", an 800-page poem he wrote over the course of his adult life.
The difference between Pound and Zukofsky (from my point of view, at least) is that you feel like Pound is so impatient with you. He's not a benign presence. Whether or not his personal life has any bearing on his poetry is beside the point -- when I read, I don't want to feel like Ezra Freaking Pound is behind the poem huffing and snorting down at me. Zukofsky is every bit as difficult (except for the fact that he doesn't expect you to know 30 languages -- only four or five) as far as I can tell, but he's more willing to be patient, I think. Whether or not a poet pisses you off personally does have a bearing on how you read. Milton pisses me off. T. S. Eliot pisses me off. Wordsworth pisses me off. And so on. And it shows when I read.
In addition to Z's poetry, I'm reading his prose, too. It does help after a while. Things do start to make sense. I also got a huge anthology of poetry from 1960-1990 on the recommendation of a friend. That's going to be the ultimate test, I think. I have to be patient above all else -- patient with myself, and patient with the text.
this is in French but I'm sure you will enjoy the beat and the cool /hippy dancing hehe
The group decided to use a friend ( aka no charge fee and a camera) but they kept me for future reference . Hmm I told them that my charges would just be to cover the portable power; they wanted to shoot with natural light at around 6:30.. being San Francisco and the location which they want to shoot from there was no way one could get a possibly good picture without using artificial lighting.. sigh... they'll learn that I'm right..
Well lets tackle the German Magazine cover first, I came across an urgent ad for a photographer. An all girl German group that's visiting the city wants to have their photo taken and that particular photograph will be used as the cover of a German Magazine back in their homeland, I emailed them, they replied and I forwarded some of my work so now I'm waiting on the reply..
onto my understanding of people.. the more I shoot the more I come to see how interesting we all are, how easy it is for us to be sad, happy. How quickly we build up walls to keep others out and how quickly they come falling down when the right moment presents itself.. It's fun learning all this while looking through the lens , it really makes me want to do this more and more, there's nothing on earth like it, you're a philosopher , you're an artist, you're a god behind that lens
Shoot detail: San Francisco
Photographer: William D.Walsh
Assistant: Jen Shah
Equipment: Nikon d80, 50 mm lens, white seamless paper background, one alien bee 800 flash unit to the right above model
model: Derek , oc: Business consultant , Stanford Undergrad
Photographer: William D.Walsh
Assistant: Jen Shah
Equipment: Nikon d80, 50 mm lens, one alien bee 800 flash unit to the right above model : Linda And Oliver oc: full time worker and mommy to Oliver, Oliver= full time stud
Really? The last time I posted was six days ago. Geez.
Yes, I still am still alive, but I just can't think of anything to post about. Just one of those moods lately, I guess.
Today I helped my friend Jen at her work place at Edgewood to package letters for their many donors and such, was fun.. over 1500 letters were to be sent out. It's a really cool place helping at risk kids and my my the building they work in is soooo great! very historic it was once a Victorian orphanage at one point a great one too! After which I had lunch with Monk( the asian body guard I shot) at that lunch I met a Stylist whose responsible for training models for runway and such.. whoot! he does it for a very good cause, he takes at risk girls and train them to become high fashion models, cool guy lots of link ups too and I may be shooting some of his models... whoot!! urgh got my tickets to a charity fashion show in which Monk will participate, his first runway show. Got to support my friends.. urgh bad thing its on the 2nd of August the day that work will be having the manditory friends and family.. I'll work but I have to leave early.. this show is a great place for me to do some networking for sure...
after that went back to helping at Edgewood and I got a cute bookmark for helping!
and then after that I did a photoshoot.. this was done with one light only as opposed to my usual two.. love the effect!!
Had a wonderful dinner from the best chef aside from my mom today.. mm and I finished it in one go.. We had a special sandwich which so far he has made in over 4 countries.. the thing is huuuge and contains some of the most exotic things.. I've never been able to finish it in one sitting.. but oh how the tables turned today I finished mine and he could not finish his haha!
Logged on to facebook to find that my store manager added me.. eeek
my new resume..
OBJECTIVE
I am seeking a position where I can develop and expand my experience base, while giving the best to an employer. As an employee I am loyal and dedicated, demonstrating the ability to efficiently learn the responsibilities of my job. I take pride in always being up for a challenge, as well as helping to create a productive and congenial work atmosphere. In addition to working well with others, I can proficiently carry out the duties of my position independent of others.
WORK HISTORY
Banana Republic: 256 Grant Avenue, San Francisco C.A. 94108
Phone: (415)-788-3087
Position: Men Sales Support
July 2007 to Present
• Assisting customers on the store floor and in fitting rooms.
• Providing product knowledge where applicable.
• Driving business sales
• Ensuring customer satisfaction.
EDUCATION
Academy Of Art University: San Francisco, California
January 2007 to Present
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography
Manchester High School: Manchester Jamaica, West Indies
January 2001 - June 2006
High School Diploma
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Two awards for contributing to excellent business results (September 2007, February 2008)
• Banana Republic men’s sales support most valuable team member (September-November 2007)
• Team leader of HIV awareness and community outreach program (January 2006 - December 2006). Educating teens on the hardships of living with HIV/AIDS
• President of The Manchester High School photography club (January 2006 - June 2006). Responsible for starting up the club and seeing it to its first national competition.
• Volunteer work at the Mandeville Public Hospital (September 2005- June 2006)
References available upon request.
maybe I should attach this video to my resume
soo purrty, in this scene I believe she is guiding the souls of the dead to another realm or something like that .. haven't played in ages
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