By Mark | December 24, 2013
From the garment workers of Bangladesh who died to give you those ‘everyday low prices’ you love so much at Walmart to the religious prisoners of China who made those holiday decorations you bought on Black Friday at Kmart, the slave laborers of the world wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, […]
Posted in Observations, Rants | Also tagged Bangladesh, Black Friday, cheap labor, child labor, China, Christmas, consumption, factories, Falun Gong, for-profit prisons, garment workers, Kmart, lingerie, prison labor, slavery, Victoria's Secret, Walmart |
By Mark | November 26, 2010
I know it’s not an option for everyone, given how little expendable income folks have these days, but, if you can’t join the campaign to buy nothing this Black Friday, maybe you could at least try your best not to trample anyone to death.
By Mark | November 9, 2010
OK, now that all the cyber chatter has died down a bit, I thought that I’d come out from my hole and explain what happened, and why there isn’t going to be a winter Shadow Art Fair this year. First, though, before I do that, I just want to say, for the record, that our […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Pop Culture, sex, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Austria, Bauhaus, Bela Lugosi's Dead, Black Peter, Christmas, Christmas traditions, Concentrate Media, Corner brewery, dance party, dark assistant, December 11, Detroit Urban Craft Fair, DIYpsi, Doug Skinner, Elbowdeep, fear of public speaking, Fortean, Germany, glam, Klaubaur, Knecht Ruprecht, Krampus, Krampus Ball, lederhosen, Michigan Design Militia, monsters, Moonage Daydream, parades, Pelznickel, Perchten, pre-Christian Alpine tradition, pre-Christian Alpine traditions, punishment booth, Santa Claus, sci fi, Shadow Brew, spanking, St. Nicholas, the over-commercialization of Christmas, The Savoy, Ziggy Stardust |
