In Europe, cows received more government aid than did people in 2000. The EU's annual dairy subsidy was $913 per cow, while its annual aid to sub-Saharan Africa was $8 per person. In Japan, the corresponding figures were $2700 and $1.47 (Mansbach & Taylor 2012).

P.S. Sorry for the sparse posting. Will return after AP tests.

High heels aren't a shoe; they're a mindset.

"There is no point in having a meal if you can't have dessert"-Me

I'm having an existential crisis-I have a bad cold and I cannot the taste the flavor of anything. I love food too much. A lot of aspects of my life revolve around food have food connotations. Physics-snack through that shit. Wednesdays-late start for school-two breakfasts. Also, lunch comes faster because of shorter periods. Debate tournaments-McDonald's Mocha Frappes. Fridays-some people go get drunk-I drink can after can of Coca Cola while watching Netflix. Sleepovers-potato chips (the other day I actually said "Hmm, I'm craving chips and my friend immediately, with no shame, asked "Do you want to have a sleepover this weekend?"). I've used the McDonald's Meal Builder. And proceeded to print it off. So I've been pondering about what my existence would be like if I didn't have taste buds. I don't know. I would probably cry a lot. Maybe I would wear sweatpants. Or listen to Glenn Beck radio. Econ Poli-Sci Club meetings would loose meaning because the Brueger's Bagels would loose their place in the processes of promoting economic stability.

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Checks and Balances

Fall/Winter shows  have a way of making the designers stitch up a bunch of black black black (sometimes even gray!) mini-dresses with little tufts of fur as detailing, or just some luxurious but boring outerwear over wool tights. That's where Thom Browne swoops in.

Now, I understand that every March and September, every fashion-ish blogger under the sun raves  feels the need to saturate the blogosphere share their opinion on the bests and worsts of the fashion weeks so out of respect for your time I will spare you posts about how those Moschino earrings hit the neck juusst right. And just like a person says, "I don't mean no disrespect buuut" and then the bitch says something totally disrespectful, I will now proceed to share my thinks on my favorite NYC Fashion Week show. :3

Jk. But really now, Thom Browne's storybook-esque collection was my cup of magical tea. And I will leave it at that. 

Thom Browne Fall/Winter 2013/14

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ALSO, Does it remind you of someone?

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Yup, he designed The Inauguration Coat. 

Joke of the Week: KOF Index of Globalization

http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/static/pdf/rankings_2012.pdf

Do note that the Slovak Republic is #19 overall in being one of the top regarding globalization.

I am from Slovakia, have lived there for 9 years, and if someone can publish a study where Slovakia is #19 and the US #35 in globalization, then we're in a world where Dobby is real and I am wearing this to prom:

Anyway, Slovakia near the top for social globalization? The reason my family moved from there was because my dad didn't want me to grow up in a city of 100,000 that had 10 non-white families. The country is developed economically, yet it contains an incredibly homogeneous society.This is just the tip of the iceberg of the absurdities of this study. 

You learn new things everyday:

1)Montenegro is #20 on the scale of economic globalization. US is #79, right before Azerbaijan. 

2) Italy is the political top dog.  

3)Just when you think that there's no rhyme or reason to this, note the lists' ethnocentricity; 85% of each list's top 20 countries are (primarily Western) Europe.

Sagging pants

"White Iowans convinced even black people to vote for Barack."

"Maybe if their hopes and dreams were higher their pants would rise up too."

>The connection between the trend of wearing sagging jeans and academic underachievement, lack of inspiration.                                 

                                               -Dr. Michael Dyson

Last week Georgetown professor Michael Dyson had a guest lecture at ISU. Basically, it made my obsession with Georgetown grow bigger than ever, which is saying a lot, as I occasionally visit the georgetown.edu website to just read about how much fun they're having on the Hilltop. Anyway, Dr. Dyson is a sociology professor who has written 17 books, is a political analyst for MSNBC, and is nationally renowned for his his pioneer analyses of the connection between African-american history and today's culture.  The topic was "Race, Racism and Racial Relations in America." Dyson's lecture was exceptionally wonderful. He could quote Dr. Martin Luther King speeches as well as he could rap Biggie Smalls. The quotes above are a good summary of what he talked about. 

2 months until Spring Break

The new definition of tourist wear:

Drop those Hawaiian shirts for a passport-print Mary Katrantzou for Current/Elliott collaboration.

 

All pics courtesy of http://en.vogue.fr/