The fact that I watch America's Next Top Model (it's fierce, y'all!) is no secret. But it looks like this season all that pointing and laughing and catty-remarking will be work-related. That's right, even ANTM is going green. (Should we call it ANGM now?)
From Entertainment Weekly:
[T]he fashion color this season is ... green! And not just for envy. "The transportation was a "green" car with biodiesel fuel. The house went green not only aesthetically but in terms of the way energy was used and in tips that we gave all of the girls in the house in terms of using water and electricity." Drink it and turn it off, respectively, gals.
The catchphrase for this new cycle is "the future of fashion," so I wonder if they will be relating the green efforts to "the future." I'd also like to see them talk about how the future of fashion will be unconventional fibers like bamboo and seaweed and soy -- and not, for example, pesticide-laden cotton. Then again, that might be a little too intellectual of a leap for this show. Prove me wrong, Tyra!
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iprefertherain Posted 4:48 am
12 Sep 2007
Grossed-Out
The patriarchal representations of women, the failure of television to convey intelligent discourse, and the horrendous consumerism encouraged by the medium, all point to the fact that commercialization of the word "green" is now complete.
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iprefertherain Posted 5:19 am
12 Sep 2007
That said...
I was unaware of "pesticide laden cotton" and think that is a more directly harmful problem.
If they addressed that on the show, or the unsafe workign conditions of the women and men who produce the raw materials over seas, I would be glad.
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caniscandida Posted 4:42 pm
12 Sep 2007
"girls"?!
Talk about patriarchalism, and the "male gaze"! Do grown-up women still allow themselves to be called "girls" in this day and age?
Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!
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infp Posted 7:29 am
13 Sep 2007
Tyrd of it
Yuck, please no more Tyra.
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