Jezebel: no shit

Crap Email From A Dude

Anna — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:40:00 EST

Speaking of toilets, here's a fresh deposit into our email inbox: "Hello. I read your website and wanted to pitch an idea to you to see how you think it would go if put into action. It's a coffee table book of models taking shits. It's art, you see. And we would need the best models money can buy. The tallest, skinniest, cheek-boniest models, as well as the best and worst of toilets. How do you feel about it? —Alex."

Sex And The City Really Is Full Of (Expensive) Shit

Jennifer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:00:00 EDT

Question: Is Sex and the City in on the joke? According to WWD, in the upcoming film version of the HBO series, Carrie Bradshaw questions her assistant (played by Jennifer Hudson) about just how she affords a slew of designer accessories on an assistant's salary. [I'd like to see the assistant ask the same thing of Carrie 'I'm a writer in New York' Bradshaw. -Ed.] The assistant's answer? The bag-renting website Bag, Borrow, or Steal. Our answer? Sex and the City is not in on the joke — it's just found another way to land a corporate sponsor! And clearly, striking some strategic branding deals with fashion designers in exchange for costuming credits wasn't good enough.

According to the NY Times, in exchange for Skyy Vodka being the official spirit of the film, Houlihans is now also serving up Skyy Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha 'tinis. Other companies that have signed on for the film are Coty fragrances, Vitaminwater, Mercedes-Benz USA, and the jeweler H. Stern. Says Chris Carlisly, the marketing president for the film's distributor, New Line: "We've positioned this movie from the beginning as 'the Super Bowl for women'.. So we want to align only with those brands that make sense, that match up with the 'Sex and the City' brand, and extend our footprint, not duplicate it." We're not sure what footprints (other than carbon ones) have to do with this movie, but one thing is for sure: This ain't no film, it's a 2-hour commercial. Clarifies exec producer John Melfi: "It's not sticking a bowl of cereal or a Coca-Cola in front of the camera. It's organic to the lives of the ladies." Which we all know are totally devoid of any trace of reality anyway.

'Sex and the City' And Its Lasting Feminine Appeal [NYT]
For Rent [WWD, 1st item]

Earlier: Carrie Bradshaw's Wardrobe To be Both Sexy And Subsidized
M Week With A $4,000 Snakeskin Handbag

Expensive Shit

Anna — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:45:00 EST

Spanish artist Santiago Sierra's new gallery show currently on display in London includes sculptures made out of human feces. Yeah, shit. As part of his work with the charity Sulabh International, Sierra has created large monoliths from fecal matter collected by women from the Indian cities of New Delhi and Jaipur, women "whose caste prevents them from taking any other employment other than scavenging human waste from public loos." Yeah, it's fucking degrading and it's fucking disgusting, but, apparently, there's a benevolence behind Sierra's creation. But is that benevolence actual advocacy or artistic exploitation? [Telegraph]

'Young, White Americans Are Happier," reads ...

Dodai — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:45:00 EDT

'Young, White Americans Are Happier," reads a headline on MSNBC. Also breaking: Sky is blue, water is wet, etc. [MSNBC]