Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
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Re: Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
#2Am I alone in finding the irony in...
Be IN
start a fad
...the ad next to the article?
Re: Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
#3This is amazing. Especially in a time that wasn't so obsessed with social-media and celebrity. Why was there no black bar again?
Re: Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
#4Am I alone in finding the irony in... Be IN start a fad ...the ad next to the article?
Nope, and you'll see this everywhere that you see the intersection of pop culture and the advice to "be yourself."
This isn't a dig at Nimoy's advice - it's damn good advice. But it doesn't sell compared to You're worthless unless you buy our stuff. The only reason why they can print Nimoy's advice is that the "Be a FAD" ad is right next to it. And not only that, the earnest advice itself is often packaged and cynically sold, right alongside the "OBEY CONFORM CONSUME" message!
One of the most recent examples of this is a song I keep hearing on the radio - "Try," by Colbie Caillat.[1] The message of the song is pretty simple - it's that people work their asses off to be liked, but they're still not happy because they're straying from being true to themselves.
But it's a manufactured product explicitly created to appeal to people who are feeling lost, confused, and frustrated with being popular. And they have a beautiful woman, who is already an enormous success, singing this song that's specifically saying, "Stop worrying about what other people think about you" when her entire career is based on what other people think of her.
I'm a much bigger fan of Tool's Hooker With a Penis.[2] At least Keenan is frank about it.
All you read and wear or see and hear on TV is a product
Begging for your fatass dirty dollar
So shut up and buy, buy, buy, my new record
Re: Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
#5This is amazing. Especially in a time that wasn't so obsessed with social-media and celebrity. Why was there no black bar again?
"wasn't so obsessed with ... celebrity"? Quoting from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_magazine:
> This genre of magazine flourished in North America in the 1950s and early 1960s. The title Confidential alone boasted a monthly circulation in excess of ten million, and it had many competitors, with names like Whisper, Dare, Suppressed, The Lowdown, Hush-Hush, and Uncensored. These magazines included more lurid and explicit content than did the popular newspaper gossip columnists of the time, including tales of celebrity homosexuality and illegal drug use.
Newspapers were full of celebrity stories, starting with the Hollywood gossip columnists of the 30s and 40s, like Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons. Jackie Kennedy's hair style, pillbox hat, and oversize sunglasses influenced a generation of women.
Re: Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
#6Am I alone in finding the irony in... Be IN start a fad ...the ad next to the article?
Nope, and you'll see this everywhere that you see the intersection of pop culture and the advice to "be yourself." This isn't a dig at Nimoy's advice - it's damn good advice . But it doesn't sell compared to You're worthless unless you buy our stuff . The only reason why they can print Nimoy's advice is that the "Be a FAD" ad is right next to it. And not only that, the earnest advice itself is often packaged and cyni…
Tool! I dig aenema. Flush it all away.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uCEeAn6_QJo
This is the kind of music I work to.
Re: Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
#7The fact that he wrote this in 1968 is really amazing. How many people in 1968 would not have felt compelled to respond to the girl in a compassionate way?
Re: Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
#8Am I alone in finding the irony in... Be IN start a fad ...the ad next to the article?
Nope, and you'll see this everywhere that you see the intersection of pop culture and the advice to "be yourself." This isn't a dig at Nimoy's advice - it's damn good advice . But it doesn't sell compared to You're worthless unless you buy our stuff . The only reason why they can print Nimoy's advice is that the "Be a FAD" ad is right next to it. And not only that, the earnest advice itself is often packaged and cyni…
I always enjoyed the irony in the 1970's Dr Pepper ads that exhorted people to join the non-conformists.
Re: Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nope, and you'll see this everywhere that you see the intersection of pop culture and the advice to "be yourself." This isn't a dig at Nimoy's advice - it's damn good advice . But it doesn't sell compared to You're worthless unless you buy our stuff . The only reason why they can print Nimoy's advice is that the "Be a FAD" ad is right next to it. And not only that, the earnest advice itself is often packaged and cyni…
I always enjoyed the irony in the 1970's Dr Pepper ads that exhorted people to join the non-conformists.
Yup. Reminds me of a quote:
"Revolution has already been televised. Revolution has been merchandised. Revolution is a commodity, a packaged lifestyle, available at your local mall. $19.95 gets you the black mask, the spray can, the "Crush the Fascists" protest sign, and access to your blog where you can write about the police brutality you suffered when you chained yourself to a fire hydrant.
Capitalism has learned how to sell anti-capitalism."
From [0], found when reading [1].
[0] - http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/biplog/archive/00074...
Re: Leonard Nimoy's Advice to a Biracial Girl in 1968
#10This is amazing. Especially in a time that wasn't so obsessed with social-media and celebrity. Why was there no black bar again?
It's weird that you deride celebrity culture with 'obsessed', then immediately ask for a celebrity-acknowledgement device.