Tag Archives: LEGO friends

dissent building: toy stories

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Dave

Consumerism is unlikely to be defeated; there will be no white knight, no Saint George to slay the dragon and pitch its corpse into the center of the earth for fifty generations. Consumerism is a product of consumer behavior and … Continue reading →

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ambition gap

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Dave

You can’t expect these women to be the Jackie Robinson’s of Silicon Valley. If they want to swar and cuss and piss on the walls of their office. Well. Who cares? The stereotyped role of being self-effacing, demure, caring and … Continue reading →

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Lego: innocence engineering

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Dave

Evidently, Lego toys are darker and more complex than consumers are willing to admit. Early in the twentieth-century, Sigmund Freud spilled the beans that even young infants harbored violent and sexual and violent fantasies. Freud scandalized, shocked, emerging middle-class sensibilities, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged bailey shoemaker richards, Feminist frequency, Heinrich Hoffmann, Jonathan McIntosh, LEGO city theme, LEGO club girl magazine, LEGO club magazine, LEGO friends, lego heartlake city, LEGO Heroica, lego toys, legofesto, Legofesto blogger, rebellious pixels, Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, zbigniew libera | Leave a comment

gender swag

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Dave

… clever and suggestive? Does the expected backlash merely enhance notoriety and reinforce the values the critics see. It does remind of the sports athlete whose career is over because of concussion syndrome. There was no one specific hit, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged Arthur Rimbaud, Edward Bernays, Feminist frequency, kim kardashian, LEGO friends, peggy orenstein, samantha ettus, sexist advertising, sheryl sandberg, sheryl sandberg facebook, stereotype threats, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

friends in the fire

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Dave

From Jonathan McIntosh. Quite Brilliant. Does remind me of the Prada Death Camp ( Tom Sachs ) and LEGO concentration camp ( Libera) from the Mirroring Evil exhibit in New York about a decade ago, which means Jonathan as a … Continue reading →