Kinda cool lookin. 

Do not want iPod vag in-home though.  What would the neighbors say?

Find out more about Bob Turek’s work here.

I’m noticing a trend. It seems like all dolls are creeeeeeepy, but these are especially out of pocket. 

Beanie Babies is trying to say the dolls, named “Marvelous Malia” and “Sweet Sasha”, have nothing to do with the likenesses of the President’s daughters.  They are sold as a pair and called so because they are “beautiful names”.  Uh, yea.

The Obamas aren’t diggin’ it: “We believe it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes,” Ms. Obama’s spokeswoman said.

Dead wrong.

As a certified documentary buff, Chris Rock fan and Godmother to two young Black women, I can’t wait to peep this effort!

When Chris Rock’s daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl’s head! Director Jeff Stilson’s camera followed the funnyman, and the result is Good Hair, a wonderfully insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about African American hair culture.An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people. Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock while he struggles with the task of figuring out how to respond to his daughter’s question. What he discovers is that black hair is a big business that doesn’t always benefit the black community and little Lola’s question might well be bigger than his ability to convince her that the stuff on top of her head is nowhere near as important as what is inside.

The film was produced by HBO, and is currently showing at the Sundance Film Festival.  It may end up in theatres prior to its eventual HBO release. 

More info here.

In the words of miss.summer, “POSSE UP!”

British filmmaker Pinny Grylls has worked collaboratively with Dove to produce Intuition, a film short exploring womens’ first impressions of each other. To educate and inspire women to broaden their judgements of each other, the film shows how women will rightly or wrongly make assumptions about a person’s life. It’s a must-see if you’ve ever wondered how our looks can affect our lives and the way we react to others.

Shouts to jezebel for showcasing this. Simply lovely.

A man of considerable humor and imagination, mosaic portrait artist Jason Mecier began his life puttering with beans, noodles, yarn, pom-poms, felt and other inexpensive craft materials so invaluable for bazaars, scout groups, gifts and home decor.  While his artwork may fool the eye, there’s no fooling about his artwork-no gimmicks…no trick shots…no studio touch-ups.  These are one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted mosaics Mecier has created with painstaking care.  His portraits have gained international attention and have been featured for many years in national consumer magazines and prestigious galleries.  Mr. Mecier has a deep love for people, art and collecting things; he wants to help others enjoy what he likes to do best.  More HERE.

A pop-culture icon who inspired freedom, fashion, bold femininity and seriously awesome bangs.

April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008

Courtesy of NY Daily News

OMG! There’s a new keyboard to make a girl’s life easy.

The $50 bubblegum-pink Keyboard for Blondes, talks back and has funny titles for boring keystrokes – think, “I need my space” bar.

Best of all, there are dedicated keys for such 100-times-a-day texts like “OMG,” “LOL” or “ZZZD,” girl-speak for boring date. “It’s pink? That’s great,” blonde Samantha Dubin, 34, said wryly. “I wouldn’t know how to use it otherwise.”

The $50 keyboard lets you tap out musical notes on the number keys, exclaims “oops” if you hit the backspace and makes the cash register clinking sound when you hit the dollar sign.

The “F” keys across the top spell out “Useless keys.”

Buy it HERE.