According to Wikipedia, he's still in charge and three of the four sexual harrassment cases have been settled.
― jaymc, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep, it's always that fourth sexual harassment case that'll get you.
― Jordan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
http://misteriotremendum.sevenandsix.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/uki-d_du.jpg
― Jenny, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i'd imagine if four people file sexual harassment charges against you you begin to examine your life.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Jenny, what is that?
― sweet tater, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Is it an actual ad for Am. Ap?
― sweet tater, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
WTF that ad.
xp, yeah, is that real?
― JuliaA, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
More on the "ad":
http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2007/08/28/american-apparel-is-sosoretail/
― jaymc, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Unless you're that dude. He did notoriously jerk off in front of a Jane interviewer. That seems to suggest that he lives a wholly unexamined life, vis a vis his interactions with women.
xp - it's a fashion spread in i-D magazine. (warning - will resize yr browser.) Here's some commentary on it.
― Jenny, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
i'd say by the time you get to four, you are already suffering from an acute lack of self-examination.
HA xpost!
― kenan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I owned that Jane issue!! I bought it for a plane trip & literally had to read the incident THREE times because I kept thinking, "Wait. What?! No..." but yes.
That ad is so demeaning. Not only does she look reminiscent of Aunt Jemima but the bold, exaggerated lips conjure "pickaninny" which is also awful.
― sweet tater, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.americanapparel.net/presscenter/articles/images/20040410drapers1.jpg
― Eazy, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
ah ha. now i read what jenny posted. so i agree with that article!
― sweet tater, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Jane is racist
― Jordan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
xp to Kelsey - Aye, me too. And I am very disappointed (although unsurprised) by the first couple comments on the post that John linked.
― Jenny, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
the comments on that post remind me of the ronaldinho thread. I think a lot of people are just not aware of the history of racist iconography. which is a problem.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:51 (sixteen years ago) link
wow. Even that dude's Lemmy beard looks lame. :(
― kenan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
the AA dude, obv.
― kenan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Yikes! Just read those . . . isn't it amazing how ignorant seemingly educated people are? That second person who commented writes like a perfectly intelligent person they just aren't thinking the ad through in its entirety.
― sweet tater, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
The jerking-off-in-public is why I mentioned him in the first place. "Urban nudism."
― jaymc, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
See also: Joe Francis rapes, assaults women while being followed by an LA Times reporter profiling him for the paper.
These guys are neck and neck for the gold in the Douchebag Olympics.
― Jenny, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
oh god that Joe Francis article made me sick for, like, a week. that dude is disgusting.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
DO I KNOW HOW TO JAZZ UP THE PARTY OR WHAT????
― Jenny, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Who wants to talk about GENOCIDE?
WAIT DON'T FORGET FGM
― Laurel, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
ugh. Guys, this thread is about the consensual, joyful, and curiously hands-free.
― kenan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
haha ilu Jenny
― horseshoe, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Gotta run! BYEEEEEEEEEEEEE
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a39/miss-rebecca/HAPPY-BIRTHDAY-OTTERS.jpg
― Jenny, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Kenan, you're assuming a lot about our cellular phone calls.
― Laurel, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
heh.
― kenan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Speaking of FGM, Doc Films is doing an Ousmane Sembene retrospective this fall and I thought about seeing Moolaade, since it's still unavailable on DVD.
― jaymc, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
What I wouldn't give to have a chance to punch Joe Francis in the face.
― dan m, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
HEY. Recommend me an amazing Chicago brunch joint that I may not have tried yet.
-- KitCat, Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:46 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Link
Being an avid brunch hater myself, I guess people wouldn't like my choices if they are looking for a traditional brunch (whatever that is). However, I really like going to Kanok right down the street from us. I ge the Kanok Lunch Box
Comes w/ miso soup, house salad, 2pcs. Of gyoza, california roll & rice and your choice of:
(chicken or beef or vegetables)
Spicy kung pao Cashew Thai spicy basil Mild curry Fresh vegetables with tofu Red curry Ginger chicken Teriyaki
All for 8.50, and it's all really tasty. AND IT'S NEVER CROWDED, all the douches are down the street at Adesso/Angelina Ristorante/Ann Sather/Stella's/The Bagel.
― Jeff, Thursday, 13 September 2007 23:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, I'm not going to get into the cage free/organic food thing. However, I'll gladly host a pepsi challenge with cage free vs normal eggs.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 September 2007 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Brunch: -Orange, across the street from Hard Boiled -M. Henry -Flo
― Eazy, Friday, 14 September 2007 01:16 (sixteen years ago) link
i went to Orange in Roscoe Village. It was scrumptious.
― sisut, Friday, 14 September 2007 01:40 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_02/monkeypigPHTSHT1309_700x463.jpg
― Jenny, Friday, 14 September 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Monkey love pigeon.
― Jenny, Friday, 14 September 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
― Jesse, Friday, 14 September 2007 02:42 (sixteen years ago) link
bears repeating!
So, the meeting went OK.
I like this job b/c they take me seriously, and I have the opportunity to be taken seriously. And the opportunity to drink outdoors on a gorgeous late-summer day in dappled sunlight while getting paid for explaining what exactly it is I do in my job.
I'm concerned b/c there's going to be a merger and I don't want things to change....
― Jesse, Friday, 14 September 2007 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry, we're acquiring you next week.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 September 2007 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
An earnest goal of mine is that I intend to touch a monkey.
xp--haha it would be all right with me I guess since it would likely result in a pay raise and resume padding. Actually, more likely it would result in a lay-off....
But we are merging with a small downstate firm.
― Jesse, Friday, 14 September 2007 02:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I'D VOUCH FOR YOU.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 September 2007 03:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Which would result in 2 layoffs.
HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHADSFJKOH;
― Jesse, Friday, 14 September 2007 03:02 (sixteen years ago) link
yr n asshole
Hey, you know what would be another great Sunday brunch? You get up early, you to over to Fox & Obel, and then you go over to the lake, or vice versa.
― Eazy, Friday, 14 September 2007 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link
R. Kelly a cappella
― Eazy, Friday, 14 September 2007 04:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I went and tried that guitar last night. I decided I didn't like the way it sounded, it was really midrangey, like a duck quack sound.
― n/a, Friday, 14 September 2007 12:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I get intimidated by the Chicago threads. Even when they're brand new, they're huge.
― Deric W. Haircare, Friday, 14 September 2007 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link