Kelsey's Flip Flops

In all honesty, to imagine myself in Jon Western’s shoes is very difficult. He was just a normal boy from North Dakota who hasn’t been exposed to raw, inhumane, and mass amounts of deaths in text and photos and is now doing this as a living. I would of taken the information with belief, but always making sure the sources are reliable. The tact I would of taken if I were Western would be emotional. I would want the superiors of action to see how life really is during this genocide and stories of the people who were affected. I would also want them to put themselves in the shoes of the victims.

John King Fairbank, the renowned scholar of Chinese history from Harvard, in his essay ‘Footbinding’ talks in detail about the social malaise that dominated Chinese society for almost 1000 years. He says, “Foot binding spread as a mark of gentility and upper class status” and was a means to “preserve female chastity.” But I agree with his opinion that it was ultimately the manifestation of the oppression of women. Since ancient times, women in China were considered chattels, born to serve the men in their lives, their fathers, brothers, husbands then sons. Foot binding was a custom started possibly during the reign of the T’ang dynasty to reinforce their subjugation.

In China, Kelsey Timmerman visit a factory that he had received his flip flops from. While there Kelsey Timmerman meets a husband and wife from the factory

This case study of Footwear International demonstrates the cultural differences in society. It shows the consequences when a society, like Bangladesh, get interpreted the wrong way by the people. John Carlson from Footwear International experienced an innocent mishap within his company, which had disrespected many people. He needs to let the people know that it was an honest mistake and that Footwear International will do whatever it takes to correct the problem.

As a child, Waverly didn’t enjoy following her mother’s rules and Chinese tradition. At that age she would’ve loved to get rid of her Chinese features. But as an adult, Waverly seemed concerned that she would fit in with the locals during her trip to China, and upset when her mother told her that the people would know that she was a foreigner. Instead of trying to reject her culture as before, Waverly seems to want “the best of both worlds”, a way to embrace both her American lifestyle and Chinese culture. However, her mother, Lindo Jong, deemed the attempt at balance “too late” and describes her daughter as “American-made”.

Sarah Jessica Parker will always be remembered as Carrie Bradshaw, from Sex and the City. However, the real woman behind the character is the total opposite of what you would believe. Sarah is a gracious and down to earth devoted wife and mother, and a true lady. Here are 15 little known facts about the actress. Stay tuned for part two, coming soon!

When I first heard the title Where am I Wearing, I wasn’t too excited about reading it. I thought it would be another boring school book that I was required to study. However, after reading a few chapters, I became intrigued and started to enjoy reading it. Kelsey Timmerman isn’t just another activist who is trying to convince you to stop buying clothes from big companies who use sweat shops and chid laborers. He is giving you a perspective into the lives of those who work in these factories and how they function in their everyday lives. It was interesting to hear the different encounters that he had with these people. Timmerman presents us with the ongoing concern of are sweatshops and globalization good for the people who live in these countries or do they do more harm then good?

Johnny Cupcakes is a multi-million dollar clothing brand. The brand was founded in 2001 by Johnny Earle. One of Johnny 's acquired nicknames was Johnny cupcakes. He "thought it would be funny to make a couple random shirts that said 'Johnny Cupcakes ' on them for the fun of it" (Earle, 2012). After massive interest in these shirts, he decided to continue to make more and change up the designs. In 2001, Johnny stated, "the band I was in, On Broken Wings, finally got signed to a record label and we began to tour full time" (Earle, 2012). This opened up Johnny and his t-shirts to a larger crowd of customers in different parts of the country. This boosted the brand 's popularity and Johnny decided

According to MarketWatch.com (2011), “...studies show that people are more likely to purchase an item if it has come into contact with an attractive person.” This finding coupled with the already controversial topic of whether a journalist should endorse a commercial product for a stipend, raises some interesting concerns. Furthermore, does accepting these endorsements pose a threat to journalism and its ethics and constitute a conflict of interest [as to whether any journalist should endorse a commercial product]? Case in point, Reebok’s hiring of Erin Andrews, ESPN reporter and voted Playboy magazine’s sexiest reporter, to endorse a new line of shoes “Zoom Alpha Talon Cleat” has done just that. Those on the sidelines-as well as those who rival the endorsed product- can attest to this struggle. Is it acceptable for sports reporters, like Erin Andrews, to accept endorsement deals

If I was in the princess shoes i would have told my lover to chose the door with the lady in it. Even if that means letting the person you love be with someone you hate. This decision shows about people who care about others then themselves. Do you really want to see someone you care about get punished? because you weren't happy with the outcome. At first, it might be emotional but at the end you start a realize it was for the best. On the other hand if you were to decide his fate and would've let him chose the tiger therefore bringing out selfishness. Could you live up knowing that you ' killed ' someone? and could have prevented it from happening. Certain people would be outrage since they can't get the person they want at the end then decides

Everyday, billions of people look down at their feet and squeeze them into a pair of shoes. For probably most of those people in America, when they look down at their feet, they see a shoe with a swoosh on it. This swoosh belongs to no other than one of the most popular sneaker companies, Nike. I decided to look further into this popular shoe company's success. It turns out Nike isn't even one of the oldest shoe companies, but it is less than 60 years old. Nike had to figure out how to become better than just an ordinary sneaker company.

“Bound Feet & Western Dress” is a book written by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang that begins in her family home in Connecticut as she shuffles through a “carved mahogany trunk from China” that held the “secrets of China.” Inside are her grandmother’s embroidered silk lounging robes, grandfathers tuxedo, white dinner jackets and jodhpurs, aprons of her amah, Xu Ma, and cheongsams that she had learned to fold from her father. Finally, she finds the black cheongsam like dress that once belonged to her great aunt Yu-I and goes to tell the story of her life in traditional China as it was merging with Western tradition and becoming modern.

We have done numerous Monday Memoirs throughout the year. However, only a couple of my Monday Memoirs stood out to me while I was looking for one to reflect on. Out of the countless Monday Memoirs, my most effective one was the “Shoe Story” that I completed in marking period one. The prompt that I chose during that week is “write a first person account of a day in the life of a shoe worn by anyone.”

The relationship between international politics and offshore athletic shoe production is a surprisingly complex one. Its origins are in the era of the Cold War, when American shoe companies began moving their production offshore. Nike closed the last of their factories based in the United States in 1975, choosing instead to put their factories in the countries that were close allies. While China now produces one third of all athletic shoes, most athletic shoe factories were located in South Korea from the seventies through the nineties (Enloe, 272).

One experience so far in China that left a strong impression on my mind was a visit to the Shaanxi museum of history. Our tour guide was a locally educated young woman in her twenties. As she took us through the different periods of Chinese history, at every exhibit showing some sort of tool or mechanistic contraption she would turn and say “as you can see, the Chinese people are very smart!” She also recounted a story in which she was very offended that an American made a comment that Chinese people are short, to which she replied “yes, we are, but we have five thousand years of history and culture!” Both the richness and vastness of Chinese history was a huge source of pride for her, as her slightly illogical response to the American’s comment shows. In retrospect, her age denotes that she grew up on the government’s campaign in the 1990s to educated students about China’s greatness, to foster pride.