Sunday, 11 November 2012

Interruptions For An Important Rant!



Its rare that I post anything here other than nail polish swatches, sometimes there is a back story to my polish travails, and sometimes not.
One of the motto's that I have grown up with and believe in whole heartedly is "Stand Up and Be Counted" This motto more than any other helped me in my law career. So here is my "Stand Up and Be Counted" piece.

One of my friends on one of the forums and/or web page communities I belong to posted a picture of her fabulous nails in a less than stellar picture. Which unleashed a campaign of hatred and bullying. Which is having a devastating effect on her.


Can you believe a grown woman can think its OK to come up with a slogan which includes "or die" and not only that but we should all clean up our manicures "or die" I mean seriously, we are talking about a manicure here a harmless, possibly frivolous, activity which gives each of us enjoyment. But more importantly that woman and her cohorts have taken it upon themselves to be both judge and jury to decide who is guilty and presumably "die" for their less than perfect manicures.
In all fairness she did then post an explanation: Not a retraction or sorry but an explanation to attempt to explain away the inexplicable.

So that's OK then, its not your place to call anyone out by name, BUT in your previous article before the proverbial S*** hit the fan it is OK to point out their flaws! NO a hundred million times NO. I'm sorry this is not OK and it will never be OK.

None of us are perfect and here is my imperfect purple mani to show my support for NO H8

I still hate this picture!

    
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10 comments:

  1. MsPrickle11 November 2012 at 14:02

    I am glad you changed the first picture! When I saw the "Clean Up or Die" logo in my feed I had a start.

    Thanks for your imperfect manicure.

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    1. Unknown11 November 2012 at 14:28

      I know it threw me when I saw it on facebook, that was soooo not the look I was going for!
      And thank you for your comment

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  2. Unknown11 November 2012 at 14:25

    I know it threw me when I saw it on facebook, that was soooo not the look I was going for!
    And thank you for your comment

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  3. lovenailpolish11 November 2012 at 14:35

    Good for you for picking the right badge for your blog.

    : )

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  4. Theomanic11 November 2012 at 15:49

    I agree that "Clean Up or Die" is a little extreme, though I'm sure they were being facetious... But I also think this "No H8" campaign is extreme. I don't think bugging someone about their nail polish application compares to the difficulties faced by LGBT communities (to whom this slogan is attached). http://www.noh8campaign.com/

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    1. Unknown11 November 2012 at 18:14

      thank you for your comments Theomanic, without getting into a big discussion about who is right and who is wrong let me say this...
      would you consider them facetious if they started a campaign say for instance "Stop being a gay or die" probably not, and neither would i.
      so onto your next point, The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest showing images of people with their mouths taped, and is actually to promote equality. Something the nail blogging community also wish to do altho be it on a lesser scale.
      There is no place here on the net and in the real world where bullying is ever acceptable and i'm sure whether you are black, purple or white; gay or straight; die hard star wars fan or a trekkie; you would agree with that sentiment too

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  5. The Geordie Girl12 November 2012 at 01:49

    I love your "imperfect" mani and think it would be a cool idea if everyone in support posted a pre-cleanup manicure pic! x

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  6. MsPrickle12 November 2012 at 07:15

    I can't remember if I cleaned up my manicure. I know I was in a rush to try to get mine done and submitted before the inlinkz collection closed.

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  7. ReluctantFemme3 December 2012 at 13:02

    This sort of thing is just SO wrong. As you say, messing with our nails is supposed to be FUN, and this kind of snobbery really does make a difference to how people feel about themselves. I've seen more than one blogger stop posting because they don't feel they're "good enough." Well, to hell with that. I post my imperfect manicures, and I don't care, because I want people reading to have an idea of what the polish I am reviewing will look like on THEM, not on someone with the skills and time to make it perfect.

    http://toolazyforlipstick.blogspot.com.au/

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