Glad you liked the article. I propose that, since "we" all
believe in "nature" (be it evolution or "natural law" or that
people shouldn't do unnatural things...), I propose we call
it: the bonobo model, in contrast with the dog-eat-dog model.
Bonobos are, of course, the species of animal closest genetically
to "man", and they live a happy social life oriented around
extensive sexual gratification, instead of, like some other touted
animal models for human social life, fighting with each other....
\brad mccormick
Quoting Karen Watters Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thanks for posting this, Brad. On several levels, the article describes the
> dynamics of this generation, at once recognizable to aging Boomers with
> bittersweet memories and the inevitable tension between the new
> establishment and its latest challengers.
>
> As the journalist noted, Charney's work zeitgeist often resembles Hugh
> Hefner's early mission, as both were preaching a lifestyle as much as a
> magazine or retail product. More than underwear, tee shirts have become the
> mobile poster, chests and backs more outspoken than a plastic bracelet or
> peace symbol pendant of not so long ago. Erotica and social conscience as a
> marketing strategy ("Gap with a social conscience") appear to be a
> successful descendant of the Berkeley-led revolution of the 60s, without the
> social dropout factor.
>
> You are right, it is the workplace environment and management model that
> underscore the potential for a lasting impact. One could argue this is an
> extension of a teenagers dream work environment, slang included, and the
> sexual harassment suit proves that not all players know the game, reality
> and time will bring changes. What happens when the management staff age and
> settle down?
>
> But it's great to see a young entrepreneur with ambitious plans to make the
> workplace more worker-friendly and maximize multicultural themes. Whether it
> can or will be duplicated or if this is too personally identified with the
> owner to become 'normal', we shall see. kwc
>
> The 23 April NYT Magazine has a feature article about American Apparel,
> a clothing company which is making clothes and making money in the USA and
> treating its workers well.
>
> Ah, but there's a catch! This company does not live by neo-fundamentalist
> morals, so we should be ashamed (as or at least puzzled!)
> that the free market has brought forth such an
> entrepreneurial teratoma (maybe regulation is at the
> bottom of their success after all!). Dubya should put their CEO in jail
> for his sinful advertising (There's also more on Information Clearing House
> today
> about how Dubya talks with God)!
>
> \brad mccormick
>
>
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