It’s just not a weekend without a #WeekendRewind. Here’s some of the big headlines you may have missed during the week:
Victoria’s Secret Exposed
Huge props to 22-year-old Frances Black, who launched the #IAmPerfect twitter campaign in reaction to a Victoria’s Secret ad campaign featuring supposedly “perfect” bodies. Images of samey, slender women next to the words “The Perfect Body,” were sending all the wrong body-image messages to shoppers across the country, and Black’s online petition has already succeeded in altering the tagline on the company’s official website, according to eonline reports.The new tagline reads “A Body For Every Body.” Much better, no?
Victoria’s Secret Has to Amend Its Campaign for ‘The Perfect Body’ http://t.co/1kr3ENSbFn @FrancesNoir #iamperfect RT pic.twitter.com/XAu4doRZl4
— GLAMMONITOR (@glammonitor) November 2, 2014
Swift Dumps Spotify Because Reasons
Already shattering records with the release of her new record, 1989, Taylor Swift made the decision to keep her work off of the popular streaming service Spotify. Citing a plurality of reasons headlined by the fact that something about the service felt strange to her, Swift maintains that the music industry is ever-changing, which I’d say makes it that much more important to know just where you stand. She’s got a point; albums are meant to be a collective experience. Eonline has the full story.
Reaching for the Star(buck)s
Rumor has it that Dallas will be getting a flavor shot with our next Starbucks installment. Topix has the story, which involves the construction of something called a “flagship” store scheduled in the Shops at Park Lane sometime in the Spring of 2015. The new store will apprently be modeled after one in Austin, although it’s unlikely that we’ll see a carbon copy. Still, if you’re going to do a stylized coffee bar, Austin is a great test market.
Toy Story 4 Spawns Twitter Thinktank
Possibly the best news of the week comes from Slashfilm, which not only announced a Toy Story 4 but also provided a few fantastic ideas for the direction of the next film. Fans were more than happy to pitch their best ideas on Twitter, and if they have their way we’ll be seeing a near-war between Toys and Videogames for the very hearts and minds of our youth. Not to be outdone, ScreenRant jumped in with a few ideas built around the fact that Disney owns both Marvel and Star Wars. I wouldn’t mind seeing some Avengers toys led by Darth Vader.
Dallas Cleared Of Ebola
This one should have been hard to miss, but it warrants repeating: The Ebola Scare is officially over, if reports from DallasNews are to be believed. The last of those quarantined have reached the end of the incubation window for the virus without any sign of symptoms, which means we’re safe and relatively unscathed after a month of tension. Of course, cautious folk and conspiracy theorists are going to keep scrubbing their hands and wearing glove/mask combos for the foreseeable future regardless of what they’re told. But extra safety never hurt anybody.
That’s not all the news, but it’s a hefty portion. Now get out there and make your own headlines!
Stevie
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