http://www.favelachic.com/paris/
The saunalike dance floor of this Brazilian festa is always packed with an under-40 crowd grinding to bossa jazz and samba rap. They make some of the best mojitos in town here, and if you get bored its entrance literally faces the door to le Gibus, another fine dancing destination. A favela, incidentally, means “slum” in Brazilian Portuguese. Open Tuesday to Thursday 8pm to 2am.
Read more: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/paris/N28417.html#ixzz1bfQtI9L9
“The streets of our cities and towns are an important part of the livability of our communities. They ought to be for everyone, whether young or old, motorist or bicyclist, walker or wheelchair user, bus rider or shopkeeper. But too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams.
Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners and engineers to build road networks that are safer, more livable, and welcoming to everyone.
Instituting a complete streets policy ensures that transportation planners and engineers consistently design and operate the entire roadway with all users in mind – including bicyclists, public transportation vehicles and riders, and pedestrians of all ages and abilities.”
A Computer Generated Image of what a Complete Street Looks like
Ladie's Night Club Promotion
Promotional Poster for "Boys Night Out"
Quote Taken from http://phillygaycalendar.com/pages/venue.php?id=4 :Although it’s not a gay club, Shampoo does feature a gay night every Friday. Shaft Fridays are 18 to enter, 21 to drink, and run from 9pm until 2am (no cover before 11pm).
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62369691399
An Excerpt taken from REFUSED ENTRY TO G-A-Y AND HEAVEN FOR LOOKING TOO STRAIGHT? Facebook Group:
“Wrong!!! As many of you may have experienced being turned away for not looking like ‘regular’s or being ‘members’…what they mean is YOU DON’T LOOK GAY ENOUGH!!! Sounds crazy right? But unfortunately it’s very true and happening far too often!
They are justifying it by calling it a lesbian and gay majority policy but isn’t this another form of discrimination? Does this mean that all the other clubs have straight majority policies? Or that I could get turned away from Tiger Tiger for looking too much like a lesbian??!!
I understand that you don’t want a gay club filled with all straight people but I thought gay clubs were meant to be gay friendly not gay exclusive?? I’m a gay woman, I’ve been turned away at both venue’s on occasion simply because I didn’t look dykie enough that night, what do you want me to do snog a girl in front of you to prove it? lol Or maybe get a gay card I.D perhaps, it’s totally ridiculous!! I like to wear dresses and heels sometimes, other times I like my baggy jeans and a t- shirt…so what’s the problem!!!
I think their policy is dumb and ruins a lot of people’s nights out, if you get turned away and you are in fact gay you feel cheated and angry because you have been judged. Gay people spend enough of their lives being judged by other people, why should they have to deal with it on a night out as well?”
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/new_york_ruling_continues_deba.html
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/31/women.only.wmd/
vs.
“Gentlemen’s Clubs” of Yore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen’s_club
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyTheHood
#OccupyTheHood Logo
#OccupytheHood Poster
Is Occupy Wall Street too White?
http://moneyland.time.com/2011/10/20/is-occupy-wall-street-too-white/
Women Only Trains in India
Women only Trains in Tokyo
The trend of “upskirting” on public transportation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upskirt#Japan
Anti-Pervert Panties Prevent Successful Upskirting
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/15-08/st_jsgw#_blank
Actual Japanese Anti-Upskirting Poster
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=65907
Zuccotti Park at Night circa November 2008
Zuccotti Park Occupied
Double Check or Everyman Statue in Zuccotti Park
This site has a really great article on Zuccotti Park when it was first redesigned as such after 9/11.
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2006/06/01/curbed_field_trip_zuccotti_park_on_liberty_street.php#more
The term flâneur comes from the French masculine noun flâneur—which has the basic meanings of “stroller”, “lounger”, “saunterer”, “loafer”—which itself comes from the French verb flâner, which means “to stroll”. Charles Baudelaire developed a derived meaning offlâneur—that of “a person who walks the city in order to experience it”. Because of the term’s usage and theorization by Baudelaire and numerous thinkers in economic, cultural, literary and historical fields, the idea of the flâneur has accumulated significant meaning as a referent for understanding urban phenomena and modernity. In French Canada flâner is rarely used to describe strolling and often has a negative connotation as the term’s most common usage refers to loitering. – Taken from Wikipedia
In August 2011 Philadelphia mayor, Michael Nutter signed a order into effect instating a 9 PM curfew for anyone under the age of 18 within the neighborhoods of Center City and University City.
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