Do we pay attention to too much GLAM and not enough JUSTICE?

First and foremost I would like to congratulate the three women who won the Nobel Peace Prize, they are an inspiration and I only hope that we have half the strength and courage to stand up for civil, women, and human rights and nonviolence as they have done for their communities and countries.

For the NYT article about the three inspiring activist women: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/world/nobel-peace-prize-johnson-sirleaf-gbowee-karman.html?hp

Due to the current climate of protests around the nation, it does seem as if America is resembling the 60s/70s where the college educated and workers alike would drop everything that they were doing to protest the injustices all around  them. I do feel, however, that it is a slight resemblance. I say slight because the impact isn't as big as it should be. There are people celebrating three women winning the Nobel Peace Prize but then there's probably a majority who have no idea that there was even a woman president in Africa, that she won the coveted prize, and probably will or don't even want to know. Especially our young people. It's unfortunate. They would rather watch TMZ, E insider, and the latest entertainment news than watch CNN ir read NYT and keep up with the latest that is happening all around us. Not to say that we should shut ourselves off from our escape of our hard lives, but is it too much?

Are we too obsessed with the glitz and glam of their lives that we forget there are people actually doing good in this world. Does it serve as a handicap to everyone especially our youth that all they should aspire to are to be singers, dancers, and 15 minute celebrities? Should we do more to praise people and women around the country, the world making a difference so that others can live better lives? Is it true that people know more about  celebrities intimate details than factual details of past and present political figures who are actually made and are making decisions which have had a significant impact on our livelihood?

These are the questions we have to ask ourselves when it comes down to our country being that we live in a first world. Are we to obsessed with lives we will probably never live instead of being obsessed with change?




Just food for Thought.