MIMI Magazine: Africa + Me

The latest issue of MIMI Magazine features an article by our very own Nkei.
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Sale. Clearance. Sale!

Hi There,

At One3snapshot we would like to clear out our inventory so that we can make space for new creations. We are having a mega-huge clearance sale! If you've ever wanted to purchase something but thought it was out of your price range, if you've wanted to buy a gift for someone who you think may like it, if you've purchased way too many things from us and worry that we will drain your wallet if you bought one more thing.

Here's our opportunity to say THANK YOU and your chance to help us get rid of all this stuff, so we can get some more things (and then all the previous issues arise again :)

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Happy Lolliday MEGA-HUGE Sale!!

Dear one3snapshot friend, family & supporter.

We recently created a new reason to celebrate. Lolliday. What? Well basically Lolliday is a mega combination of everything that you ever liked to celebrate, wanted to but never had a chance and wished other people celebrated. So there Happy Lolliday!

To make room for the biggest Lolliday party ever we are putting EVERYTHING we have in stock on SALE!!

Yes EVERYTHING!

Happy Lolliday!! Help us clean out our closet. So we have space to create new things!

T-shirts for $10 & $5
Earrings as low as $1

Are we crazy? Possibly. But you would be also to not take advantage of this Lolliday celebration.

As if that weren't enough Take an additional 10% off all purchases with check out code LOLLIDAYSALE
Free shipping on orders $100 or more

Celebrate on www.one3snapshot.com
Culture. Art. Expression

I feel so f**king un-LUVED

Probably this is not relevant to the rest of you out there who haven't for the past 7+ years called yourself "Southwest's Bitch" as proudly as you can. But basically my day today has been ruined by this stupid article that better be an early April Fool's joke!


The short gist of it, for years I have been crazy loyal to Southwest Airlines and if you are half my friend you've probably called me an SWA agent because I've forced suggested to you that you opt to fly Southwest. Part of the reason is their Frequent flier program, where you just got points based on amount of flights flown and not based on miles. So it was easy to track and a student, short hop business traveler or regular 'common' person could still feel 'LUVd' and be encouraged to fly more. Now SWA announced that they spent $100million dollars in the last 5 years to come up with a new program that is shit! WTF? a 100million in 5 years to come up with something that a 5-year old will tell you is a bad idea.

So because I'm so attached emotionally and such to my relationship with Southwest...what started from an angry comment of sorts on their facebook page developed to this letter. I'm so mad!
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Dear Southwest,

I have flown Southwest since I was able to make decisions about what airline I pick and since I became more financially independent from my parents. Since then I have flown southwest as much as I can based on SWA's destination availability.

It is clear that I am not your biggest income generator, and therefore not a target customer to be catered to: I typically buy the cheapest flight option, most of my 'frequent ' trips are 1-hr flights between Oakland and Burbank, and these trips don't occur as frequent as you would like. But still I consider myself a very loyal customer to SWA; even if SWA costs more than another airline I will buy the ticket on Southwest. Not only do I fly SWA as much as I can, I strongly encourage (and sometime threaten) friends and family to do the same. Sometimes I even make decisions about where to or not go based on if Southwest flies there. “I'm sorry I can't come to your wedding, southwest does not fly there.”

My friends and family even call me a Southwest Agent. And they're serious when they say it.

Why was I such an advocate for SWA? Because I felt SWA was different and their business model showed that they 'cared' about 'people' even though they are not the most priviledged or the richest.

Over the years the RR program has been slowly climbed to cater less and less to the 'people', and now it has finally arrived to the top of the mountain.

SWA decides to say 'fuck-off' to their loyal customers and instead cater to the priviledged. I would like to say that this is a case of “biting the hands that feeds you.” But probably we less priviledged and commom people are not the hand that fed southwest, but we were the ones that did as much as we could to support a seemingly alternative and positive business model.

Yes I use the f-word in my letter to SWA because that's how I feel. Like they are really saying that to me.

These days SWA flight attendants & customer service are rude, less helpful and engaging; SWA is creating a more 'class-based' flight reservation option, and now they have a frequent flier program that is just as sucky (for lack of a better word) as any other airline.

I'm sure you don't care that you lost my loyalty. Because now you will 'exchange' me for a rich business man. I understand: It's just business!

Way to go Southwest!

Un-LUV,

Your neigbhor-hood bleeding heart radical!

 N

Onada Small Business Showcase ft. our Chichi

Our Chichi was featured on the blog of Onada - a wedding and lifestyle photographer with a love for all things fashionable.

"It's the last small business feature! I can't believe 2 months has flown by so quickly. For the last feature I'm showcasing Chichi of One3snapshot. Make sure you stop by her website to check out her work (and she has a really fun blog too)."
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Like a Star....Like a Star...

This is the video I watch this week to lift up my spirits. Movement...my life

Visual Inspiration: More Earrings

Yes I'm on an earrings kick...don't judge me!
Find more here, email us (info[at]one3snapshot.com) for inquiries or place an order here

"Everybody is a Shining Star" Friday December 17th, 2010

Join us for a FREE family potluck event : bring a dish inspired by the year's theme “Shining Star”.

We will have food, games, raffles & prices, dance activities, live performances and DJs!

We will also have craft tables where you can make holiday gifts to give to friends and family members.

Get information and register for our upcoming classes and events.

Friday December 17, 2010
6:30-8:30pm
Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, 1294 Potrero Ave. (Potrero & 25th St.), San Francisco

See you there!

Why the hell did Janelle Monae Sign to Bad Boy?

Ever since I was in High School. Ever since Faith, Biggie, Mase, & 112 were rocking my MTV Video music screen. I've always thought that no one should be on the Bad Boy label. Yes...even then I thought that. Ever since we got confused about what dadiddypuffitypapadidi was calling himself at the moment. I thought no one should ever sign to the Bad Boy label.

Today, I hope Janelle has a trick card she's gonna be pulling out somewhere or maybe she doesn't really care about a sophomore album or a sustainable music career at all. *shrug* nehoo...

so I read this article the other day "Don't Sign With Diddy: A History of Bad Boy Fails" and I was like WHOA...someone finally wrote basically what I've known and felt strongly about all this time... Asides from missing listing "The Dream" (lol I used to jam to them "he loves me, he loves me not!")...they forgot to mention the real issue:

What bad boy artist actually DID make it and have some respectable career as a Bad Boy artist? That's the question.

ReVulvaLution! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

ReVulvaLution! recognize. shed. create

Recognizing womyn’s bodies are used as a battle ground,

Shedding oppressive perspectives and practices that currently exist,

Creating a space where womyn define themselves, claim their sexuality and exist freely.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 

International Women's Day Event- MARCH 2011

Seeking performance (2-7minutes) and visual art: dance, music, spoken word, fine art, photography, theater, new media and multimedia. Pieces have to relate specifically to one of the themes listed above. Submissions of complete or works-in-progress will be considered.

For consideration please email Nkei Oruche nkei@locobloco.org with your:

• Name/Email/Phone Number:
• Company/Organization:
• Art Discipline:
• Length:
• Detailed Description of Piece (70-200 words) & Work samples (images/audio/video):

Submission Deadline: December 20, 2010

 Sponsored by: The SAFE Place, ASI Women’s Center at SF State, Loco Bloco and Good Samaritan Family Resource Center

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