Did you hear about the “takeover” of Seventeen Magazine’s Manicure Mondays? Hearing about it really made my morning*. I read about it in Slate. Go and look at some of the photos on twitter (you don’t need an account to do so) – It is a great variety of images showing hands (male and female) doing things, including scientific activities from field work to lab work. A rather excellent enhancement of the intended scope of just having nail-art.
Jason Bittel, who wrote the Slate piece, says at one point:
…I also think the heart of the #ManicureMonday takeover was in the right place. Young women should be exposed to all kinds of things, from fashion and nail art to road-kill fox analysis and aphid counting. Images convey powerful messages and maybe one browsing tween will suddenly develop an interest in salamanders or telescopes because of that one interesting-looking tweet.
I heartily agree!
-cvj
*Thanks aef!
