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  • The Vagina Billboard Dialogues: Controversy at the University of Cincinnati

    March 19th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    Twelve billboard-sized photographs of vaginas were placed outside McMicken Hall recently by the UC LGBTQ Alliance and UC Feminists, causing quite a bit of controversy.

    The student groups say the "Re-Envisioning the Female Body" project is their way of countering an abortion protest that happened on campus last year.
    The groups say The Genocide Project compared abortion and a woman's choice to the holocaust.
    "We're using shock as a tactic to start conversation," said Kate Elliot, who helped organize the project.

    Isn't Cincinnati used to stuff like this by now though? Larry Flynt grew his Hustler empire in the Queen City, the same town that went apeshit over a Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit in the early 1990s.

    From NewsNet5

  • Diamond Cellar Kicks New Tires With Track Sponsorship

    February 7th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has wrapped up a major sponsorship deal that puts the Diamond Cellar among the auto-racing facility’s three largest corporate partners.
    The Columbus-based jeweler has signed on as the title sponsor for Grand-AM Road Racing weekend at Mid-Ohio for the next two years. It also is the official jeweler for the Mid-Ohio race course and driving school in Lexington.

    From Columbus Business First

  • Ohio State Creates New Logo Using MS Paint

    February 6th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    Did Ohio State fumble this logo re-brand attempt? Or does the fill-in script make the Buckeyes look more Urban (get it)? Eh whatever, it sells more jerseys.

  • NCAA Puts The Kibosh on Akron Men's Hoops Social Media Stunt

    January 31st, 2013 / Comments (0)

    Akron plans to make its big home game against Mid-American Conference rival Ohio on Saturday social media night at James A. Rhodes Arena, but NCAA rules prohibit the Zips from wearing the team’s Twitter handle on the backs of their jerseys. The school released a statement Monday about its promotion. The school says it asked the NCAA if it would be permissible for the players to wear jerseys with @ZipsMBB on the back. The NCAA said no.

    Some of the less-worldly marketing and advertising people in Ohio seemed to think placing social media handles on athletic jerseys was some novel idea, but foreign soccer clubs and even minor league sports teams in the US have been doing this for years.

  • The Creative Confessional Blowin' Up The Interwebs

    January 30th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    I wonder if any folks from Ohio-based advertising agencies have submitted tidbits of spite to this deliciously insidious new BLOG

  • "Delineations" Art Exhibit in Columbus (Video Clip)

    January 21st, 2013 / Comments (2)

    Delineations is a current site-specific art exhibit featuring works from Brooklyn, New York artist Megan Mosholder. Curated by Amy Leibrand, the exhibit is running at The Ohio Art League Gallery in Columbus until the end of this week.

    Check out the feature video on the exhibit HERE

  • Rocky Goes Chic as Bootmaker Markets to Women

    January 18th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    For a footwear and apparel company nestled in the rolling hills of Appalachian Ohio, one wouldn't think their female boots would be revered by Manhattan fashionistas.

    But with a recent brand revitalization of the Durango line of boots, Rocky Brands was able to successfully tap into the women's shoe marketplace.

    From the Columbus Dispatch

  • New Blog: SWINGSTATEOFMIND

    January 16th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    Swingstateofmind is a new Ohio-based blog curated by Columbus writer Wes Flexner. A longtime fixture in the Columbus music and arts scene, Flexner has been a trusted source for local trendspotting and talent discovery. If you like rap videos, graffiti and any kind of music news that can be backtracked to Ohio somehow, bookmark this blog.

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