15 times I've moved from city to city within two different countries. In those 15 instances, I've been so fortunate and privileged to make friends and acquaintances that have shared their lives, families, meals, cultures, and stories with me.
It has continually reinforced my belief that everyone has a story. We come from environments and circumstances that shape the core systems of who we are and who we'll become.
I'm very lucky. I have had the good fortune of having many brothers and sisters and they've all helped me broaden my horizons and views of the world.
Eat. Sleep. Braap. Let's ride and meet more people and share a meal or two.
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When @mvagustamotor decided to use a video of a naked girl, dry humping a motorcycle, in order to promote and sell a motorcycle there was quite a bit of backlash for very good reason.
If you choose to stick to the old tradition of using scantly clad women to sell the sex of a motorcycle, you are effectively saying that women should be used as props and not as riding ambassadors to this sport and lifestyle.
The feedback from a lot of men has been in line with: "yeah but Instagram models continuously use their sexual images to promote themselves." Or "why is everyone so damn sensitive" To them I say this: we are not here to dictate what a woman should do to make money. We are not here to dictate how a woman should behave. What I'm simply stating is that a multinational company, trying to sell its wares should not disregard half of the buying population by objectifying the female body.
Just as I, as a man, have the choice to do what I want, how I want, and where I want, so should the female population. You can't objectify a crowd and then wonder why they don't want to participate with you - a person should feel safe and respected. An object does not.
I don't expect everyone to agree with this as it's my opinion, but I feel pretty strongly about it.
All this to say, @sveinnphotography and I did a little project to show what it would look like if the shoe (boot) was on the other foot. Follow him and his blog to see the rest of the project and his thoughts on this.
Eat. Sleep. Braap. Be inclusive.
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