So here is my first contribution on here and this introduces my being one of the biggest nerds Ben will ever be friends with. As a graduate student, I am presenting this week on how the politics of style and its commodification happened with fashion icons such as the zoot suits and afros come with political significance but evolved into cultural commodities. Can you think of any political symbols right now and how they can evolve into cultural commodities?

So finally, after mulling it over, I made my decision. I loved Jason’s Chomsky doll (I mean seriously, how did you find the strip?!) and the “change” change… but the winner is Ben because I still am trying to wrap my mind about it and when I read it for the first time, I just couldn’t stop laughing! Congrats Ben, I know you’ll rock those uggs and mesmerize us with your legs when the time comes!