{"id":5010,"date":"2009-04-08T18:59:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T18:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2009\/04\/08\/the-democracy-of-ugliness\/"},"modified":"2009-04-08T18:59:18","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T18:59:18","slug":"the-democracy-of-ugliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2009\/04\/08\/the-democracy-of-ugliness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Democracy of Ugliness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Democracy of Ugliness<\/a><\/p>\n

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A\u00a0good pair of denim jeans gives us all an equal opportunity to look like the celebrities and rock stars we admire, but with this power comes great responsibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The right pair of jeans might make you look like one of the Rolling Stones in their heyday…but the wrong pair might make you look like Mick Jagger circa 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Democracy of Ugliness A\u00a0good pair of denim jeans gives us all an equal opportunity to look like the celebrities and rock stars we admire, but with this power comes great responsibility.\u00a0 The right pair of jeans might make you look like one of the Rolling Stones in their heyday…but the wrong pair might make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1iO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":405,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/09\/28\/democracy-derailed-this-is-maldives-n3m6\/","url_meta":{"origin":5010,"position":0},"title":"Democracy Derailed \u2014 This is Maldives \u2014 n3m6","author":"monochromist","date":"September 28, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"Democracy Derailed \u2014 This is Maldives \u2014 n3m6","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":642,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/08\/20\/gayooms-legacy-is-major-impediment-to-democracy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5010,"position":1},"title":"Gayoom’s legacy is major impediment to democracy consolidation","author":"monochromist","date":"August 20, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"Gayoom's legacy is major impediment to democracy consolidation","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":399,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/10\/06\/the-art-of-democracy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5010,"position":2},"title":"THE ART OF DEMOCRACY","author":"monochromist","date":"October 6, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"THE ART OF DEMOCRACYwhatwasthatidea: Art is a reflection of particular moment in time, seized by the artist\/artists, and immortalized by the viewer. 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