Thursday, November 12, 2009 - Posts
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A post from DoubleX writer KJ Dell'Antonia:
Who knows what to believe when it comes to celebrity "journalism," but it's apparently been confirmed that Angelina Jolie will adopt a child from Syria—something described on the website of the U.S. embassy in Damascus
as "a difficult process and often an impossible one." In many
countries, celebrity status probably has little affect on adoption
matters, but in a country where adoption is "essentially illegal," the
perverse effect is that anything pretty much goes—if you've got the
required currency ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)
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A post from DoubleX writer Erika Kawalek:
I’ve always regarded “eco-fashion” with a suspicious eye, telling
myself that if somebody truly cared about the environment they would be
good stewards or tinkerers and make use what was already around—not
support the manufacturing of more and more ultimately disposable crap
labeled with vague tags conveying the object’s wishy-washy “cleanly
produced” narrative. Surely taking care of one’s possessions would have
a more positive impact, environmentally speaking, than shopping for
more stuff ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)
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