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Groupon has four television commercial out right now that are the focus of a lot of discussion and controversy. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you can watch them on Groupon's site, but before you do it's worth noting that these commercials aired *without* the key piece of information you get when you watch them there. Notably, while ( Read more... )

Yay Warshak v US!
[copied from inkedandkinked to spread the good news ( Read more... )

I'm delighted to read all the commentary on my previous post regarding the "Shop Local" proclamations that are being made this holiday season. The many voices are teasing out some of the complicated issues that have been swirling around in my head, and in many cases voicing them better than I've been able to, or such that I can think about them in ( Read more... )

Shop Local? It sounds good to me, but, wait ( Read more... )

A friend of mine recently pointed me toward Rebecca Puhl, and recommended I google her; so I did.

I found "Stigma and Discrimination in Weight Management and Obesity," Brownell, Pohl, 2003 to be particularly interesting reading, and thought some of you might share my interest. I believe I read a NYT article about their work not long after it ( Read more... )

dpolicar posted a thought so beautiful on his LJ that I've decided to repost it here in its entirety to share:

They've already lostSo, for a good chunk of the last day or so, I've been pretty damn livid about the Constance McMillen case ( Read more... )

Well, that was easy. I joined the "Mass Equality" group on Facebook, and was sent a reminder today to send a letter to my reps to urge them to put the 1913 law to vote in the House before the legistative break. What I *love* about tEh Int0rwebs, is how activism can be made easy for me. Click through a link, add my name, and send the pre-fab letter ( Read more... )