Have you noticed over the last year how virtually every large corporation is trying to make consumers believe their products are “Earth friendly?” Everything from toxic cosmetics to smog-producing…
Greenwashing
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Plastic Bag Ban
In late March, 2007, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban the use of plastic bags by grocery stores. For the record, I’m in favor of the San Francisco bag ban. It’s the right decision…
umbilicus
nighttime at the hitching post of the sun | the absence more present than the presence | and the presence of something | previously unknown but familiar hovering
canary blues
there’s a god point she said in the limbic brain | with the ability to soften perceived threats | white lawn care vans for example | into feet tingling joy pelvis goes with that | the bowl opening to receive
Who Is That Bubble Girl?
I have to live a life immaculately free of chemicals: a bubble life. And by chemicals, I mean, the crap that has infiltrated almost every known product since WWII.
HPV Vaccine: Texas Tyranny
On Friday, Feb. 2, Texas governor Rick Perry issued an executive order that bypassed the will of the people and the entire Texas legislature, mandating the vaccination of young girls with the HPV vaccine…
Diabetes in America
I don’t know what things were like when you were growing up, but when I was a kid, I often heard the statement that if you didn’t finish the food on your plate, it was some sort of humanitarian crime…
saying no
Every once in a while | when I’m not busy trying to adapt— | i.e. find an air filter that won’t make me sick | scrub the dryer with vinegar to get the Bounce out
sabbath
you forgot that it was possible | too bogged down in the myth of industriousness | to value broken | how certain artists make ordinary beauty from their shame
January 2006
you are in the middle of | a transformational process | she said | which began 24 human months ago | does that mean it’ll end and if so how | there are no guarantees | I told my almost lover | it was cold by the window | and he walked away I wanted to too | but where would I go
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