Project (RED) all over again:

You, too, can assuage your white guilt by purchasing diapers. The disposable lifestyle that is destroying the environment, that demands disposable products made at disposable prices with disposable labor, is masked by a sense of charity. Let’s break down the implications of this purchase: I, urban sophisticate, White Person, American, wrap [...]

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Jesse Christ

I was listening to an episode of the Smithsonian Folkways podcast on my way to class today, and was suddenly floored when I heard this song:
The people held their breath
When they heard of Jesse’s death
And wondered how he ever came to die.
It was one of the gang called little Robert Ford
He shot poor Jesse on [...]

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Coca-Cola

(originally posted at Take the Flower, Curse the Thorn)
I hope to write something on the subject soon, but for now, as summer approaches, some choice selections on that most American of drinks:
When I say a bottle of Coca Cola…, I mean it as an outward and visible sign of something inward and spiritual, I mean [...]

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Mountain Dew wants to help us destroy The Corporation:

(originally posted at Take the Flower, Curse the Thorn)
The Legend.
Corporate Barons rule the city with an iron-fist, but a thirst for change is in the air. As a “Seeker,” you have the chance to return choice to the people. To do so you must embrace adventure, face your destiny, and help create the next Mountain [...]

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