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To: epicure who wrote (247061)	3/10/2014 2:05:27 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543106

Three covers for the viral campaign I shot for Catapult.org Even in 2014, the rights of women and girls are severely threatened by sex trafficking, slavery, child marriage and other violations around the world. International Women’s Day, observed annually on March 8, continues to spread awareness and garner support — and change — for women across the globe. Catapult, a crowdfunding site dedicated specifically to the advancement of women and girls, has released a startling new visual campaign in an attempt to make this year’s IWD “more than just a cover story.” The Cover Stories campaign features three mock magazine covers that highlight terrifyingly real human rights issues to push the conversation forward. The magazines display the grisly names Child Bride, Good Slavekeeping and Thirteen — wordplays on the popular magazines Brides, Good Housekeeping and Seventeen, respectively. Headlines such as "The Wedding You’ll Never Forget But Wish You Could" and "Who Needs a Childhood Anyway?" float next to the young models. The cover of Good Slavekeeping pretends to cater to the human rights violators themselves, adding another dark layer to the already serious campaign. (via homeofthevain)

To: epicure who wrote (247061)	3/10/2014 4:24:03 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543106

Girls Who Play With Barbies Dream Small STUDY: THEY SEE FEWER CAREER OPTIONS THAN THOSE WHO PLAY WITH MRS. POTATO HEAD By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Mar 10, 2014 12:12 PM CDT (NEWSER) – Barbie might be trying to show a brainier side, but little girls who play with the iconic dolls are learning more than anatomic impossibility: They're also lowering their career aspirations, reports Fast Company. A new study—conducted on an admittedly small scale of 37 4- to 7-year-olds who spent a few minutes playing with Doctor Barbie, Fashion Barbie, or Mrs. Potato Head—finds that when shown photos of 10 professions, only those who played with the dowdy potato emerged believing they could follow just as many career paths as boys. Those who played with either type of Barbie saw diminished career options for themselves. "Something about the type of doll, not characteristics of the participants, causes the difference in career aspirations," says study co-author Aurora Sherman. The authors, who admit deeper study is needed, theorize that girls are forming their ideas about gender roles from Barbie's sexual-yet-anatomically-impossible nature. For writer Carey Dunne, if further research could "solidly prove that Barbie's influence is a negative one, maybe Mattel would at least consent to giving the poor doll enough room for a liver." But don't think that Barbie is going the way of a super-skinny dinosaur anytime soon: Huffington Postnotes that the doll turned 55 yesterday.

To: epicure who wrote (247061)	3/11/2014 11:13:55 AM
From: Stock Puppy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543106

We have stories every bit as barbaric as what you saw on film- but they are happening now. And we could do something about them. You know after reading this discussion, I looked up "slavery today". First - what is defined as slavery? "The United States government considers trafficking in persons to include all of the criminal conduct involved in forced labor and sex trafficking, essentially the conduct involved in reducing or holding someone in compelled service." state.gov "0.3% of people in the world are slaves." theguardian.com "There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in Human History" alternet.org Slaves in the US? "Between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States every year" Other places? Where is it worst? policymic.com Visually - where is slavery prevalent? washingtonpost.com Rather than sitting in a theater to watch a movie- work with the many fine agencies doing something about terrible things happening now. Volunteer, donate money, work to get the word out about the terrible things going on- that's the way to change the world, imo. As the kids used to say - "Word". (What do they say now??? I'm so old. :-))