I watched the documentary Bully last night. The film follows a few children and families who have been faced with bullying, including two families whose children committed suicide because of bullying. An overarching theme of the film was that school administrators are no help. This is highly disturbing. Yes, it's true that "kids will be... Continue Reading →
Cosmetics That Kill
Well, maybe that's melodramatic of me to say. But cosmetics might be killing us softly, on top of pesticides, toxic cleaning products, hormones in our meat, etc., etc. Environmental Working Group has some handy guides to help us avoid the most toxic sh*t out there. When I checked the cosmetics database, I found that... Continue Reading →
Resilience
I'm one of the lucky ones who doesn't know anyone affected by the 9/11 tragedy. It's hard to believe that it was 12 years ago. I'm one of the lucky ones who doesn't know anyone affected by the Marathon bombings. It's hard to believe that it was almost five months ago. People whose lives... Continue Reading →
I’m Walking Because I’m Pissed
I've done a few walks before. A few years ago, I participated in a walk on World Water Day, to raise awareness about the fact that hundreds of millions of people don't have access to clean water. And for the past few years, I've participated in a walk for animals, raising funds for the... Continue Reading →
Eat Less Meat and More Plants Tomorrow
During my lunch hour the other day, I was innocently paging through a slideshow about making the 4th of July "greener" when I came across this slide. It provides a link to undercover video footage at one of the country's biggest pork producers. As I pushed the "play" button on the video clip, I... Continue Reading →
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