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Starving women, American chic style

Barely have the baubles of the Oscars faded into Hollywood history, when the bleak news of the real world comes flooding back in. School shooting in a high school cafeteria in Ohio. Keystone XL pipeline permit back on the table. Rick Santorum is arguing against the separation of church and state, and thumbing his nose [...]

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by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on February 27, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on February 27, 2012

http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/starving-women-american-chic-style/

Cancer blues

This is a post about cancer. This is a post in honor of all the men, women and children who have died from cancer in the post-industrial age. This is a post that acknowledges, fully, the extent to which American society has led the way in the extermination of these people–these cancer victims. How many [...]

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by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on February 18, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Activism, Environment, Health, Social change, Uncategorized
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Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on February 18, 2012

http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/cancer-blues/

Climate Change Blues: The one thing the 100% of us have in common is that we can’t afford to ignore the weather!

President Obama, venturing outside during last night’s storm, called the weather “less than ideal” for trick-or-treating. What an understatetment. Here’s what it looks like at my house in western Massachusetts this morning: All those trees in the background are tall maples, bent over with the weight of snow on their leaves.  So far no big [...]

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by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 30, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Activism, Alternative Futures, Climate Change, Community, Energy Sustainability, Environment, Global warming, Politics, Resilience, Social change, Uncategorized
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Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 30, 2011

http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/climate-change-blues-the-one-thing-the-100-of-us-have-in-common-is-that-we-cant-afford-to-ignore-the-weather/

#SomeThingsAreBiggerThanAnyOfUs

What seems impossible and irreversible today can be addressed if we’re willing to wake up and do the hard work. If we’re willing to stop making excuses for the reprehensible leaders (sic)—both political and corporate—who profit from our complacency. via Occupy Participation (part 2): #SomeThingsAreBiggerThanAnyOfUs | The Fair Share of the Common Heritage. Thank you [...]

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by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 29, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on October 29, 2011

http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/somethingsarebiggerthananyofus/