Pinkwashing cancer – Pink Ribbons, Inc. looks at capitalising on hope
Doco examines how devastating disease became shiny pink marketing dream diverting donations away from organisations doing most of the work towards organisations with better PR. Is this the best use of donors’ money? And what about all the non-pinkified cancers?
Privacy and you
Especially relevant given the infamous “Privacy is for Paedos” line spun by an ex-editor of the News of the World at the UK media inquiry.
2011 Melbourne Cup thread
It’s that time of year again. Post whatever you like about the Melbourne Cup – tips for Tuesday, anecdotes, trivia, deconstruction, equine sock puppets, fashion advice, hangover cures, etc.
We don’t need to buy stuff? Peak Consumerism
Post-GFC, there are now arguments in places like The Economist and the New York Times that we’ve passed Peak Consumerism.
Banning: what is it good for?
Currently being floated as candidates for banned from advertising and/or sale:
The coming triumph of communism
Now that I’ve grabbed your attention and driven Graeme Bird apoplectic with the over-egged title, I’d like to share a video with you.
The Invisible Hand Shrugged
Newsflash: most of humanity inexplicably fail to queue in their squintillions at the box office for movie that portrays most of humanity as parasites upon the Übermensch.
How could they be so depravedly indifferent to this important message about their true unworth?
The kitchen test is bunk
The wonkish end of the American political blogosphere is having a great deal of fun dissecting Tyler Cowen’s new e-book The Great Stagnation. Thanks to the wonders of the combination of intellectual property law and stupid geographic restrictions, it’s very, [...]
Gerry Harvey’s rent seeking and Australian politics
In writing about the risible campaign for taxing online consumption, it’s perhaps fair to note that Gerry Harvey has been loudly proclaiming that it wasn’t all idea, but he’s been copping all the flak. Poor petal. I guess there’s a [...]
Cultural and material limits and Peak Travel?
My pre-Christmas post on a possible limit to consumption mania (note the word possible) resulted in some considerable scepticism being expressed. However, I think it’s well within the realms of possibility that the satiation of everything – the modernist dream [...]
On not doing Christmas shopping
Although there are signs of Christmas retail panic at JB Hi-Fi, you could play a game of cricket in a couple of department stores I’ve strolled through in the last couple of days. On cue, we’ve had very noisy calls [...]
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