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International Women's Day 8.3.2011

  UN’s theme for International Women’s Day 2011: Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women     100 years…and still a lot to do to make this world a better place!     “FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CULTURE, TRADITION OR RELIGION. IT IS

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Converse loves Marimekko

Converse ♥ Marimekko   CONVERSE   MARIMEKKO     More news: “Marimekko is expanding its distribution and reinforcing its position in the United States by extending its collaboration with Crate and Barrel, a prestigious home furnishings retailer.”   Press release here   MARIMEKKO BLOG here     Marimekko Spring/Summer 2011 Fashion Show     Do

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desperate housewifes…

picture: Self-immolation by women in Afghanistan 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Singles This post is not about an American television comedy-drama series.           I read an article in New York Times. “HERAT, Afghanistan — Even the poorest families in Afghanistan have matches and cooking fuel. The combination usually sustains life. But it

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the sexualization of children

Sexualization in products for children Some commercial products seen as promoting the sexualization of children have drawn considerable media attention:   Bratz Baby dolls that wear thongs. Girls aged 10 and 11 wearing thongs in primary school. Padded bras on bikinis aimed at seven-year-olds. Some people regard training bras similarly.   picture from Wikipedia …

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United Buddy Bears tour in Helsinki, Finland

Today weather was beautiful here in Helsinki! I saw these Buddy Bears from a tram last week but I had to see them closer…   “We have to get to know each other better … … it makes us understand one another better, trust each other more, and live together more peacefully.”   read more

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WO*IMA #83 = your WOrds my IMAge

you give me WOrds and I give you an IMAge = WO*IMA my IMAge #83     As always you have time till Sunday 6 pm Casa time… Don’t know what WO*IMA is about? Check this WO*IMA page!   Have F U N!   * * *     Objective: “To provide youth and women

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to comment or shut up?

    I get about 20-30 spam comments per day. Here are some examples. I know Christian Louboutin would NOT send spam comments to me. I checked their homepage.   This shows it’s no news to them – they have a warning on their homepage… It looks like Mike knows me. But hey, he thinks

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Why Blogger bloggers are so stubborn?

Why some Blogger bloggers are so stubborn? Why is it so difficult to change your comment settings so that it would be easy to leave a comment? Why some of you give only google account option? Why, please tell me! Why can’t you have Name/URL option? That way we (other than Blogger bloggers) would get

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