January 2012
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LLBean Celebrates 100yr Birthday with Bootmobile!
The Maine Hunting Shoe upon which the L.L. Bean Bootmobile is quite loosely basedwas born in 1912 and was (and still is) considerably more fashionable than a giant boot with an Ford F-250 underneath it, but any boot you could buy wouldn’t be SEVEN FEET LONGER than the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, nor would it commemorate a 100th birthday in a big way. Naturally, you want to know what size shoe it...
Watchchangetheratio:
Jonathan Zittrain does a nice job of explaining SOPA, comparing its draconian provisions to China and Iran. He explains more in depth here.
(And sorry, Danny Goldberg, but “you need something to stop theft” isn’t good enough. Proportionality matters.)
Add #blackoutSOPA to your avatar here.
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Jessica Valenti: Why The Washington Post's new... →
jessicavalenti:
Here’s the thing: I will always want more women’s (and feminist) voices in the mainstream media, particularly in politics. There’s an overwhelming byline gender gap and that needs to change. But The Washington Post’s new lady blog, “She the People,” is not a step in the right direction….