Posted on December 3, 2008 by under-covered
By Candice Novak
There are some
progressive programs working towards an ad-free childhood (less product-placement in Saturday morning cartoons, more brand-free bibs). And the merit of such projects are gaining backing from the scientific and mental health community.
Oh, yeah — and parents are realizing there’s something wrong when they can’t find one pair of pampers at Target [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2008 by under-covered
While people are being trampled by customers in the wee hours of the morning on this Black Friday, many are confronting the control consumerism has on Western culture by rejecting that frenzied need to buy, buy, BUY.
Unfortunately, even independent National Public Radio is jumping on the buy-bandwagon with reports almost harrowing shoppers as heroes in [...]
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