Word: facebooked
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Kelli Roman, a 23-year-old mother of two from Fallbrook, CA, doesn't think she should have to hide the fact that she breast-feeds her daughter - not from her friends, her family or even the people she interacts with on Facebook. Facebook disagrees. The social-networking site takes down some breast-feeding photos if they show an exposed nipple or areola, which it considers obscene material. Roman and several other women have banded together to protest this policy, forming a Facebook group that has grown to tens of thousands of members. TIME talked to Roman about the virtues...
...police have mostly taken defensive tactics. But the protests, which harken back to the anti-globalization mix of violence and civil disobedience of Seattle in 1999 and Genoa in 2001, don't appear to be ending any time soon. Protesters say the use of online social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have helped organize street demonstrations, as well as the more high-profile stunts, like the hanging of the two giant pink banners from the Acropolis calling on other Europeans to take part in the protests. So far, outside of Greece, other anti-globalization demonstrations in sympathy with...
...While Schwartz and Biggers held a 122 -person lead in Facebook group membership, Flores and McLeod won crucial endorsements from student groups like the Dems and the Harvard Republican Club. The Dems have now endorsed the winning candidate for the sixth consecutive year...
While Schwartz and Biggers held a lead in Facebook group members, Flores and McLeod won crucial endorsements from student groups like the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club. The Dems have now endorsed the winning candidate for the sixth consecutive year...
...Last month, James and her outraged peers launched Miss-Ogynist University of London - a campaign that calls for the "degrading" pageant to be scrapped before its grand finale. Three-hundred people have joined the Facebook group, and together they have organized debates and rallies in London, and convinced several student unions to ban pageant advertisements on campus because they violate the "safe space" policy of various university charters. Feminist ire isn't just directed at pageant organizers either. They also point the finger at contestants who they feel possess a false sense of emancipation. "Their attention-seeking is completely misplaced...