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...want to do something to make people stop and pay attention. We believe that people (including men, as shown in the link that Ms. Fiske provided to our “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign) should have the choice to use their own bodies to make social statements and that there is nothing shameful or “wrong” about being naked. This tactic has been used since Lady Godiva rode naked on a horse to protest taxes on the poor in the 11th century...
...have the most rights and the most power. Likewise, it is the societies that punish women for wearing revealing clothing in which women have the fewest rights and the least power. Should women only be allowed to participate in activism if they promise not to show their bodies or use their bodies as political statements? If people choose to use their bodies and sexuality to convey a message, aren’t those of us who censor them—even if our motives are good—also somewhat guilty of disrespect and repression...
...gases may not be the solution to global warming, it nevertheless constitutes an important victory for the White House. Until the interests can be aligned to pass a climate bill (and there is good reason to believe that won’t happen until 2010), the White House can use EPA regulation as an implicit threat: If Congress can’t get its own act together, the EPA will simply move forward on regulating emissions. It also buys time to build popular support and a political coalition to pass the imperfect but commendable draft bill presented by Congressmen...
After downloading the program, it asks you if it can use your current location. Then you can choose from four headings: all, food/drink, shopping, and nightlife. Within each heading you can then select an acceptable distance away—don't make yourself walk further than you have...
...headline, sub-headline, and twice in the article text that the Harvard Republican Club was protesting for Harvard ROTC participants to receive course credit for their ROTC classroom work at MIT. In fact, the Republican Club was pushing for "official recognition" of ROTC, which would entail that Harvard use language more accepting of the program in its annually-published student handbook and that the University subsidize cross-registration fees for Harvard students doing their ROTC work at MIT, but not that academic credit be given to ROTC participants...