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[Carrie McLaren <stay.free AT verizon.net>]

Howdy. Here are some highlights from Stay Free's blog that I've 
waited way to long to send out. (Sorry!) For full text, images, and 
many more articles, see http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org.

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CAN ANY SEX SELL ANYTHING?

It is important to remember when looking at this UK ad for toothpaste 
[see URL for image] that even if your mother is beautiful, there is 
nothing sexy about her...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2006/02/can_any_sex_sel.html


CLEARANCE SALE ON OVENS

A few days ago I wrote about the unfortunate placement of a 
McDonald's billboard. Because of my vain obsession with 
Technorati-ing this blog (Technorati is the new Google for the 
self-involved), I saw that Ishbadiddle linked to us in a post that 
included an even better juxtaposition: nobody wants their ad to run 
on a page with a story about the Holocaust but gas companies want it 
to happen much less than others
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2006/01/holocaust_adver.html


WINSTON SMITH'S CLOSE CALL

Winston Smith has been cutting up other people's pictures to make 
surreal and politcally charged collages since the 1970s. His 
illustrations have appeared in magazines from Spin and Playboy to The 
Atlantic Monthly and the New Yorker (my favorite New Yorker 
illustration can be seen at right).  But most know him for his album 
cover art for punk bands like the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra, and 
even Green Day. I emailed Winston to ask him if he'd ever had a 
run-in with copyright holders...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2006/01/winston_smiths_.html


AD-FREE BLOG.ORG

My neighbors down the street started adfreeblog.org for bloggers who 
do not run advertising on their blogs.  It's a simple little icon 
that means:
* I am opposed to the use of corporate advertising on blogs.
* I feel the use of corporate advertising on blogs devalues the medium.
* I do not accept money in return for advertising space on my blog...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2006/01/adfree_blogorg.html


WOMAN BECOMES QUADRUPLE AMPUTEE AFTER GIVING BIRTH

Here's a good story to remember the next time you hear about 
hospitals and doctor groups complaining about the high costs of 
malpractice insurance...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2006/01/woman_becomes_q.html


TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES

We were recently sent this amazing photo of a pair of billboards: a 
McDonald's ad right next to a public service message about childhood 
obesity. It would be great if all billboards were conveniently paired 
like this. Say, the Army and coffins or BetOnSports.com and the 
National Domestic Violence Hotline...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2006/01/mcdonalds_billb_1.html


NEW ON THE WEB FROM STAY FREE MAGAZINE

How we learned to stop worrying and love plastics:
Jeffrey Meikle discusses the history of plastic and its place in 
American culture...
http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/24/meikle-history-plastic.html


ON THE DEPRESSION OF MICE AND MEN

I was listening to NPR last night and caught this bit about a new 
study of depression drugs: "Scientists have discovered a protein in 
the brain called P11 that may explain how drugs like Prozac fight 
depression -- and why they take so long to work.."
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2006/01/p11_depression_.html


NEVER TOO YOUNG TO LOOK YOUNGER

Charles discusses a surprising trend among today's twentysomethings: 
using anti-aging produces and wrinkle creams.
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/12/never_too_young.html


ONE MORE REASON TO HATE CHEERLEADERS

There's nothing like seeing your prejudices confirmed, so it was a 
joy to come across this story validating a deep, dark suspicion of 
mine dating back to high school: cheerleaders are products of the 
dark side. The proof? They're the top recruits for pharmaceutical 
sales rep jobs.
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/12/cheerleaders_ph.html


CLEAR CHANNEL: TRUTH IN BROADCASTING?

You've got to love Clear Channel. Ever the trend-setter, the company 
has started selling naming rights to the newsrooms of some of its 
radio stations. Come January, listeners of WIBA-AM in Madison, Wisc., 
will begin hearing reports from the Amcore Bank News Center, while 
WISN-AM in Milwaukee offers reports from the PyraMax Bank News Center 
(and has, in fact, for the past two years).
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/12/clear_channel_t.html


THE POLITICS OF FEEDING TUBES

Since the Terry Schiavo debacle, it's been a while since I've seen 
anything about feeding tubes. But this article points out that 
feeding tubes are increasingly embraced by institutions caring for 
the elderly -- even though they do almost nothing to help them 
(unless you consider extending the period in which dying people lay 
breathing "help"). Of course, you could blame the increasing use of 
feeding tubes on crazed right-to-lifers. But, as the article makes 
clear, the real source of the feeding tube's spread is money.
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/12/feeding_tube.html
--
Carrie McLaren
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