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  • From: Carrie McLaren <stay.free AT verizon.net>
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  • Subject: Stay F---! | February 7, 2006
  • Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:03:52 -0500

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
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Carrie McLaren
Editor, Stay F---!
tel: 718 398 9324
blog: http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org
magazine: http://www.stayfreemagazine.org
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