Food Moovie, Veg Apps, & Earth Week Sale

These Neto Stripes, Plimadrille Shoes, Black High-tops, and Contrast Plimsoles are great for spring!

H by Hudson Neto Stripe Slip-On Shoes ASOS Plimadrille Shoes

Gram 383g High-Top Trainers ASOS Contrast Binding Plimsolls

FOOD, INC. is a film exposing the food industry’s dirty secrets:

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.


earthday_promo.jpgGilt Groupe’s Earthweek sales include Edun, Matt + Nat, Stella McCartney, Loomstate, and Stuart + Brown. Gilt Groupe is a website offering invitation-only sales of coveted and luxury fashion lines at discounts up to 70% off retail.

I am inviting all my readers to join. Simply click HERE.

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Check out the VeganXpress app for your iPod/iPhone. It lets you know what is vegan at popular chain restaurants and fast-food places. If you’re ever stuck in the middle-of-nowhere, this could be quite the life-saver.

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http://www.ingridnewkirk.com/photos/photo-IngridWdog1.jpgIf you’ve never heard Ingrid Newkirk speak, this is a must. Listen to Ingrid’s speech at The International Non-violence Conference in Bethlehem in 2005. It is the first time anyone has been invited to speak on a non-human issue.

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TheDiscerningBrute, April 20th 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in activism, animal rights, DB Discount, fashion, food, global warming, green, human rights, news, organic, philosophy, sex, Shoes, social responsibility, travel, trend report, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian

The Semiotics of OSPOP

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One Small Point of Pride.

As a counterpoint to Veblen’s ‘Theory of the Leisure Class’ in which fashion functions to allow the wealthy to stand out as icons of leisure due to their mobility-limiting and extravagant attire – which both prevent them from doing manual labor and require the help of servants to both put on the garb and maintain the garments integrity, OSPOP‘s iconography invokes working-class pride. It also directly helps the shoemakers of Wen County.

In 2007, OSPOP created an education fund in Wen County – a rural wheat harvesting and coal mining community in the Henan Province of central China also known for producing rubber-soled canvas trainers for over 50 years. The fund was established to provide those qualified high-school seniors who cannot afford to attend university studies with financial assistance.

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The shoemakers of Wen County joined forces with the creators of OSPOP, who traveled to Wen County’s Tienlang (Skywolf) Shoes Factory. Together, they improved the design and comfortability of the shoes, and made them available to the global market. Now you can own a pair of these vegan, socially responsible sneaks. Purchasing info at OSPOP.com

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DB’s Etiquette Recommendation: Just because it was made in China does not mean it’s a sweatshop. By taking responsibility for our purchases (in knowing who, what, where, how and why products are made) we can put our money to good use – and get a nice functional product out of it. We have the internet – so do your homework before you buy something – and take full responsibility for what you put your money into when you do.

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TheDiscerningBrute, January 24th 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in activism, fair trade, fashion, Shoes, social responsibility, vegan, vegetarian