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more about #economiccrisis bananaprincess: so few comments compared to the thin supermodel story. Women were not taking their free aids medicene because of empty stomach and dying. talk about p... more » Idra: I definitely saw this in action while I was in Zambia last summer. One of the girls I was traveling with (another American) had a little birthday cele... more » colormeroutine: I am continually amazed by (most) mothers. My own went without more things than I can count for most of my childhood but I didn't even know we were br... more » JerkoftheMonth is changing her name!: Well at least they have their priorities straight. Staying skinny while being a mom. That's the only way to be a MILF. /sarcasm A bit ironic that many... more » sara-without-an-h: There's a mother in my neighbourhood who pretends to be walking her dog in the evening and instead rifles through people's garbage to look for food. ... more » AthertonMerriweather: This affects many women in the US as well. I have friends that often skip meals or eat the leftovers of their kids dinners. They'd rather go without... more » merv: As someone who works in hunger relief, it's been my experience that women have little complaints concerning hunger in their homes as long as their chi... more » Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November!: So what I guess this means is that the UN Food Program for Africa is A: Not working or B: needs to be expanded. because this, right here, is a damned ... more » LaComtesse: Around the world includes the US. Lots of women I know personally have either done this in the past or do it now. My husband's mom tells grimly of onl... more » resonanteye: I have read atlas shrugged twice. The first time I read it through and it was torturous, the way a Tarantino movie is- I just hate it when the creator... more » Cam/ron: Check out Yevgeny Zamyatin's novel, "We." It delivers a far more intelligent and poetic defense of individualism than anything Rand wrote, plus "Anthe... more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: I really wish that all these people who are threatening to "go Galt" will realize that they are not that special. Yes, I'm sure they have some talent... more » misspell: Once I actually sent off one of those irritating postcards that comes in the middle of Atlas Shrugged, to learn more about objectivism, and they sent ... more » pear.shaped.Sara: I read it for the first time this year and it was just so OBVIOUS. Every single "moral" person also happened to be beautiful. Quelle suprise! All t... more » BicSharpie: Does anyone else find it odd that a group of people who believe in individualism above all else, get upset when a member of that group offers up a bit... more » battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: Oh for the fuck of shit. Objectivism, like any other -ism, is best taken in small, rational portions. Unfortunately Egotistical Dipshits take on the c... more » tomatoheart: I have read both Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged around 5-10 time each. I do this to remind myself what switched me from being a sad girl living in a ... more » elitza owns the last Enzo shirt: I think I'm the only commenter here that--even though I disagree with the economic policy in it--really enjoyed Atlas Shrugged. For that matter, The F... more » NerD: Blattella: The problem with people who read Ayn Rand is that they never assume that they wouldn't be one of the left behind. Everyone who reads it assumes they ... more » vamusical: It's cute that they're rallying around a fictional work as a basis for their policy beliefs. I'm going to run for office on a Chronicles of Narnia pla... more » -
#tradeoffs
Women Get Smaller To Help Their Children Get Bigger
Women like Phetsile Ndwandwe of Swaziland are increasingly facing malnourishment as they sacrifice meals in difficult times so that their children might eat. Around the world, many women face starvation due to such sacrifices. [MSNBC] -
#randomnumbers
Objectivists Talk Economics, Fail Basic Math
This week's New Yorker visits some Objectivists — followers of Ayn Rand — for their monthly lunch meeting. The subject: whether Alan Greenspan was wrong to admit that the free market might have flaws. More » -
#jezenomics
Strip Club Offering More Jobs When Jobs Are Hard To Come By
The Foxy Lady strip club in Providence is holding its first-ever job fair this weekend to fill 30 positions due to increased demand during the state's mounting unemployment crisis. They just want to help! More » -
#arosebyanyothername
An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
New York Times film critic A.O. Scott wrote a beauteous ode to his alcohol of choice, Scotch, in this weekend's Style section. Scott is a man after our own heart.
