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Something of a dilemma...

Delightfully Cranky blog post by Lisa Jervis, January 24, 2008 - 1:48pm; tagged corporations, environmentalism, labor politics.

When a supremely evil corporation takes some steps to mitigate or change its evil ways, does that change the fact that the corporation is evil? Can corporate responsibility ever be anything but a PR-motivated sham? Can we appreciate the actual changes for workers and the environment even as we remain skeptical and critical of the company's once and future practices?

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Can Sex Sell Environmentalism?

Article by Rebecca Onion, Illustrated by Corey Pierce, appeared in issue Hot & Bothered; published in 2006; filed under Activism; tagged advertising, beauty standards, environmentalism, porn, sex.

What you think about Fuck for Forest, a Berlin-based website that lets subscribers watch videos of environmental activists doing the nasty, depends in part on what you think about porn as a whole. If you think it’s liberating, empowering, and fun for the folks involved, then you can feel good about supporting an organization that channels its massive earning potential toward worthy antideforestation efforts—unlike regular internet porn, the dollars you spend aren’t paying for the gold plating on some smarmy webmaster’s hot tub.

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