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FOOD
1. The Anxiety of Appetite: Barry Glassner, author of “The Gospel of Food,” takes aim at foodies’ sacred cows and explains why many of our menu choices are motivated by fear as much as hunger. We saw a part of this article in class a couple of weeks ago.
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2. Community Efforts Aim to Improve Access to Healthy Foods in Ypsilanti: This is an overview of food politics structures that shape access and availability to healthy food in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This is from my friends blog, Mzelizbthann.
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3. A recipe for yummy sesame spinach.
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4. Maven’s Lamb Meatballs in Tomato Mint Sauce
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5. Brownfemipower: Sugar withdrawals
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POLICY-MEDIA-ECONOMY-IMMIGRATION-TRADE:
6. They’re not joking about the war on terror: Maybe satire is the only remedy: Evil Al-Qaeda Mastermind Admits to Inciting Crack Epidemic
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7. Corn subsidies: You don’t see much about this very often: Big Biotech is Forcing Farmers to Buy GMO Seeds: The Plot Against Mexican Corn
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8. Working conditions for the privileged: “So, it’s such a privilege to work here in the U.S., right? I mean, coming to the U.S. is like getting a free glass of lemonade right before you get your toenails clipped for free, you know? Please read on…” (via Democracy Now).
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
9. Diet Coke + vitamins = healthy beverage!
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10. A fascinating book I read a few months ago about Emergence Theory “Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software.”
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RELATIONSHIPS
11. Superbaby Mama: kactus writing about her daughter growing up, and reflects on talking about sex and about innocence.
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SOCIETY & JUSTICE
12. Video: Arundhati Roy, author of the spellbinding novel “The God of Small Things” reading To love, to be loved.
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.”
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ARTS – CULTURE – LANGUAGE
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13. Video: “Enough Crying” by the magnificent and renowned Mary J. Blige who delivers real life experience through stunning lyrical forms. We saw this song a couple of weeks ago and class. Try here for the lyrics.
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14. Video: For the science and experiment minded person: What is
circuit bending? Youtube search results, please notice the disclaimer.
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15. No word for “lazy hack parroting drivel“? This article is ftom one of my favorite language websites. The majority of the articles focus on various subtleties of language, and are written by professional linguists. Articles from Language Log might be challenging to read for people without a basic understanding of linguistics, or it might be boring for people who don’t enjoy geeking out over language 
