My mom called me last night to talk to me about the shoot. Unbeknownst to her, she played a small part in this travesty. She is a member of the Virginia Woolf Society, and a Vice staff member contacted her to ask some questions about how Woolf died. My mother gave the writer quite a lot of info, dispelled some of the…
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I wonder what kind of apology they'd give to Iris Chang's young son?
"Oh, sorry if you were offended... just thought that dramatizing your mom's death in a fashion spread would be cool."
The problem isn't the representation or even idolization of these women. The problem lies in the combination of the medium and the focus on their deaths. The point behind a fashion spread is to glamorize the outfits, the models, and the lifestyle in the photos. When the lifestyle in the photos is one of depression…
Come on Jezebel. Do you really need to post these pictures? Vice is classless for doing this but you're only perpetuating it.
Hands down, without question, most eloquent and relevant comment on this thread.
Your incredibly black-and-white (and I'm noting the irony here as a fellow bi-racial person) thinking on this issue does you no favors. It's possible to hate part of what GMO does and want to limit it, while encouraging people to actually be able to be fed.
I disagree with your article and reading it was like nails on chalkboard. With all due respect, shut up telling us to shut up. It's good people are coming together to object to something they don't want happening. Why should they stay silent? People do need to know what is going on. Montsanto would LOVE for us to SHUT…
In the eyes of the shareholders, though, it's all part and parcel of the same thing though, right—the bottom line? Monsanto's unethical practices make me weary of their best practices and measures they take to ensure that the food they make is healthy in the long term.
One thing I know for certain though is that the…
Part of this mistrust in the U.S. is the shift of agricultural decisions to shareholders and entrenched politicians, rather than the small farms which used to be the heart of agriculture here. Internationally, though the reason is that Monsanto has utterly destroyed smaller farming communities and economies in poor…
I guarantee you it's not hipsters in the agricultural economies of Peru, Bolivia, India, Thailand, and Madeira which have banned Monsanto and GMOs; to say nothing of the large growing list of countries in general banning their practices and products. It's the people who eat and make the food.
As an ecologist (who also works with insects, ohai!), this this this. I'm not against GMOs because of what people think they know about them, it's the big, wide future of uncertainty about what is going to happen in the long run for agriculture and human consumption. GMOs have their lovely little place in the human…
From a physicist to a biologist: thanks for injecting some actual science into the discussion. Your comment rules!
Writing my first post just to lend a voice to this debate. Unbelievable that Ms. Hatcher-Mays's article and subsequent comments are so absolutist. Being confronted with real and valid concerns seems only to cause her to dig in her heels. While she is entitled to her own opinion, it would be wise to take a more…
What gets me are the claims of "You hate science!" when, in fact, it is science itself that challenges these claims. The linked article about complete safety, for example, claims that most scientists agree. That's actually not true and not a scientific claim. Most INDUSTRY scientists agree. Well, sure. That's what…
I'm a biologist, (but I work on bugs) so my objection to the way GMOs are being handled is less to do with concern about organic-ness and such, and more to do with caution about the process of creating and distributing GMOs under cover of patents and non disclosure. We SHOULD be asking lots of questions about GMOs,…
Speak for yourself. I am a mom of two kids, have been researching GMOs for the past two years, and I want labeling so I can be informed as to what I am feeding them. I can assure you I am no hipster doofus, or some sort of flighty hippie, or other stereotype.
A lot of people are wary of GMOs because of long-term public safety and health concerns. These fears are misplaced—not only are genetically modified foods regulated by the same rules as “regular” food, but there is also a broad consensus in the scientific community that genetically modified food is safe to eat.