November 18, 2009 ⋆ Valley Advocate

Musings on the Filmmaker-Subject Relationship

by Julie Mallozzi | Nov 18, 2009 | The Public Humanist

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a memorial service for Sokhorn Sem, the mother of one of the subjects of my film Monkey Dance. The service was held at the Khmer Buddhist Temple in Chelmsford, Massachusetts (Wat Triratanaram). Sokhorn’s battle with breast...

Ilk alert!

by James Heflin | Nov 18, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Warning: the endangered ilk has returned to its habitat. Just snapped a pic in my back yard: Also worthy of note–a wicked conspiracy gets unmasked near the end of our current commentary. One about which we should all be informed, involving jihadis, purity of...

Controversial Program Pays Teens to Avoid Pregnancy

by Cherchez La Femme | Nov 18, 2009 | Cherchez La Femme

"College Bound Sisters," a controversial program run by the Guilford County health department in North Carolina, pays it's members a dollar a day to put towards college if they stay un-pregnant. While the program does not advocate abstinance-only...

Whole Foods Boycott Explores Local Angle

by Maureen Turner | Nov 18, 2009 | News

About three months after it started, a national boycott against Whole Foods seems to be petering out—but local activists are determined to keep the pressure on the company and specifically its CEO, John Mackey.Calls for the boycott were sparked by an op-ed piece...

Musings on the Filmmaker-Subject Relationship

Ilk alert!

Controversial Program Pays Teens to Avoid Pregnancy

Whole Foods Boycott Explores Local Angle

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