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Dove Campaign for Beauty

Two thumbs up to Dove for spending advertising dollars during the most prized airtime, the Superbowl, to promote their real beauty campaign.  Now, I've been watching this campaign develop and I must admit that I was initially skeptical.  However, the commercial that they aired during the Superbowl hit a nerve.  As a former Girl Scout, the fact the Girl Scouts is part of this campaign has only fortified my belief in this effort.  I hope that this campaign enables GSUSA to further their mission that "builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place."  Just from the other commercials that aired, there is still a great deal of work to do.

To eat or not to eat

Alright, so I just told the world about not wanting to eat anything from an animal after watching Undercover TV.  Now, I'm about to eat my left-overs from Seoul Garden, and it's bul ko ki- a beef dish.  Not wanting to have that cow die in vain, I will eat the left-overs and not waste them.  It'll be hard not remembering the images from last night's show.  I also hope that the recent Mad Cow violation isn't reflective of the whole US beef industry.  It would be my luck to feel guilty and get Mad Cow disease on top of it!

Consumption of Food

As I was flipping through the channels last night, I stumbled upon "Undercover TV" which I believe is partly funded by In Defense of Animals.  It was a show about the cruelty to animals, including rodeos, puppy mills, dog and cock fighting, chicken farms, etc.  I must say that the footage was quite disturbing, so much so that it made me not want to eat especially anything produced from an animal.  The chicken farm footage really made me not want to eat eggs, and started my brain thinking about our consumption fever here in the U.S.  We waste a terrible amount of food, clothing, enery, etc. and it causes a great deal of harm to the animals, environment, and us.  I don't mean to get onto a soapbox, but it wouldn't hurt us to buy a little less, eat a little less, and throw away a little less.  Maybe then, we wouldn't see or hear about so many atrocities in our world.