Rainforest Crunch. Cherry Garcia. Peace Pops. Perhaps no other consumer brand’s image is so entwined with hippie-inspired idealism and social causes as Ben & Jerry’s. Among the ice-cream maker’s crusades: saving the endangered family farm by supporting farmers’ cooperatives and fair-trade initiatives. The message is unmistakable: by buying pints and cones‚ consumers are helping Ben & Jerry’s stick up for the little guy. But when it comes to its own "little guy‚" Ben & Jerry’s may not be quite so
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Dramedy is a subgenre of comedy that has a dramatic tone‚ yet has important elements of a comedy. In Dramedies‚ the amount of drama and comedy are almost equally balanced. This balance provides comedic relief for the audience‚ while still addressing serious issues. An example of a movie in this category is Almost Famous by Cameron Crowe. Almost Famous is about 15 year old aspiring rock journalist who is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band
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Tobias Wolff is a writer known for his memoirs and realistic short stories. “Hunters in the Snow” is a story about three friends‚ Tub‚ Frank‚ and Kenny‚ who go hunting in the snow. Wolff writes about humanity through the friendship of the three friends and the events they go through. In the beginning of the story is Tub‚ he is standing on the sidewalk. A truck comes around the corner‚ in the truck is Kenny‚ the driver‚ and Frank. The trio heads towards the woods where Kenny wanted to hunt. Crossing
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Angela Taylor English 111 January 28th‚ 2013 Now and Then Today’s society depends upon fighting for you and you alone. Not caring about other people’s wants‚ needs or what they deserve. Although there once was a time when it was not always like this; the fact of life came into play as it always does. People change. Our society has changed drastically over the past fifty years. We have become an information society. In today’s world we rely on our televisions‚ cell phones‚ radios‚ and computers
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homemade honey shampoo‚ I would not have believed you. Shampoo‚ conditioner‚ conditioning mask and painfully pricey anti-frizz serum… how could humble honey replace all of that? Let me start at the beginning. This past year‚ I’ve been on a crazy hippie journey to eliminate toxic products from my life. Now‚ I’m excited to say that all of my body care items are homemade and non toxic. This includes: toothpaste‚ deodorant‚ body moisturizer (a blend of coconut oil‚ emu oil and essential oils)‚ facial
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Colombia: I’d definitely recommend travelling from Central to South America by boat (Panama to Cartagena in Colombia for around 6 days‚ $400) You get to visit the islands of San Blas and the indigenous peoples there‚ snorkel‚ sail… Cartagena: visit the Old City (We wandered the streets for hours basking in the old rustic architecture)‚ ‘swim’ in the Mud Volcano (about an hour away)‚ spend a few nights on Isla Blanca (30 mins away by boat‚ white sand & turquoise water‚ stay in hammocks and eat
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The 60s of Fashion Mary Quant once stated “ I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn’t like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted” (“Brainyquote”). Back in the 1960s designers thought the clothes that people had to wear was to boring so they wanted to make their own designer clothes. Mod fashion was a type of a style that was very huge in the 60s because of designers‚ colors‚ and it changed the fashion world. Mod fashion was huge in the 60s because of
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Without delay‚ the book influenced the nation by perpetuating the psychedelic/hippie movement in America. It brought forth a new generation that was unsatisfied with the suburban lifestyle and sought dangerous‚ potentially precarious‚ alternatives (Tryin to Go Further: The Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test). As well‚ participants in the
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infiltration of modern culture and modern urban living styles (but the cars are useful for the Indians because they live scattered). The Indian police is so not like a “police” that the agents instantly think he is a suspect‚ because he dresses like a hippie (Thunder Heart). The agents’ rough attitude towards him and the ceremony can be interpreted as ignorance and disrespect against the native culture‚ which is the first face-to-face conflict shown in the movie. However‚ in many occasions‚ the native
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ written by Ken Kesey in 1962‚ is a book about a lively con man that turns a mental institution upside down with his rambunctious antics and sporadic bouts with the head nurse. Throughout the book‚ this man shows the others in the institution how to stand up for themselves‚ to challenge conformity to society and to be who they want to be. It is basically a book of good versus evil‚ the good being the con man R.P. McMurphy‚ and the
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