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g o l d p a n d a: http://www.nowness.com/day/2013/6/3/3075/gold-panda-my-father-in-hong-kong-1961

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showstudio: You can’t buy happiness. Steal it.

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 06:32:26 +0100

showstudio:

You can’t buy happiness. Steal it.

teenvogue: Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig gave us his...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:21 +0100

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Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig gave us his best college advice »

lovewantmagazine: Photography by Pierre toussaint LOVEWANT...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:24:13 +0100

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Photography by Pierre toussaint LOVEWANT Issue 6

theniftyfifties: Marlon Brando in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:14 +0100

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Marlon Brando in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, 1951

oystermag: Exclusive: Urban Outfitters x Stolen Girlfriends...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:20:32 +0100

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Exclusive: Urban Outfitters x Stolen Girlfriends Club Shot & Styled by Zara Mirkin

vicemag: Horrible People Are Exploiting Cambodia’s...

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:58:01 +0100

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Horrible People Are Exploiting Cambodia’s Orphanages

Once upon a time, long before Angelina Jolie got a mastectomy, she adopted a Cambodian child. As a result, privileged Westerners of all nationalities flocked to the country’s orphanages in the hope of simultaneously nurturing a child and their own sense of self-worth.

In 2012 alone, Cambodia was visited by 3.5 million tourists, so I guess someone was eventually bound to put two and two together and realize that the hundreds of orphanages throughout the country could be exploited into becoming a tourist attraction for the rising amount of foreign visitors.

The country’s orphanage boom all began in the early 70s, when Pol Pot marauded around the country, intentionally splitting up villages, slaughtering families and imprisoning the educated populace in an attempt to win the civil war. The tactic worked for Pol and his Khmer Rouge regime, but left thousands of children displaced, so NGOs came flooding in to salvage the situation by building orphanages all over the country.

Thirty years later, Cambodia now boasts more than 500 orphanages—a figure that has doubled in the last decade, presumably because the large donations they receive are a much easier way to make money than actually working. Sadly, that nifty little ruse seems to have become public knowledge, and the exploitation of Cambodia’s orphans has turned into a booming, multi-million dollar industry.

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suicideblonde: Lost in Translation

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:43:19 +0100

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Lost in Translation

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vicemag: Inside the Abandoned Radioactive Towns of Japan...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:47:23 +0000

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Inside the Abandoned Radioactive Towns of Japan - Photos by Toshiya Watanabe

vicemag: In China, Tigers Are Farmed Like Chickens Tigers are...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:47:06 +0000

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In China, Tigers Are Farmed Like Chickens

Tigers are some of the biggest victims of the wildlife trade, with the rare cats’ bones coveted for traditional medicine and their coats prized as rugs. In Vietnam, tiger parts are so valuable that they make better bribes than cash. And in China, tiger parts are in such high demand that they are being farmed like chickens.

According to a new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency, China’s tiger farms are huge, with thousands of captive tigers being bred for slaughter. That’s possible because China has essentially legalized the tiger trade, which is troubling considering that China is a signatory of the CITES treaty, which bans international trade of tiger parts (along with parts of other animals, like rhinos and elephants) and calls for domestic trade prohibitions.

But far more troubling is the EIA’s conclusion that China’s tiger farms are actually stimulating demand for wild tigers. The report states that there are somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 captive tigers in China, a population that boomed from just a few dozen in the 80s thanks to favorable legal policies as well as funding from China’s State Forestry Administration. (As the Times noted in 2010, China’s largest tiger farm is run by the SFA.) Meanwhile, China’s wild tiger population has plummeted to just a few dozen individuals, down from a high of around 4,000 in the late 1940s.

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"Her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted him. No matter what his..."

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:11:42 +0000

“Her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted him. No matter what...

papermag: This GIF is the reason for GIFs. [TheClearlyDope]

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This GIF is the reason for GIFs. [TheClearlyDope]

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