Originally published by Ladybud Magazine Recently, there has been a confounding media frenzy on the sensationalized phenomenon of “marijuana moms,” women who smoke cannabis to get through the stress of being a parent. The comparison is a familiar one, of “mother’s little helpers,” blatant references to 1960s housewives who would take a Valium or a…
Originally published by Ladybud Magazine Before sitting down to see Fruitvale Station at Oakland’s historic Grand Lake Theater, I had heard that for Oakland residents the experience would be more like reliving memories than seeing a Hollywood film. The movie opens with one of the infamous cell-phone recordings of 22-year-old Oscar Grant’s shooting at the Fruitvale BART Station that went…
Originally published at TheTippingPoint.tv In three presidential debates there were three major issues notably absent: the environment, the War on Drugs and getting out (and staying out) of military conflict around the world. Instead both President Obama and Mitt Romney redirected all three debates, even the one supposedly dedicated to foreign policy, to the domestic…
Originally published at Toke of the Town Last week, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple’s tour bus passed through Hudspeth County West Texas where it was stopped by local law enforcement and searched for narcotics. The search turned up about an ounce and a half each of marijuana and hashish. Apple was taken into jail where she spent…
Originally published at the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business Net Impact Chapter at Mills College, The Soulful MBA Blog Today the blogosphere was ablaze with the news that Facebook has planned to purchase the social media hipster darling Instagram. For those who aren’t familiar, it is a mobile photography app with all the saccharine-sweet…
n late January Google made what it described as a “small change” to its privacy statements that not only has major implications for advertisers and market researchers but also your personal privacy. If you are one of the estimated 200-400 million people around the world with a Google account, you received an email that explained…
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