To quote somewhat at length:
"Though opposition to GMOs has its roots in the liberal environmental
movement, an increasing number of environmental writers and thinkers
have begun to take the industry’s side in the debate, pointing to an
overwhelming scientific consensus—based
on hundreds of independent, non-industry-funded, peer-reviewed,
long-range studies—that GMOs are safe. The scariest recent study, which
claimed that GMOs caused tumors in rats, was the work of a rogue
laboratory in France whose findings have been widely debunked. The
National Academy of Sciences, the American Medical Association, the
World Health Organization, the U.K.’s Royal Society, the European
Commission, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have all
sought to weigh GMOs’ purported risks, and found that there is no
evidence they are dangerous."
I've already made my feelings about GMOs pretty clear, but I was really fascinated by this article from The Atlantic. It's a long read, but it's really worth the time.
2. A Taxonomy of Carbonated Waters
Summer's almost upon us, and L.V. Anderson from Slate tackles this most important of issues - what's the difference between various kinds of fizzy bubble water?
3. Women in Space (part 1)
This review of women in space based sci-fi added several new entries to my reading list. I've already read more fantasy than sci-fi, but lately I've really been drawn to science fiction. It tends to be such a male dominated genre, though, that it's nice to have a list of novels to check out that actually have women in them.
4. The Hollow Cat Eye: A Customized Twist on a Classic Look
Much as I love a classic cat eye, sometimes you just have to switch things up a little bit. This xoVain tutorial gives a few different ideas for how to mix things up with your beauty routine.
5. Model Co Tan Mousse and Mitt
The reason why I'm featuring this link is less because of the product review, and more because of what the lovely Marianne has to say on the issue of skin tone. This is something that I've noticed myself - the vintage look seems to be a very white look, both demographically speaking (I know many more white people who've embraced the retro aesthetic than people of color) and aesthetically speaking (the beauty standard seems to be very pale skin). I think that there are a lot of reasons behind that, and they're way too complicated to get into in just a paragraph or two, but I have to echo her statement that "...all skin tones are beautiful and let's enjoy them, whatever we have, and paint them, or not paint them, whatever takes our fancy, as we see fit."
6. Silk Mystery Outfit
One of the joys of wearing and collecting vintage clothing is doing the research to try and pinpoint their era and origin. The Vintage Traveler recently purchased this lovely silk outfit, and was trying to place the time period it came from. I've spent plenty of time doing this myself, and it was great to read her working through the various clues that made her conclude that it was, in fact, a 1950s garment.
Thank you for sharing there, dear.
ReplyDelete..and an official "Hello" from me.
Marija
Hello there, Marija. Thank you for checking out my blog, I hope you enjoy!
DeleteGreat link roundup! I especially enjoyed the posts on the alt cat eyeliner look and the women in space (I can't think or read about that topic and not instantly have my mind flash to Canada's most famous female astronaut, Roberta Bondar).
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I don't think I'd ever heard of Roberta Bondar, I'll have to look her up. Female astronauts are still so rare, I love to read about them.
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ReplyDeleteWent back and read your original thoughts on GMO's. I think that business has too many liberties of what they can bring to market and that a lot of people while they know that "junk food" isn't good for them don't realize all the chemicals that are in their food. When I watched Food Inc, I was so torn up over how those farmers were treated. I stay as much away from processed foods as I can because it's crazy the amount of chemicals in food and also how many of these chemicals are banned in Europe but allowed here. But, anyways, thank you for commenting on my blog and I look forward to following yours:)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Monsanto is utterly reprehensible. I also watched Food Inc, and my heart went out to the farmers that they forced out of business. I think it's important to look at GMOs objectively, though; they have the potential to reduce our use of chemical pesticides and herbicides, provide increased crop yields, and improve the nutritional content of staple crops in the developing world, just for starters. There are other companies than Monsanto developing them, but they all end up under the same "GMOs = Bad" umbrella. I think that's just too reductive a position to take.
DeleteBut hey, reasonable people can disagree on this sort of thing, and I actually do agree with you about the chemicals that are banned in other countries, as well as sticking to a diet of minimally processed foods. Thanks for checking me out; I hope you like it!