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Talking Trash with Annie Leonard

Feminist Podcast post by Kjerstin Johnson on July 28, 2010 - 12:02pm; tagged activism, Annie Leonard, consumption, environmentalism, Story of Cap and Trade, Story of Stuff.
Want to know the story behind the Story of Stuff? In this interview, Annie Leonard talks about how the original Story of Stuff came about, how she got into activism, the backlash she got for covering cap and trade from within the environmental movement, and why its important for celebrity activists to push the envelope. Check out The Story of Stuff website on the truth about cap and trade, bottled water, and cosmetics. Transcript
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Consumption Junction: The Consumed Issue Podcast

Feminist Podcast post by Kjerstin Johnson on October 12, 2009 - 10:24am; tagged bitchcast, consumption, Gay Deceivers, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Magic Johnson, podcast, Thao Nguyen, The Consumed Issue, weight loss.
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Done with your new issue of Consumed already? Bitch Radio's fifth podcast, "Consumption Junction" is coming out on iTunes! Featuring interviews with Thao Nguyen and Kate Bingaman-Burt, music by Magic Johnson and the Gay Deceivers, and original aural essays you won't find in the magazine, it's Consumed companion you don't want to miss! Visit bitchmedia.org/audio or find Bitch Radio on iTunes to start your audio adventure. Plus when you subscribe to Bitch's podcast you're also in store for Popaganda episodes, extended interviews, and more! Full script after jump.
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Feast of Burden

Feast of Burden
Article by Jessica Hester, Illustrated by Jungyeon Roh, appeared in issue Consumed; published in 2009; filed under Consumer culture; tagged consumption, eating, eroticism, fat acceptance, fat phobia, feeding porn, fetishization, obesity, porn.
Ivy doesn’t look like most performers in mainstream pornography. Then again, the thousands of viewers who have logged on to watch her YouTube videos or look at her photo sets aren’t seeking mainstream adult entertainment. While most porn stars and pinups show off their tits and ass, Ivy shows off her big belly, the body part fetishized in the niche genre of feeding porn.
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