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Today we're taking a break from the usual FoodFic musings to hear from Jillian McKee, a blogger who saw the Toastworthy Teen post highlighting cancer survivor Caitlyn Mortus and asked if she could share some valuable…

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On February 9, model and Columbia grad Sara Ziff is launching the Model Alliance, a nonprofit that will advocate for models’ rights. Actors have SAG; models, who are often much younger than the general labor force, have no union and no place to turn if their agent screws them out of money, if they need health insurance, if they want to report unprofessional behavior (Ziff cites an example of a photographer who demanded a hand job in return for booking a model).…

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Over 1000 people campaigned outside Liberal Democrat headquarters today to protest in support of electoral reform. They had marched from Parliament Square to deliver a petition to Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. The petition is signed by 30,000 people and states:

“This Parliament does not represent us.



We demand fair votes now.



There must never again be an election under this broken system.”



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The demonstration, organised by… Continue