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Shopping for the cure 4: Luxury slactivism by Ralph Lauren
When you buy products that tout their support for the breast cancer cause, put it through this three-step test:...
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Getting pissed with drunk drivers
I tried to post this on osocio last week, but the proprietary video wouldn’t embed in this platform. So...
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Nuclear Energy – The problem with no solution
There aren’t many campaigns about the risks of nuclear energy lately. But with the Fukushima disaster this will change...
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Se non ora quando?
I guess it’s the season of popular uprisings. But this one is in a western constitutional democracy: Translated is...
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Too much of a good thing
An Osocio reader named Antonio commented on the recent post Vaccines for Adults to say, “Hi there, it’s incredible...
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Italy wants paper recyclers to clean up their act
Italy has been recycling paper for decades, so perhaps it’s not asking too much to tell consumers to do...
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Are Italian drivers stuck in the ‘70s?
You’d think so, after seeing this anti-drunk-driving at from the City of Nettuno: The copy translates as: If you...
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Alcohol in pregnancy ads may leave target audience shaken, but not stirred
This ad, from Italy’s Veneto region, translates loosely as: “Mamma drinks, baby drinks. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy and nursing...
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Cure the victims of cosmetic tests
This ad, published in September 2009, is from ENPA (Ente Nazionale Protezione Animali), the Italian national board for the...
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Magic in Italian politics
Welcome to Pidiello, a magician, a fortune-teller, he predicts your future in his television show. The phone rings and...
