Talking Rights

The musician playing this lovely song, Damien Rice, said of his tribute to the imprisoned Burmese leader, Aung San Suu Kyi:
“I prefer not to interfere too much with what is going on in the world, but when someone has been thrown into a hole and they ask you to throw down a rope, I am [...]

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The letters forum in Sunday’s (Raleigh) News and Observer featured comments on last week’s story “An activist awakens,” about anti-”Bodies” activist Sarah Redpath.
What article critics don’t address is that the for-profit company behind the exhibit cannot provide any proof that the individuals whose bodies are on display gave their consent. As I wrote in response [...]

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An activist awakens

Craig Jarvis, Staff Writer
Raleigh News and Observer
September 16, 2007

On a Saturday afternoon beneath an unforgiving August sun, Sarah Redpath flip-flops across “Main Street” — the pristine, pretend downtown square at The Streets at Southpoint. She and a friend in high heels are handing out fliers protesting an exhibition of real bodies at the [...]

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Bodies’ exhibit draws criticism
By Monica Chen, The Herald-Sun
September 1, 2007
A half-dozen Duke University professors staged a protest of BODIES… The Exhibition at The Streets at Southpoint on Saturday.
Holding signs in English and Chinese reading “Real People — No Consent” and “For money and gold, abuse human rights,” the protesters handed out leaflets by the [...]

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11mall security 9-01-07
Originally uploaded by FabiolaPal
It took four minutes for mall security at Durham’s The Streets at Southpoint mall to shut us down today. We came with more people and signs. One person, offered a leaflet with information about the real origin of the bodies, said, “I don’t care. I just want to have fun!”
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