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Celebrity Activism

Bennett Gordon

Posted: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:55 PM

Joined: 10/11/2007
Posts: 98

What do you think the role of celebrities should be in activism? Do you think any go too far, or not far enough?

To read about one celebrity who’s getting activism right, read this post on Baaba Maal.

Miss Understood

Posted: Friday, May 08, 2009 6:12 PM

Joined: 9/19/2008
Posts: 81

I say let them do whatever the heck they want. What I don't like is when they don't really mean it. Like the person who claims to be a big time PETA activist and vegetarian then shows up in thigh high leather boots and a fur at a steak house opening.

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