The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:55:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 showmeonthedoll on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15823 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15823#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:55:00 +0000 showmeonthedoll http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15823 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15823/feed 0 jacksonwest on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15771 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15771#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:51:04 +0000 jacksonwest http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15771 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15771/feed 0 kenbaumann on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15712 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15712#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:06:41 +0000 kenbaumann http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15712 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15712/feed 0 jacksonwest on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15709 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15709#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:44:30 +0000 jacksonwest http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15709 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15709/feed 0 gregorg on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15702 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15702#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:11:26 +0000 gregorg http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15702 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15702/feed 0 ProfessorBen on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15694 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15694#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:01:49 +0000 ProfessorBen http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15694 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15694/feed 0 TerseNursePornstein on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15693 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15693#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:48:48 +0000 TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15693 in Africa.]]> in Africa.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15693/feed 0 TerseNursePornstein on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15691 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15691#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:16:51 +0000 TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15691 Frontline's Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground had some horrific footage of women hunching over pots in which circuit boards collected from computers dumped there by the West were boiling. This recipe yields trace amounts of gold for Chinese takeaway--and ample lead fume leftovers. BTW, didn't get to tell you how much I enjoyed your piece on Gulnara. Keep up the great work.]]> Frontline's Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground had some horrific footage of women hunching over pots in which circuit boards collected from computers dumped there by the West were boiling. This recipe yields trace amounts of gold for Chinese takeaway--and ample lead fume leftovers. BTW, didn't get to tell you how much I enjoyed your piece on Gulnara. Keep up the great work.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15691/feed 0 kitten_witawip on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15690 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15690#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:10:18 +0000 kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15690 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15690/feed 0 kenbaumann on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15689 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15689#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:10:03 +0000 kenbaumann http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15689 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15689/feed 0 wiilliiaamm on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15680 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15680#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:38:52 +0000 wiilliiaamm http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15680 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15680/feed 0 Abe Sauer on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15678 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15678#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:32:58 +0000 Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15678 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15678/feed 0 atipofthehat on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15659 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15659#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:36:02 +0000 atipofthehat http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15659 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15659/feed 0 atipofthehat on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15657 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15657#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:32:22 +0000 atipofthehat http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15657 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15657/feed 0 wiilliiaamm on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15656 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15656#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:29:23 +0000 wiilliiaamm http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15656 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15656/feed 0 Abe Sauer on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15637 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15637#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:31:00 +0000 Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15637 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15637/feed 0 KarenUhOh on The Rape of Africa: Designed in California, Made in China http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15636 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15636#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:30:47 +0000 KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15636 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/the-rape-of-africa-designed-in-california-made-in-china#comment-15636/feed 0