Spiked Online:
Untying the ‘ribbon culture’. A car covered with bumper stickers is a cry for help, an individual upset over feelings of impotence (general, not sexual). Better to channel anger at disempowerment into Congressional letter-writing or grassroots action. Action being the important word here. Not once have I ever been alerted to a critical situation or been driven to give to a charity on the basis of a sticker or ribbon. There are, alas, all too many causes that need urgent help ... I find out about those which are closest to my heart through my own experience.
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