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Old 10-03-2013, 09:30 PM
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I've mentioned them in a couple of contexts, and I think in general they Do Good and manage to engage people from different walks of life.

They are featured in a PBS Documentary on education and are doing a viewing party thing tonight The HPA Live!
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Old 10-04-2013, 12:32 AM
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I really like fan groups that get involved in doing good. One I admire is the Star Wars fan group the 501st Legion that does a similar thing. They are mostly dedicated to cosplay and their members visit hospitals and libraries and other community events. They also have some droid makers in the group. They are very involved in Star Wars Reads Day, which is coming up soon and something I wish my library celebrated.
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Old 10-05-2013, 03:17 AM
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The documentary is Is School Enough? | PBS

Janet, that sounds really cool. I will be checking it out!

HPA does Accio Books to collect books for kids. Having such an extensive home library, plus computers and Kindles and iPads and shit...I find myself astounded by how many kids have no reading material at home. And have never visited a library. Kiddo has real relationships with the city's Children's Librarians, he's been going there for programs and books since he was an infant
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HPA expanding to The Hunger Games fandom...target issue: economic inequality

Defy the Capitol. Join the resistance.
http://oddsinourfavor.org/
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The open disdain that Panem’s ruling class feels toward the districts that support the Capitol is not unlike the disdain demonstrated by politicians who fight tooth and nail for the elimination of programs that keep people off the streets, keep children fed, keep schools from crumbling to the ground, keep benefits in place for veterans, etc. Blame is heaped on those who require the assistance, while the system that puts people at a disadvantage from birth is upheld — not only as fair, but also as natural and sacred.

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Excellent, because now I have somewhere to dump this only tangentally-related thing that I have been meaning to post but couldn't figure out where.

Does anyone else who read the Hunger Games books, especially the third one, think that Cover Girl has sort of missed the point with their "Capitol Collection"?

Capitol Beauty Studio - District Looks Inspired by Hunger Games Catching Fire
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Old 11-14-2013, 02:40 PM
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Depends on POV. Think of the Conservatives who vote against their own self interests because they actually think they can bootstrap theirfuckingselves (or coattailhangonandup) to the upper class, and openly disdain others who are economic equals? Those people actually identify with the Capitol rather than find it shallow and heinous.

Or something maybe, I dunno.
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I just remember in the third book, when ...



Then again, that was all in her internal monologue, and the collection is based on the movies, not the books. It's just too bad if that message is going to be all watered down in the movies, but I guess that's what usually happens when you make movies from books. Le sigh.
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The Marketing Tactics for Hunger Games: Catching Fire Would Make Panem's Capitol Proud | Underwire | Wired.com
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OMG great article, and I almost lost half a day diving into all those links and videos* but then I remembered I have way too much to do and closed all my tabs. But I will come back!

In the meantime, though, check this out. When I first when to the Cover Girl website, I started with district 12 because I wanted to see if they were going to do coal or fire or both. Turns out they went with coal (with a little "flamed out" mascara for the Catching Fire tie-in) and check out my favorite part ...



* a Hunger Games-themed summer camp and an amusement park?! :headasplode:
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Imagine a world where Harry Potter fans come together with fans of Doctor Who, Firefly, Star Trek and Glee to build a community of activists. Imagine this coalition of united fans working with the world’s most prominent YouTube celebrities, actors and best selling authors to change the world.

This is the Harry Potter Alliance’s Imagine Better Project. The Imagine Better project takes a grassroots approach to harnessing the energy of popular culture, modern mythology and social media for social change. It is a place where we take all of the stories and communities that excite us and turn them into fuel for a better world. Where fans of all stories can join forces to turn the fictions they love into the world they can imagine.
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WHERE WAS HARRY POTTER AND HIS STUPID MAGIC STUFF WHEN FIREFLAY WAS CAST FROM THE HEAVENS.

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Podcast about HPA

On Our Minds: The Fault in our Stars | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE
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http://thehpalliance.org/fandomforward/FF-MCU-SPR15.pdf

A Marvel fan issues and activism thing
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