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		<title>Inclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the news recently of exclusion (see recent posts on Abercrombie and Fitch here and here), I&#8217;ve been thinking about this quote from one of my most favorite movies, Chocolat. &#8220;I think that we can&#8217;t go around measuring our goodness by what we don&#8217;t do. By what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurorameyer.com&#038;blog=12100297&#038;post=2629&#038;subd=aurorameyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abercrombie &amp; Fitch, backlash</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The exclusively exclusionary clothing brand is back in the news again this week with protesters planning to donate A&#38;F clothes to the homeless. You can also see the hashtag, #FitchtheHomeless. At best, this reinforces exclusion, only the coolest can wear the latest season A&#38;F attire. Everyone else is in the homeless category. You can go to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurorameyer.com&#038;blog=12100297&#038;post=2623&#038;subd=aurorameyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abercrombie &amp; Fitch is just being Abercrombie &amp; Fitch</title>
		<link>http://aurorameyer.com/2013/05/09/abercrombie-fitch-is-just-being-abercrombie-fitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The internet seems to be in an uproar of Abercrombie &#38; Fitch&#8217;s newest insult, large people (specifically women) shouldn&#8217;t wear their clothes. At least the company is honest about their brand and expectations. Communications expert, Tim Miles, author of Good Company: Making It, Keeping It, and Being It wrote in his blog, the Daily Blur that A&#38;F [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurorameyer.com&#038;blog=12100297&#038;post=2612&#038;subd=aurorameyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advice for 2013 Graduates</title>
		<link>http://aurorameyer.com/2013/05/06/advice-for-2013-graduates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 19:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You're about to graduate with a degree and are probably eager to share your vast knowledge with your future employer. That's great! Find a way to keep that enthusiasm while you learn the ropes of your field and job. Take time to learn not only the industry you'll work in, but the office politics, the major players in the field and in your office and where you are the most talented.

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		<title>Gyro Meat with Tzatziki Sauce</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago we had some friends over for a Sunday feast. J has previously mastered the Chicken Gyros (recipe soon!) and wanted to try his hand at the more traditional gyro meat, which is a combination of lamb and beef. As usual, one of our favorite Food Network chefs, Alton Brown, didn&#8217;t [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aurorameyer.com&#038;blog=12100297&#038;post=2608&#038;subd=aurorameyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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