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Comment on Contact by Bun Yim Yi

Bun Yim Yi — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:24:15 +0000

It is really excellent that stories have been revealed by Heather Stilwell, with this we can know how the miseries of people who are in human right violation.

Comment on Part 2: A look at brand name clothes and the women who make them by What not to wear: a look at brand name clothes and the women who make them | Heather Stilwell

Thu, 17 May 2012 02:50:20 +0000

[...] * This story is the first in a series on the garment industry. To continue reading, click here: Part 2 [...]

Comment on Part 2: A look at brand name clothes and the women who make them by JT

JT — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:11:23 +0000

I can’t even comment appropriately on this one, it just makes me too angry.

Comment on The Other Side of Reality by JT

JT — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:59:00 +0000

I think its a much more poignant message when we are shown the struggle for normalcy alongside the more literal struggle. I may be wrong but I recall CBC being better about this than most news corps, that is when it comes to trying to show the human side of these bloody conflicts.

Maximum shock value apparently equals maximum viewership, and by extension profit, in the minds of too many journalists and news execs. I don’t buy it, and I’m glad you don’t either!

Comment on What not to wear: a look at brand name clothes and the women who make them by JT

JT — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:22:40 +0000

This is a really moving piece of writing Heather, you are definitely channeling Naomi Klein. The descriptions you give of the emergency ward in particular stood out for me, really scary stuff.

Its way too easy to forget, as members of the privileged few who get to live in the first world, that even though we like to believe slavery has been abolished, its still very much alive and well in the 3rd world, and often enough hidden in our own backyard. Out of sight shouldn’t mean out of mind!

Comment on Jakarta Streets by steve

steve — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:38:08 +0000

I think that of all the travel photo journalism out there these pictures capture feelings and ambiance almost as well as I have ever seen. I suggest the powers that be send this woman with a camera to any country anywhere with her camera and a reasonable budget. This work deserves to be seen! National Geographic…

Comment on The Royal Media by John

John — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:00:16 +0000

In NE Cambodia in a school 5 km west of Ban Lung 2, cluster bombs are waiting in the bushes 5 metres from the school toilet. No one cares, no one will come and deal with them. The press who are about shout it from the roof tops but still no one cares or comes. And then their are the Royals, unemployed parasytes who swan about with the ‘press’ working their nicely manicured nails to the, well, end of their nail polish. Get real world media!! There is that that matters and then there is, umm, Wills and Kate? Oh gag, please spare me.

Comment on Displaced from Borei Keila by steve

steve — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:09:07 +0000

feels strange to say “beautiful work heather” considering the muse is corruption disguised as progress,” but i do so anyway because your report and photos are spectacular.
i’m forever reminded by indigenous amazonianians who anticipate volcanic eruptions as nature’s response and along side their 100 proof shot–
an irish bumper sticker that says something like, “the odds aren’t good, but we should keep doing whatever it is we do anyway.”

Comment on Boeung Kak activists fear violence, arrests by Displaced from Borei Koreil | Heather Stilwell

Displaced from Borei Koreil | Heather Stilwell — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:56:51 +0000

[...] police and company officials are handling the situation that is truly shocking. Back in September I spoke with Suong Sophoan after he was beaten unconscious by police for trying to stop a demolition at Boeung Kak [...]

Comment on Boeung Kak activists fear violence, arrests by Displaced from Borei Keila | Heather Stilwell

Displaced from Borei Keila | Heather Stilwell — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:52:27 +0000

[...] Recent posts Protected: Displaced from Borei Keila Jan 12, 2012 Photo Exhibition @ The 1961 Gallery Jan 8, 2012 Cambodia’s hidden legacy: landmines still a threat Dec 29, 2011 Children in orphanages are not tourist attractions Dec 29, 2011 Boeung Kak activists fear violence, arrests Dec 29, 2011 [...]