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Friday, December 02, 2005
Sarong Party Girl in Today - on public space
Missy Izzy, until recently the Sarong Party Girl, is best-known for her blog - lots of sexuality and political incorrectness. She's recently started writing a column for the blogger-friendly daily tabloid Today, and well, today, she hits the subject of nasty commercial Christmas decorations, not just complaining, but connecting the subject to concepts of public space in the city. Excerpts:«With the country's conservative stand towards graffiti and busking, you'd think such rampant disregard for public space wouldn't be tolerated. »
and«I find it terribly unfair that the public spaces of my country are being sold off the multinationals' causes — of which there is only one: Profit. And in so doing, locals are deprived of a space they can truly call their own.»
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