links for 2010-03-10

• China and India to Join Copenhagen Climate Change Accord – NYTimes.com
  (tags: climatechange UNFCCC china india environment carbon politics)
• Egyptian female bodyguards mix hijabs with aikido / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com
  (tags: egypt security society religion women)
• And I Am Not Lying » Blog Archive » Types of Bitches
  This list is fairly neatly written. Spelling and troubled penmanship aside, there are no cross-outs, crumples, stains, etc. This looks like something that was written, maybe as a part of a group, and then placed onto the official record that we see here. I like thinking about an excited group of kids sitting around and charting out all the different types of bitches they can think of and then carefully writing them down onto a master list.

  And it was found in a 3rd grade classroom! Either the child who left this behind borrowed this from a much more sophisticated older sibling/cousin, or kids in inner-city D.C. grow up even faster than I thought.

  (tags: humor culture language)
• Greenwala – Fashionista Farm Girls Sowing Rice & Riches in Tokyo
  Working the earth with your own two hands isn't exactly the type of activity that many of us would choose to don our Sunday best for. It probably wouldn't even occur to most people to bother primping or preening because it's not as if the crops really care how you look. Farming is a dirty business after all, with dust swirling in the air, the sun beating down on your neck and endless acres to plow, fertilize, weed, water and harvest. Breaking a sweat is just part of the process but Japanese model, singer and fashionista farm girl pioneer Shiho Fujita is intent on proving that you don't have to be schlumpy to show the land who's boss. Why would a twenty-something have any interest in digging in the dirt? Her motivation happens to be one part damage control, one part fresh green entrepreneurial spirit.
  (tags: agriculture japan fashion)
• Economic Injustice: "WE WERE ROBBED…… " – International Observation
  (tags: economy economics capitalism aid development)