Social Action + Cinema Videos of the Day:

1) Media that Matters presents The Countdown

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We talk about trash a lot here at TakePart - mostly how we can have less of it. So I thought I’d take a different spin and showcase a little project that explores how different New Yorkers have different trash:

How does the trash in your ‘nabe measure up to the rest of the city’s? NY Moon and Last Night’s Trash documented different neighborhood’s garbage, and while there’s no trash-tallying competition, the discarded items speak volumes at times.

The now endangered Lower East Side had “rocker clothes,” Bushwick had a smashed guitar, Flushing sported a “Met’s Suck 2X” sign, and Park Slope had a badly stained mattress. What was in your neighborhood?

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Watching The L Word on Showtime on demand reminded me of the great adage, immortalized by Matthew Mcconoughy in Dazed and Confused: “That’s what I like about high school girls: I keep getting older, they stay the same age.” Except “what I like about L Word girls” is “they keep getting older, they stay the same” or as beautiful” or even more beautiful.” But the L word does more than just make its stars youthful and beautiful. In the case of the four “thespians” discussed below, it actually resuscitates the dead careers of former it girls, turning them into L women, taking years off their lives, and giving them new leases (or contracts) on life.

So here are my top 4 tripple L’s (Longevity L-Word Ladies.)

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