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		<title>The Last Ethnic Group In The World That Practices Matriarchy</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2011/03/07/the-last-ethnic-group-in-the-world-that-practices-matriarchy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliseo Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Luca Locatelli about his story "Leaving the Mother Lake": The Mosuo are the last ethnicity in the world to practice matriarchy. They live around the Lugu Hu in China, a volcanic lake at 2,700 meters above sea level on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan. Women control all the assets of the society and everything is transferred in matrilineal succession. In their own language there are no words to express the concepts of "father", "husband". Mosuo women do not marry or even live with their men but are free to choose how many men they want. Men visit their girlfriends in the night and return to the mother's house the next morning, every mother has to take care of her son and is not important to know the identity of his father.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Photographer Luca Locatelli about his story "Leaving the Mother Lake": The Mosuo are the last ethnicity in the world to practice matriarchy. They live around the Lugu Hu in China, a volcanic lake at 2,700 meters above sea level on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan. Women control all the assets of the society and everything is transferred in matrilineal succession. In their own language there are no words to express the concepts of "father", "husband". Mosuo women do not marry or even live with their men but are free to choose how many men they want. Men visit their girlfriends in the night and return to the mother's house the next morning, every mother has to take care of her son and is not important to know the identity of his father.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Please Do Not Forget This</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2011/02/17/please-do-not-forget-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saori Ninomiya: I have long wanted to join in the cause of raising awareness of the suffering of rape victims. This may be because I am one of the victims. But when I put aside my personal experience, the feeling that I needed to meet with other victims came from a place deep within me. I will not forget the refrain of the participating women: "It is unbelievable, I am smiling. I am still able to make such a face."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Saori Ninomiya: I have long wanted to join in the cause of raising awareness of the suffering of rape victims. This may be because I am one of the victims. But when I put aside my personal experience, the feeling that I needed to meet with other victims came from a place deep within me. I will not forget the refrain of the participating women: "It is unbelievable, I am smiling. I am still able to make such a face."]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Shauna And I Are One And The Same</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2011/02/13/shauna-and-i-are-one-and-the-same/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sean Lee about his ladyboy alter ego: Initially I felt like I was playing God because I am the creator and Shauna is my creation and I can decide how I want the story to unfold, like a film director. But eventually my roles as Sean and Shauna started to collide and it's not so simple anymore. She affects me as much as I affect her. nd at this point Shauna and I are more or less one and the same. It's no longer a story of me pretending to be a ladyboy, or me as a woman, or a story about Shauna as my alter ego. It's just a story about me, and me is both Sean and Shauna.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sean Lee about his ladyboy alter ego: Initially I felt like I was playing God because I am the creator and Shauna is my creation and I can decide how I want the story to unfold, like a film director. But eventually my roles as Sean and Shauna started to collide and it's not so simple anymore. She affects me as much as I affect her. nd at this point Shauna and I are more or less one and the same. It's no longer a story of me pretending to be a ladyboy, or me as a woman, or a story about Shauna as my alter ego. It's just a story about me, and me is both Sean and Shauna.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Photography Is Like Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2011/02/09/photography-is-like-meditation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diederik Meijer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, composing a portrait through my viewfinder is homologous with the Indian notion of darshan. Literally, darshan implies “to see” or “sight.” But more specifically darshan is concerned with an event in consciousness that creates an interaction between the seer and the seen. Thus darshan heightens consciousness. Another term is rasa, literally meaning “juice” or “essence.” Rasa denotes an essential mental state dominated by a primary experience of the viewer by that which is viewed. For me rasa is a vital component in photographic composition, similar to what Roland Barthes has called the photograph’s noeme. Photography is like meditation...(more on Bite! magazine)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For me, composing a portrait through my viewfinder is homologous with the Indian notion of darshan. Literally, darshan implies “to see” or “sight.” But more specifically darshan is concerned with an event in consciousness that creates an interaction between the seer and the seen. Thus darshan heightens consciousness. Another term is rasa, literally meaning “juice” or “essence.” Rasa denotes an essential mental state dominated by a primary experience of the viewer by that which is viewed. For me rasa is a vital component in photographic composition, similar to what Roland Barthes has called the photograph’s noeme. Photography is like meditation...(more on Bite! magazine)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Daily Life In Afghanistan And Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2011/02/07/daily-life-in-afghanistan-and-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Turi Munthe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travelling through two of the most newsworthy countries of the Asian continent, Afghanistan and Iran, Iason Athanasiadis explores ordinary life amid war and international conflict. While Iran is a country struggling to modernize and take its place at the head of the region, Afghanistan’s chaos and occupation represent what many consider a cautionary tale for its western neighbour.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Travelling through two of the most newsworthy countries of the Asian continent, Afghanistan and Iran, Iason Athanasiadis explores ordinary life amid war and international conflict. While Iran is a country struggling to modernize and take its place at the head of the region, Afghanistan’s chaos and occupation represent what many consider a cautionary tale for its western neighbour.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>These Are The Sad Statistics</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2011/01/31/these-are-the-sad-statistics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Turi Munthe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Owais Zargar: "This is the war zone State of Jammu &#38; Kashmir (India), where people have been fighting for their rights since 1989. These are the sad statistics: more than 92 thousand people have been killed, almost seven thousand while... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Owais Zargar: "This is the war zone State of Jammu &#38; Kashmir (India), where people have been fighting for their rights since 1989. These are the sad statistics: more than 92 thousand people have been killed, almost seven thousand while... ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Between May 13th And 19th, 2010, Bangkok Burned</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2011/01/27/between-may-13th-and-19th-2010-bangkok-burned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Turi Munthe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 19 2010, while covering the Red Shirts protests, Canadian photographer Chandler Vandergrift was hit by an M79 grenade and almost lost his life. He received 24 shrapnel wounds across my back and legs, a puncher colon and lung, broken ribs, and the explosion cause major hearing loss in my left ear. Three pieces of shrapnel shattered his skull and entered his brain. While he lay unconscious and heavily bleeding, it is presumed that Thai military personal stole my camera and my final photos from the protests were lost. Chandler is now recovering from his injures, including learning to walk again, and tries to save money for a new camera. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On May 19 2010, while covering the Red Shirts protests, Canadian photographer Chandler Vandergrift was hit by an M79 grenade and almost lost his life. He received 24 shrapnel wounds across my back and legs, a puncher colon and lung, broken ribs, and the explosion cause major hearing loss in my left ear. Three pieces of shrapnel shattered his skull and entered his brain. While he lay unconscious and heavily bleeding, it is presumed that Thai military personal stole my camera and my final photos from the protests were lost. Chandler is now recovering from his injures, including learning to walk again, and tries to save money for a new camera. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Living The Lifes Of Prisoners</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2010/11/12/living-the-lifes-of-prisoners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diederik Meijer</dc:creator>
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		<title>All Individual Lives Have Meaning</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2010/11/10/all-individual-lives-have-meaning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diederik Meijer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Christians in Kandhamal have converted from Hinduism in order to be liberated  from caste prejudice and its negative effects. But then they had to face more hardship due to being christians. Fortunately, the violence has now stopped. Christians have been re-building new lives little by little. But the calm is fragile. And people don't forget their fears easily. One  man said "I feel that we are outsiders here. But it's not our fault. And it's not God's fault either."  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many Christians in Kandhamal have converted from Hinduism in order to be liberated  from caste prejudice and its negative effects. But then they had to face more hardship due to being christians. Fortunately, the violence has now stopped. Christians have been re-building new lives little by little. But the calm is fragile. And people don't forget their fears easily. One  man said "I feel that we are outsiders here. But it's not our fault. And it's not God's fault either."  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>There Are More Than Five Million Afghan Refugees</title>
		<link>http://www.bitemagazine.net/2010/10/20/there-are-more-than-five-million-afghan-refugees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diederik Meijer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are more than five million Afghan refugees, mostly living in Pakistan and Iran. Some escape these countries and leave for Europe by putting their lives in the hands of people smugglers. Almost 70,000 refugees are believed to be in the UK, and a majority of which reside in London. Some arrive safely, some get caught by authorities, and some die along the way. This treacherous journey involves passing through most of Europe where they travel by land – hiding in trucks and trains, and by sea –smuggled in tankers. I met four such men who had taken this very route and now live in London.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[There are more than five million Afghan refugees, mostly living in Pakistan and Iran. Some escape these countries and leave for Europe by putting their lives in the hands of people smugglers. Almost 70,000 refugees are believed to be in the UK, and a majority of which reside in London. Some arrive safely, some get caught by authorities, and some die along the way. This treacherous journey involves passing through most of Europe where they travel by land – hiding in trucks and trains, and by sea –smuggled in tankers. I met four such men who had taken this very route and now live in London.]]></content:encoded>
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