Beardless in Barnesville: getting plain at the second Luddite Congress
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The first Luddite convention was held in 1812 in Nottinghamshire, UK, and the second was in 1996 in Barnesville, OH. The convention's goal was to write a neo-Luddite manifesto on reducing technological control over people's lives and advocating a simpler life.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1996
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John Waters
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Baltimore filmmaker John Waters reads at least 80 periodicals and occasional newsletters. The sources of his most original film concepts come from Baltimore, where he lives, and people who think they are sane when they act abnormally.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1996
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