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novembre 13, 2007

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My Postcolonial / Cultural Analysis Of Yoga.

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planning for december:

so for those of you who may not be in the Know: my silkscreen's back from the slack. so: inspired (and you know who you are!) by ideas for said Shirts: please let me know what y'all prefer. and for some reason i can only post these shown here . . . even so: For the happy: Or for those who'd like to be: Pour les français : And for those who're thinking Other thoughts: enjoy! and here's to december first. ~a.

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