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Posted on 30. Jan, 2011 by Jay Daverth in 365:2011, Consumerism, Matilda, Trafford

30/365:2011 1-30-2011

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My little girl marveling at a department store mannequin. There's definitely a message in here somewhere about our cultural commodity fetishism -- just check out her, "are you my mommy?" look!

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