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  • We Are ‘Synthetic Children’ And We Agree With Dolce & Gabbana

    03/21/2015 3:38:46 PM PDT · by Mrs. Don-o · 23 replies
    The Federalist ^ | March 19, 2015 | Hattie Hart and Alana Newman
    This past week has seen the outrage generated by parents of donor and invitro-fertilization children following a now-infamous Panorama magazine interview conducted with the fashion designers Dolce & Gabbana, wherein Domenico Dolce proclaimed, “You are born to a mother and a father — or at least that’s how it should be. I call children of chemistry, synthetic children.” Immediately, Elton John advocated a boycott of the designers’ products in retaliation for the perceived offense against his two sons, who were conceived via an egg donor and surrogate mother. Speaking as two donor-conceived young women—alive because of reproductive technologies—we felt an...
  • Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail for tax evasion (no, avoidance)

    06/19/2013 10:19:26 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 2 replies
    France 24 ^ | 06/19/2013 | (AFP News Wires)
    An Italian court Wednesday sentenced fashion house duo Dolce & Gabbana to one year and eight months in prison for tax evasion of around €1 billion ($1.33 billion), according to media reports. Lawyers for Dolce and Gabbana, whose celebrity clients include Beyoncé and Madonna, immediately said they will be appealing, and under Italian law the sentence will be suspended in the meantime. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were accused of having transferred control of their brands to a shell company in Luxembourg in 2004 and 2005 to avoid paying Italian taxes. …