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Colouring books and framing a national memory

September 6, 2011

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Colouring books, colouring young minds | Al Jazeera Blogs. this is just gross. Children, the truth is, these terrorist acts were done by freedom-hating radical Islamic Muslim extremists. These crazy people hate the American way of life because we are FREE and our society is FREE. We must be prepared to know and understand the […]

Oakland rapper V-Nasty, the N-word and myth of post-racial Amerikkka (Opinion) | Oakland Local

August 17, 2011

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Oakland rapper V-Nasty, the N-word and myth of post-racial Amerikkka (Opinion) | Oakland Local.  I’ve been reading a lot of stuff about this V-Nasty N-bomb “controversy”.. I found this article to be one of the best analyses.  Not that my white cis woman opinion on hood matters matters to anyone or is credible in all […]

fear and monogamy and independence and rhetoric

August 10, 2011

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I feel like i’m on the verge of a committed relationship… there’s a lot of layers in this thought.  I don’t find this concept as straightforward as most of my peers seem to. I am like an ogre, you see. I have layers. at first my fear of committed relationship manifests in the fear of […]

hey beyonce..

July 27, 2011

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Who run the world? Men, actually. — Feministe. so i’ve had an ISH with this lady for a while, and i’m so glad to be able to read articles that can articulate my feelings because i’m too lazy to do it myself … mostly kidding… mostly… but seriously, what’s the deal? But for all her […]

Why the News of the World scandal is about you, no matter where you live (aka: Rupert Murdoch is evil)

July 16, 2011

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Tiger Beatdown › Why the News of the World scandal is about you, no matter where you live. To the general public, all of this might seem very domestically British, very distant and while certainly a political misfortune, a series of events that hold little weight for the rest of us, non British residents. Except […]

Q&A with Alice Walker (Gaza, Slutwalks, and more)

June 15, 2011

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Guernica / Michael Archer: Q&A with Alice Walker. Alice Walker is a total bad ass and hands down one of my heros.  Here are a few quotes from theinterview that i found particularly powerful (but really, read the whole thing for yourself. It’s amazing): On Gaza: What we learn from helping each other free ourselves […]

So What’s a Slutwalk? Round three

June 13, 2011

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Easy activism tip for the day: Refuse to degrade women who are expressing their sexuality or fashion sense. aka: no more calling women sluts.   SlutWalk protests: A dress is not a yes – CSMonitor.com. I keep posting about this topic because i think it’s probably one of the most important news/politics/culture stories/activism pieces I’ve […]

One Nation, Under God

June 8, 2011

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Secular Coalition for America Action Alert System. Declaring that “some problems are beyond our power to solve,” Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is asking his 49 fellow governors to join him at an evangelical Christian prayer meeting in Houston to “call upon Jesus to guide us” and ask for “God’s forgiveness, wisdom and provision.”   […]

New racist anti-choice billboard campaign to target Latinas

June 8, 2011

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New racist anti-choice billboard campaign to target Latinas: I’m disgusted, but not particularly surprised. Like Steph, as a Latina, I’m angry that my community is being targeted. But I’m not more angry than I was when I saw the first billboards attacking African-American women. I already felt attacked by those original billboards, because these tactics aren’t actually about […]

So what’s a Slut Walk? Round two

June 7, 2011

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Early last month I posted on the slutwalks that were going down.. sorta. I linked an article to it.  Since then the controversy, fervor, love and hate surrounding these events has not quieted.  The momentum has carried.  So here’s a little more information on the SlutWalks: Here’s a GREAT VIDEO of Jessica Valenti discussing the […]

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