Whiteness and Blogging: An Interview Request
A well-timed entrance, if I do say so myself. Hey y’all, hope your week’s wrapping up nice like Saran. My name is Katie, and I’m an undergrad at Harvard surviving writing my senior thesis on whiteness in U.S. feminist and pro-feminist blogs. Evidently my interview with Jill the other day wasn’t too traumatizing: she’s generously [...]
...read moreJohn McCain, staying classy
Really classy. SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain took one look at a nursing school’s training mannequin and asked if the dummy’s name was Hillary. Campaigning Thursday at the University of South Carolina Upstate nursing school, McCain couldn’t resist a swipe at Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton. “I was very glad to [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Ghost Appearance edition
I’m totally cheating on the FRT this week, since I actually wrote this post on Wednesday and just set the publish time for Friday. But you already knew that feminists are liars and cheaters, right? The Ten: 1. Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane – Monk’s Mood 2. Tom Waits – Straight to the Top [...]
...read morePrejudice & University
My university (VK, *waves back!*) has dug up a lot of controversy this year. First, Bristol had to contend with a posh aristocratic girl on a reality TV show who argued that black people are “really bad”, condemned multicultural Britain and called lesbians “sinister”. Definitely a cocktail for intense press coverage and disaster. Buchanan also [...]
...read moreWe Scratch Our Names In Concrete
I’m baaaacccck! Like a bad habit. I’ve been here before, around a year ago, but it’s probably time to expand on my introductions, both my original one on my blog and my previous intro here, “The Act of Bearing Witness”. Who is Lubu? I’m a Sicilian-American, blue-collar, “unwed” mother, journeylevel electrician (almost 20 years in [...]
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