Happy Winter Solstice
It was fun blogging here. Early on, Pizzadiavola expressed interest in intersectionality and Asian Americans. If you’re a woman of color interested in intersectionality and communities of color, I just tagged 40 posts about this under intersectionality on my blog. Most feminists know about intersectionality in feminism, i.e., racism and classism in feminism, but few [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – Psychedelic Apocalypse edition
You knew it was coming. Or you subconsciously feared it. The Donna Darko Psychedelic Apocalypse Random Ten: 1. Indigo Girls – Watershed 2. Sting – Fields of Gold 3. Massenet – Meditation from Thais 4. Regina Spektor – Samson 5. Bach – Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin 6. Schubert – Sonata [...]
...read moreDon’t tase me, bro!
Via Bint Alshamsa: “Don’t tase me, bro” was named most memorable quote of the year in the Yale Book of Quotations. Second was Lauren Upton, Miss Teen USA contestant’s quote, “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe [...]
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How’s everyone doing?
It’s a week before Christmas and well into the holiday season. I’m a little blue and burned out. A couple days ago, my brother, sil and I painted his living room because my other brother and his family are coming. At first, I wasn’t crazy about the pea green shade but it worked out great. [...]
...read moreGood news and bad news
Last week, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously, 7-0, to retroactively lighten sentences for crimes related to crack cocaine. 19,500 prisoners could be free within months. There has been a stark disparity between sentencing for crack and powder cocaine for two decades. 85% of federal inmates for crimes related to crack cocaine are black. The [...]
...read moreDemocrats should grow up
Bill Clinton’s recent remarks weren’t as nasty as people made them out to be. It seems he was promoting his wife’s strong points more than dissing anyone: Later he said that his friends in the Republican party had indicated that they felt his wife would be the strongest candidate, partly because she had already been [...]
...read moreIntro to guest blogger
Hi, I’m donna darko and will be guest-blogging this week. I’m 39, second generation Chinese American and live in the Midwest. Currently, I’m a grad student in sociology. When I finish my thesis, I plan to get back on the ground to get Democrats in the area elected in ’08 through DFA. It will be [...]
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