The Best Thing You’ll Read Today
This piece in the Times about ALS and living a good short life. A bit: We obsess in this country about how to eat and dress and drink, about finding a job and a mate. About having sex and children. About how to live. But we don’t talk about how to die. We act as [...]
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Upcoming comic: “A Bride’s Story”, set in 19th-century Asia
I’ve heard that comics are the only publishing sector that’s growing right now, which I personally think is pretty cool, though my heart will always lie with novels. I think it’s even more cool that women’s issues — and interesting takes on gender relations — have started getting some serious representation in the comics world. [...]
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In the wake of WisCon, the feminist science fiction convention, I think I’d like to put some serious time into reading the past winners of the James Tiptree Jr. award. More on the award: In February of 1991 at WisCon, award-winning SF author Pat Murphy announced the creation of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, an [...]
...read moreFacebook gaming for social justice: America 2049
There’s this badass game I’ve been excited to hear about lately: “America 2049″, which showcases how much better Facebook gaming can be than all that “Farmville” crap. (I don’t mean to be elitist, but, like, really. One game designer I know refers to players of “Farmville”-esque games as “victims”.) I haven’t played it, but word [...]
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First time! via INCITE! The Revolution Starts At Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities , is a new and necessary anthology that needs to be read by everyone in activist communities. So often we see ourselves as above perpetuating the same oppressive and violent actions within our own communities and intimate relationships. This book [...]
...read moreThe least happy person in America
Who is she? “[A] 4’10”, middle-aged Muslim woman without children who is separated from her husband and earns under $12,000 a year. She’s also an unemployed manufacturing worker in West Virginia.” By contrast, the happiest person in America (statistically-speaking, of course) is “a tall, Asian-American, observant Jew who is at least 65 and married, has [...]
...read moreSweet Serendipity
Funny that my spiral into self-reflection (and slight self-blaming) coincided with my time as a guest blogger here at Feministe. Actually, it isn’t funny at all – things in my life usually tends to work in an oddly serendipitous manner and having you all here to help me reflect has been incredible. From what’s been [...]
...read moreWAM! It Yourself
For those of you who don’t know, WAM! is having a WAM! It Yourself weekend from March 25-28 in Boston, Chicago, D.C., Los Angeles, New York City and San Antonio. Check out the festivities here. Here in NYC, there’s a benefit concert on Thursday, a happy hour on Friday, and a mini-conference on Saturday. The [...]
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Friday Fun-Reads
All things frivolous to make you happy this Friday: My current favorite interior design blog. I’m in the midst of re-doing my apartment, and Dept. of the Interior and my just-discovered Domino Magazine (RIP) pool on Flickr have been my best friends. Chanel goes Gaga. Golden Girls: How One TV Show Turned a Generation of [...]
...read moreTell It WOC Speak Carnival
The first Tell It WOC Speak Carnival is now up! The carnival was created by Renee of Womanist Musings and aims to highlight the voices of women of color (and their allies), speaking on issues that impact their lives. It’s a great carnival, so check it out now. Also, you can find information on how [...]
...read more53rd Carnival Against Sexual Violence
The 53rd Carnival Against Sexual Violence is now up. Check it out — as always, it contains a ton of excellent posts. Thanks again to Marcella for taking the time to make it happen.
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