Update on the New Orleans Women’s Health Clinic: It’s Down
Because of the importance of the issues and my respect for the people and organizations involved, I want to put up full follow-up post to my earlier request for answers and support around the New Orleans Women’s Health Clinic and whether or not trans women can access health care there. Thanks to several readers — [...]
...read more“Women and Trans” Health Care Really Ought to Mean It
I was really shocked, confused and appalled when I saw this. Queen Emily was trying to find trans friendly health care services in Louisiana. Believe me, this is not an easy task even in regions that haven’t been economically devastated by disasters and disastrous government. I have risked my own health more than once because [...]
...read moreGustav
A few days after the three year anniversary of Katrina — and later, Rita — many of our neighbors in the Southern U.S. are gearing up for another big storm before they’ve even recovered from the first one. After hitting the Dominican Republic and Haiti with devastating force, it leveled low-laying towns in Cuba. On [...]
...read moreConsidering the Toothless Firefly, Among Other Things
Disney’s attempt at FINALLY writing a story about the first black Disney princess went poorly the first time around. The princess character’s story, about a girl named Maddy who was employed as a chambermaid *cough* in 1920s New Orleans, came under so much criticism they had to go back to the drawing board. Apparently, Disney’s [...]
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New Orleans police enforce the “no poor folk in NOLA” rule
hat tip, Beautiful Also Are The Souls of My Black Sisters: Image description: several people surround a woman who is being tended to on the ground by two women and a man. The woman on the ground has her mouth open and appears to be crying out. There are various people running past and milling [...]
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Update and mobilization statement from Coalition To Stop Demolitions
Image description: a large white cloth banner with the words STOP THE DEMOLITIONS. The image is close cropped but several hands are visible holding the banner. A statement from the Coalition to Stop Demolitions: The Coalition to Stop the Demolitions would like to thank all allies and supporters throughout the United States and the world [...]
...read moreWhy demolishing public housing cuts to the bone
Have any of you all ever been evicted? Ever lost a home for any reason? Even if it’s an old house in the middle of the city that could probably use a lot of time and money that you don’t have, it’s still home. I spent a couple of years on my old blog talking [...]
...read moreHousing Is A Human Right
Bint shares the bad news that all public housing units in New Orleans are set to be destroyed. If you’re in Louisiana or the surrounding areas, or if you want to make the journey to engage in some civil disobedience, contact action@peopleshurricane.org with your response to the pledge copied below: A major human rights crisis [...]
...read moreComparing apples to drowned people
The Rude Pundit on the dangers of comparing disasters.
...read moreAll Katrina, All the Time
Paul Krugman has an excellent take on the Katrina anniversary: Today, much of the Gulf Coast remains in ruins. Less than half the federal money set aside for rebuilding, as opposed to emergency relief, has actually been spent, in part because the Bush administration refused to waive the requirement that local governments put up matching [...]
...read moreDrinking Liberally on The Daily Show
The fabulous organization Drinking Liberally was noted on The Daily show yesterday — and my all-time favorite Drinking Liberally lady Katrina* is the first interviewee. My head is in the background (white sweater, brown ponytail, dumb faces). It’s a pretty good segment; check it out: *I’m just glad we have a category called “Katrina” to [...]
...read moreThank God They Saved The Embryos So More White Babies Could Be Born
Attaturk had this little tidbit from the news: Their embryos, along with those belonging to hundreds of other couples, were kept at the Fertility Institute’s laboratory at the hospital. Two days before Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005, the clinic took steps to protect the embryos by topping off all its tanks with liquid nitrogen [...]
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