dangerous thinking
Okay, so I already got cracking with the sermonizing. I had a lot of criticism in that post, and expressed a lot of doubt about our movements as they currently stand. So what do I expect? What am I asking for, other than hey, y’all, let’s all have feelings together, won’t that be swell, what [...]
...read morelovers in a dangerous time
I know introductions seem to be the thing, but I’m going to jump in with both feet first and we’ll go from there. I’m Little Light, I blog here, and I’ve been a Feministe guest blogger before. Most of you know who I am. What I do is preach. I wrap that preaching up in [...]
...read moreToday I am thinking about: Collective Geography I
I have become obsessed with mapping. More precisely: I have become obsessed with Google Maps. I love how they let you carve out geography. I really love how you can put them on top of Google Earth and fly around and view all the different sites. I love how you can tell a story in [...]
...read moreDay of Blogs
UPDATE: Thank you folks who have donated so far! As of this update, we’re already 35% of the way to my tentative goal. I just want to let people know that if possible, it’s best to use your bank account with PayPal rather than your credit/debit card. This is because credit/debit card transactions are charged [...]
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Having a think, saving the world.
For the past two weeks, I have been learning Mandarin through my Pimsleur Language Program CDs. So far I can confidently say useful phrases like “Hello,” and “I am American, are you?” and “I would like to order two beers.” Not one beer. Two beers. And not for anyone else, just for me. Because the [...]
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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
I was reading How to Win Friends and Influence People today, and I came across a passage about smiling babies. I love smiling babies. They make me happy. So I couldn’t help but wonder, in a world with where the people in the White House are shredding the US Constitution and our civil liberties are [...]
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Higher Education
I spent much of my 4th of July weekend reading Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MBA by Peter Robinson. It’s a novelization of Mr. Robinson’s first year at Stanford Business School in 1988. Chapter Twenty of the book is titled “Race and Gender”. The chapter is seven pages of a 286-page book about [...]
...read moreCommence With the Jokes
This past weekend, Comedy Central ran a “Superstar Standup Blowout” for the Fourth of July, running stand up comedy specials all weekend. Readers, I love a good laugh, and I love good stand up, so I spent a fair amount of time in front of the TV this weekend. As the hours passed, I kept [...]
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Crappy Birthday
Americans’ unhappy birthday: ‘Too much wrong right now’, by Pauline Arrillaga, AP via Yahoo! News. . . . talk turns to the state of the Union, and the [Gilbert, Ariz., chapter of the Optimist Club] become decidedly bleak. They use words such as “terrified,” “disgusted” and “scary” to describe what one calls “this mess” we [...]
...read moreThis has not been a good week for woman of color blogging
It’s too bad, because two weeks ago felt like an awesome time, a high point. Jill and I were in a room in Cambridge that was chock-full of smart, amazing women of color bloggers, filled with energy for their writing and for each other. The true soldiers of WOC blogging, sharing wishes for the world, [...]
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Have you used Plan B?
If so, take the survey (or just click the button on the right-hand side of this site — the one that says “Have You Used Plan B?” in huge letters). The details: AED, a nonprofit organization, is conducting an anonymous, on-line survey of women in the U.S., ages 18-44 years, who took Plan B after [...]
...read moreSo You Wanna Be a Rock n Roll Star
About a month ago, I wrote a post about Guitar Hero III. The main gist was that as a big-time previous fan of the series, I was thoroughly unimpressed with the the changes that have been made to the game, which are quite misogynist, exploitative of women and completely insensitive to the fact that the [...]
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