Black Perspectives
Tiffany has been on a roll covering the State of the Black Union. I especially like this suggestion by Michael Eric Dyson: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, and that is a black perspective.” Tiffany also links to the essay “Violence, Rape And Murder: Symptoms of Societal Disease,” a must-read.
...read moreLil’ Pancreas
One of my friends comes over to my house and calls Pablo every P-name but Pablo. It messes me up for days. I’ll call the kitty for dinner and find myself calling a Lil’ Pistachio, a Lil’ Precious, or a Lil’ Punkin, but never a Pablo. As you can see, Pablo finds something about being [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – The “Where Are All The Aleutian Islanders?” Edition
Do it like your mama told you: Fire up your IPOD, MP3 or other digital media player, set to random play, and list the first ten songs. See list encapsulate your entire personality in ten simple songs. 1) Rockwell – Somebody’s Watching Me 2) Magnolia Electric Company – The Dark Don’t Hide It 3) Three-Six [...]
...read moreEstrogen Week, Continued
• Distorted Dreams suggests an equal opportunity action for lesbian escorts. Factesque posted a related political cartoon. • Cinnamon writes on gentrification and racism. Hey, anyone remember when identity politics were regarded as actual politics? • See Democratic Wings for coverage of stories on women’s rights, foreign policy, civil liberties, and more. • Ellen Goodman [...]
...read moreMoney Where Your Mouth Is
Ezra Klein adds a promotional section of his blogroll for bloggers he deems worthy of greater traffic at the suggestion of readers (right after he gets made fun of for Ani Difranco name-dropping). Bonus points for including several women on the list. If I set up one of my own promotional lists, would you read [...]
...read moreOh, My Foot
Yesterday I ran into the basement to grab some clothes from the laundry room, missed the last step and rolled my ankle. This makes the third injury on this foot and ankle in as many years. The casualties: two torn ligaments, a severely wounded pride, and the erosion of my confident, upright walk into a [...]
...read moreThe True Moral Majority
Gleaned from Blog or Not? I think it’s morally wrong to let children go without health care just because their parents have made unwise career choices. I think it’s morally wrong for a teacher to make a child feel bad because she doesn’t share the religious faith of the majority of her classmates. I think [...]
...read moreEstrogen Week
All this testosterone gives me the vapors! I’m taking a cue from Ilyka Damen and hereby declaring this week Estrogen Week in favor of disproving the silly notion that “fundamental viciousness and self aggrandizement inherent in opinion writing turns off a lot of women” (says the self aggrandizing blogger) whilst we shit-sling and wrestle like [...]
...read more“There’s Something Behind This Story That Hasn’t Come Out”
Lesley Stahl, Robin Williams, Joe Biden, and Bill Maher discuss “Gannongate” on Maher’s HBO show. Imagine for a moment that this happened in Clinton’s White House.
...read moreOn Women and Blogging
Oh, I get it now.
...read morePep Talk
Someone remind me why my college education sould remain a top priority. No, really. Open thread.
...read moreWAATFPB?
I woke up ready to do some serious blogging and story writing on my day off, but the Flu Fairy visited my house overnight. To make my day even worse, well-meaning, sincere, clueless Kevin drums up the question again: Why the dearth of female political bloggers in the Ecosystem Top 100? Why, Kevin, you say [...]
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