Posted in Feminism Friday on February 16, 2007 | 48 Comments »
Something my wonderful prof Letitia said this week in class struck me. She asked whether something (OK, I admit, I can’t remember exactly what she was referring to) was a failure of feminism. And I wrote down in my class notes, Has Feminism Failed?
I had a flashback: A couple of months ago in another class, [...]
Posted in Political Prattling, Race Relations, Sexuality on February 14, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Angel sent me a link to Alvaro Orozco’s website, where it states that he has been given a reprieve of two months to stay in Canada while his legal team mounts an appeal to the decision to deport him back to Nicaragua. It also includes this notice:
Despite the 2 month deferral, supporters should keep [...]
Posted in Feminism, Political Prattling on February 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
This weekend, Drew Gilpin Faust was elected the first female president of Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. I’d give you a link, but there doesn’t seem to be one available - I just heard this on the 11:00 news out of Boston, which I happen to get here in my hometown.
So, hooray, and congrats to [...]
Posted in Political Prattling, Race Relations, Sexuality on February 11, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Angel pointed me in the direction of this story, about a Nicaraguan refugee in Canada who is about to be deported back home because authorities don’t believe him when he says that he is gay.
Alvaro Orozco says his family beat him because he was gay. He says, “My father told me, ‘If one of my [...]
Posted in Rape, Violence Against Women on February 11, 2007 | 20 Comments »
I received an email from a nice fella named Chris a little while ago, in response to my posts On Rape and How to Avoid Becoming a Rapist. He agreed to let me use our emails for a post. Here’s some of what he had to say in his initial email:
First of all, I am [...]
Posted in Sheer Entertainment on February 5, 2007 | 17 Comments »
OK, so I went to see Babel the other night. I liked it alright. It was all about communication, and barriers to such, both practical, like language, and emotional. It was an ensemble movie, which I usually always like, and it worked nicely here. Only thing with ensemble movies that’s tough sometimes is getting enough [...]
Posted in Controversial Commentary, Sheer Entertainment on February 5, 2007 | 17 Comments »
So I just saw this movie, Hard Candy. I got it because it stars a young actress from my hometown, Ellen Page. She’s been working a lot lately, and word on the street is that she’s pretty amazing, so I thought I’d better get in the know. And folks ain’t lyin’. She is awesome.
******************As usual, [...]
Posted in Carnivals on February 2, 2007 | No Comments »
The latest installment of the CASV is up at Abyss2Hope. Some interesing reads.
Posted in Controversial Commentary, Political Prattling, Race Relations on February 2, 2007 | 32 Comments »
I received this in my email inbox yesterday. I thought I’d share it with you all.
*Note: I have no idea where this came from, there was no source cited at the end of the email. If anyone can enlighten me, I’d be happy to give credit where credit is due.*
Excerpts from an on going [...]
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