Posted in Political Prattling on August 9, 2007 | 50 Comments »
so, I watched SiCKO about six weeks ago now. I didn’t blog about it then, because, well, everyone else was. In fact, this post isn’t really about it so much either, just about a couple of things that came to my mind as I watched it. As for whether I liked it or not, oh [...]
Posted in Political Prattling, Poverty, Race Relations, Violence Against Women on July 1, 2007 | 6 Comments »
well, today is Canada Day, a day to celebrate all things Canadian, fly our flag high and proud, and talk about all the things that are wonderful about our great country. I’ve done this kind of thing before, and I will admit that each year on Canada Day I’ve felt kind of happy and proud [...]
Posted in Feminism, Gender, Political Prattling, Poverty, Race Relations on May 23, 2007 | 13 Comments »
A reader, Alec, sent me an email yesterday with a link to this article, about the level of representation in the current US Congress as it relates to the population at large. It’s pretty clear that the Congress is not really representative of the US population demographics. Check it out:
Males - As of the 2006 [...]
Posted in Political Prattling on April 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I thought I should mention that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms turned 25 this week. While there is still controversy around the Charter, I think for the most part it’s pretty great to have a piece of legislation that ensures the rights of Canadian citizens - especially the right to equality.
There is still [...]
Posted in Feminism, Gender, Political Prattling on April 11, 2007 | 17 Comments »
I know, I”ve been totally boring the past couple weeks. It’s the end of term, what can I say?
Anyway, I felt like I was neglecting y’all, so here’s a little something to munch on while I’m away. It’s a paper I wrote last term for a class on gender and international development. Sorry if [...]
Posted in Capitalism, Life of a Student, Political Prattling, Poverty on March 20, 2007 | 11 Comments »
in a couple weeks, I will be participating in a video conference with the head of the IMF. We’ve been asked to put together a list of questions for him to answer. I have a couple questions already, but I thought I would ask you:
What would YOU ask the head of the IMF if you [...]
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 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.*
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