To avoid counting civilian deaths, Obama re-defined "militant" to mean "all military-age males in a strike zone" (Salon). Wow.Image: source.From Sports Illustrated, The Transgender At...
Check out Lexs Kickstarter project, Kokeshi Doll Tsunami! Listening to City and Colour "The Girl"Law & Order & Food. Im in.Image: source.How misdemeanors can have major consequences.2...
I need to work on this: Whole9: Are you recovering, or are you just resting? Elena’s Story - Why Immigrant Women Deserve Protection From Domestic Violence.A must read: On Self-Defense & Women of ...
Habitat for Humanity Tries Big-Scale Approach to Housing in OregonIn 2011, NYPD Made More Stops Of Young Black Men Than The Total Number Of Young Black Men In New York. Yep.Image: source.Jon Hamm Giv...
Wired To Run: Runners High May Have Been Evolutionary Advantage Uh, what? Some fat posi talk from Cosmo? (Australian Cosmo, but still). “Arent You Worried About Your Health?" NPR: Jolie...
Stud & Amy Ray!
From the (excellent) LA Review of Books: I Gotta Be Able To Counterattack: Rap and the Los Angeles Riots by Jeff Chang Yes, were queer: LGBTQ youth speak outImage: total killjoy. Want it.Classic...
Another good reminder that language about "real women" hurts more than it helps.Very interesting: The Criminalization of Bad Mothers.Image: source. Happy May Day!Love it: Rejected and controv...
Interesting post about thinking beyond "smart growth." Smart growth is a start. But its not enough. "I’ve now come to the conclusion that smart growth is critical to a sustainable future,...
Recent addition to the podcast lineup: The /Filmcast. Sometimes I think I enjoy listening to people talk about movies and tv more than I even enjoy watching movies and tv. Is there a word for this? I...
Wow. 101 Spectacular Nonfiction Stories: "Conor Friedersdorfs annual collection of the very best that journalism has to offer."Smithsonian: Where Agatha Christie Dreamed Up Murder: "The b...
Horrible. Why I buy only local, organic, cage- and hormone- free eggs: "Is an Egg for Breakfast Worth This?"Some of the other great movies I saw at the aiff: Detropia, Waiting Room, Austin Un...
And tonight, Highest Pass.
The second doc Ill be watching today at the aiff, Invisible War.
The ashland independent film fest [aiff] starts today! Battle For Brooklyn is the first film Im seeing.
An Invitation to Create by Bill AyersReally interesting article about one mans experience with schizophrenia, and the way it is treated & understood, "Finding Purpose After Living With Delusi...
Happy Birthday, Dolores Huerta!
An interview with one female bus driver in Cuidad Juarez (one of the most dangerous cities in the world, and also where all Mexican citizens trying to emigrate to the United States must go to intervi...
Check out this trailer for an amazing (looking) documentary about Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison - a college program operating inside Sing Sing Maximum Security Correctional Facility. Thi...
Honduras: Human Rights Situation Deteriorates under U.S. Militarization, written by two wonderful friends with decades of involvement with and connection to Central America.Awesome! Support cultural ...
YES. Tiger Beatdown: When anger is all I have and why anger is my feminist stand.RIP Adrienne Rich. "I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes. / The words are maps." Her obituary...
Final Notionsby Adrienne RichIt will not be simple, it will not take longIt will take little time, it will take all your thoughtIt will take all your heart, it will take all your breathIt will be sho...
Amy Ray stopped by my local public radio station! Love love love "I Didnt."What Everyone Needs To Know About The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon Martin (1995-2012)Image: Happy Birthday week to...
New addition to the podcast rotation: Extra Hot Great. Its like Pop Culture Happy Hour, but maybe slightly less NPR-y and more Canadian? Cant wait till bike commuting starts up again (possibly as soo...
Feeling pretty discouraged and angry about the world (I guess it goes in phases/waves, because who can stand to be horrified and saddened every day?) Anyways, I was a HUGE Ani fan in my teenaged year...
A powerful first person account: We Have No Choice: One Womans Ordeal with Texas New Sonogram Law: "The painful decision to terminate a pregnancy is now—thanks to Texas harsh new law—just the beg...
Today marks the 30th day of my Whole30! What is Whole30 (and the Whole9)? The programs creators describe it this way: "Whole9’s original program designed to change your life in 30 days. Think of ...
Listening to: Sharon Van Etten, Live In Concert: SXSW 2012A great article about ending your Whole30 (and generally about avoiding over dependence on a strict diet, and learning to listen to your body...
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