I usually leave my video love for the end of these posts, but it’s been a rough week for womankind. We could all use some some serious Awesome in our lives. Enter Sonya Renee at the 2006 Individual World Poetry Slam Finals:
No Border Wall: As we celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, border walls are built in Brownsville, TX
Deeply Problematic: “Need an amputee to complete my Halloween costume”
Shakesville: Obama Refuses to Stand Up for Women
Feministe: Bittersweet victories, choice, and what you can do
La Frontera Times: Obama’s Quiet Dirty War Against Immigrants: 1200 Janitors Fired
Daisy’s Dead Air: The Demise of Off Our Backs
Bitch: Swine & Dandy: What if we did as much to prevent rape as we do to prevent H1N1?
Gender Across Borders: Comfort Women Still Seek Justice
Spare Candy: Sen. Al Franken is up to good again
Evil Slutopia: National Young Reader’s Week
Jezebel: The Misguided Message of Men’s Rights Groups
FWD/Forward: Hipster Ableism
KatieChaos: Standing up to a creepy uncle
Boston Globe: The Berlin Wall, 20 Years Gone
