Joe. My. God.: About That Renegade Republican….
La Frontera Times: Another Immigrant Dies In ICE Detention From Poor Medical Care
Flip Flopping Joy: Treating: Communities vs. Individuals
Bitch: Apply for the Bitch Youth Leadership Council (Deadline Dec. 1)
NY Mag: Another kind of AIDS crisis
Jezebel: The Problem with Fashion’s Obsession with Death
Slate: What ever happened to the Amazon rainforest? Did we save it?
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui: The Story of the Brown Box
Okay, here’s the list of the 64 people who should never be voted for again. Their hands are all over my uterus. That pisses me off.
Update: The names with an asterisk voted for the Stupak amendment and against the health care bill.
I Blame the Mother: Learning to be a mother not possible for the learning-disabled
Feministing: Notes from a bitch…reading is fundamental…
Flip Flopping Joy: being hungry: the places that scare you
Racialicious: NPR sort of hates “black music”
Evil Slutopia: Think before you pink this October
Shakesville: Seven Scenes, for a Reason
US News: Sally Ride: Astronaut urges girls to pursue science
Tex[t]-Mex: The fruit of Lou Dobb’s hate-filled spleen: Mario Vera
Rage Against the Man-chine: Too drunk to drive? Then you’re too drunk to deserve pity for having been raped, you dumb whore.
China Hush: Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China
FWD/Forward: Ableist Word Profile: Intelligence
New America Media: A stranger in his homeland
Womanist Musings: Spike Lee speaks the truth on Tyler Perry
G.D.: More Supermarkets, Please
Sady: Madonna Is Your Dorm Room Poster, And Further Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation
Michelle: Pete Campbell is a Rapist
Renee: #Nestlefamily, Bloggers & Race: Why It Matters
Flip Flopping Joy: stumbling through power
Monica: UMass Amherst Student Facing 30 Years For Defending Himself Against Hate Attack
Chally: Nowhere near good enough
Latina Lista: Over three thousand undocumented military veterans battling deportation orders
TheDeviantE: Some Simple Steps to Being Trans* Inclusive: Part I (Understand Cis* Privilege)
PhDork: He’s Good Enough, He’s Smart Enough, and Gosh Darn it, People Like Him.
Melissa: Rape Culture 101
Yeah, so…I kind of forgot to do the link love thing last week? As a result, my link love listing is hella long, so I’ll post the other half tomorrow.
The Nation: A Brief History of American Racism
Sociological Images: Minorities: Be Grateful for the Majority Giving You Rights
Flip Flopping Joy: Violence and Meaning
Feministe: This Is Where White Guilt Comes From
Jezebel: Don’t You Just Love Your [Insert Ethnicity] Nanny?
Bitch PhD: Hot/Hate for Teacher
Feministing: Young woman rejects HPV vaccine and loses path to citizenship
Feministe: Hey Baby
Zero at the Bone: Next on the list of things that really annoy me
Shakesville: RIP Crystal Lee Sutton
Small Strokes: Why Feminism Should Be Taught in School
Women & Hollywood: Newsflash: Women Can Direct Movies
Feministe: The Jill Question: What is the Role of Privileged White Women in the Reproductive Justice Movement?
Feministing: Women and revolutionary violence in The Battle of Algiers and Inglourious Basterds
This Recording: In Which Sometimes I Wish I Wasn’t A Woman
What Tami Said: No, You Can’t Touch My Hair
Feministe: dangerous thinking
Racialicious: Trying to understand the “help” phenomenon in Native communities
Daisy’s Dead Air: Blue Jello Daze: A Back-to-School story of the suburbs
O Filthy Grandeur!: On Elder Abuse
Racialicious: Scattered Thought on Tyler Perry
Deeply Problematic: How to be an ally
Latino Like Me: The águila has landed… and he’s got something to say
Look left of the pleiades: Why good curves and bad curves?
Feministe: Rubyfruit Jungle, oh how I heart you
Rage Against the Man-chine: Dear Other Internet Feminists
Jezebel: Racist May Face Hate Crime Charges After Cracker Barrel Beating
Shakesville: Class and Academia
49 Percent: I wanted not to comment…
Postbourgie: Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work
Feministe: Women on the road
How not to write about Africa:
Much to my excitement, there’s gonna be another town hall circus meeting on health care in my area this Thursday. There was one a couple weeks ago, but I didn’t know about it until after the fact. Though it was fairly tame compared to some other town halls across the nation, it definitely had its share of stupid. Also, in an area where 9 out of 10 people are Texican or Mexican or some type of brown, that town hall was swarmed by white people.
I need to submit a question when I try to reserve my spot for this Thursday’s meeting, but I have no idea what to ask, since my sole motive is to watch the circus and then snark mercilessly afterward. Because seriously? These things are useless; most of the people in attendance don’t give a shit about anything but shouting the loudest.
Anyway, what should I ask? Perhaps I should ask the congressmen if they believe universal health care is a privilege or a right? Should I ask something else?
In other news: I was driving near the McAllen Convention Center the other day; someone had put up one of those Obama-is-a-scary-socialist-Joker photos. I didn’t catch the caption underneath, but shit. People are actually posting those up around here?? People are wack.
Austin-American Statesman: New Bible requirement hits Texas schools this fall
Miami Herald: FL gay adoption ban goes to appeals court
Feministe: One woman takes on King Coal. And wins.
Racialicious: How do we deal with racist materials?
Crooks and Liars: Now the Birthers are demanding to know: Was Obama circumcised?
TimesOnline: Iranian boy who defied Tehran hardliners tells of prison rape ordeal
South Texas Chisme: Right-wingers aim to indoctrinate Texas kids
States Without Nations: The Mexican-izing of Mark Lyttle: The First Steps in Deporting a US Citizen
ImmigrationProf Blog: NASA Astronaut: A Child of Migrant Workers
NY Times: Where’s the Rulebook for Sex Verification?
NY Times: After 48 Years, Julia Child Has a Big Best Seller, Butter and All
Feministing: Judo champ finally gets her gold–the one she should’ve got in 1959
The Curvature: Defense attorneys want victim to act out alleged rape in court
Recently on This Recording: Mechanical Brides
Tejaztlán Notebook: Old White People on Government Health Care Rally To Prevent Black President From Giving Health Care to Brown People
The Pursuit of Harpyness: On Women, Alcohol, and Anti-Feminism
And an older article, but since the Obamas did indeed land in Matha’s Vineyard this week, an interesting read: Black and White on Martha’s Vineyard
The NY Times ran an excellent feature on the late Dr. George Tiller.
Uranium Contamination Haunts Navajo Country
Racist Web Posts Traced to Homeland Security
Letters from a Dead Soldier in Afghanistan
Toddler shot in head during wedding reception
Ethnic Media Grade Obama on Immigration Reform
Palin resigns, opens speech with important stuff like hatin’ on Hollywood
And the new in-vogue body part women must fret over: Cankles: The New Muffin-Top?
