Tag Archives: Texas

I Stand with Planned Parenthood.

Posted on 25 February, 2011 by

This post is part of Fair and Feminist’s I Stand with Planned Parenthood Blog Carnival. This post also has a bit of TMI. Just sayin’. Last week, when the US House of Representatives voted to withhold federal funds from Planned … Continue reading →

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Badass of the Day

Posted on 13 September, 2010 by

The “Dude, you have no Koran” guy: See? Texas has its share of awesome.

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Austin: The Journey

Posted on 23 May, 2010 by

Y’all would not believe the shit we went through to get to Austin this past weekend (unless you read some of my tweets, in which case, you get the gist). It was all going well until we were about 10 … Continue reading →

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Fundraising website created for Alamo victim of sulfuric acid attack

Posted on 4 May, 2010 by

A website has been created to help raise money for Lorena de la Cruz, a teacher at North Alamo Elementary whose face was sprayed with sulfuric acid in an attack last month.  De la Cruz remains hospitalized in San Antonio.  … Continue reading →

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Happy Cesar Chavez Day

Posted on 31 March, 2010 by

…if you’re in one of the handful of states that recognizes it.  It’s an optional state holiday here in Texas, but since Chavez isn’t even good enough for our students’ textbooks, it’s not surprising that the state tends to opt … Continue reading →

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Just legalize weed already!

Posted on 16 March, 2010 by

Seriously. It was hard enough believing that there’s a war happening 10 miles south of where I live.  Crossing the border into Mexico in my part of the state was never something I was wary of, yet a few days … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 13 March, 2010 by

State Board of Education member Mary Helen Berlanga, before walking out of the Texas curriculum voting session: I’ve done all I can do today, folks. I’ve listened, tried to work with you, given you names, come back with new amendments … Continue reading →

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Mexico City, 1851

Posted on 9 March, 2010 by

My dear Mother, June 1, 1851. I have just returned from a pretty ceremony at the “Colegio de las Ninas” (a girls’ school) in honor of the Virgin.  The church was decorated in the gayest manner with flowers and a … Continue reading →

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News from the front…

Posted on 9 March, 2010 by

The Harry Ransom Center at UT-Austin has acquired the archive of David Foster Wallace.  I must say, having heaved around Infinite Jest for the better part of last year, I’m hella curious to go and check out that handwritten manuscript … Continue reading →

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Update on the Hunger Strike at the Port Isabel, TX Immigration Detention Center

Posted on 20 February, 2010 by

This is a follow-up to my initial post about this strike.  Two women–both wives of detainees participating in the hunger strike–left comments there. Here’s an excerpt from a recent press release by the Southwest Workers Union: Immigration and Customs Enforcement … Continue reading →

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