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so long, s-k.
Sleater-Kinney is my favorite band. (Which I’m sure comes as a major shock to people who seem to think that I hate all white folks and all things white.) And, after eleven years, it seems like they’re breaking up. This is a sad, sad day, my friends. Of course, I slacked on getting my tickets…
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doozies
Wow, I woke up to some doozies this morning. Check out the most recent comments by LOLA and Jack Alouet who are, of course, all up in a tizzy about my posts about gentrification. LOLA’s are especially enlightening, especially when LOLA says that Puerto Ricans are the most racist people in NYC. LOLA also took…
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Fifth Radical Women of Color Carnival
A few days late, but… the 5th Radical Women of Color Carnival is up at Fabulosa Mujer. It includes some of what I’ve been writing about gentrification of late, but more importantly, it includes tons of awesome links and quotes from many women of color bloggers, all put into excellent context by Fab. Check it…
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Mi Puerto Rico
My dad called me up earlier tonight and told me to switch on channel 13, which is PBS here in the NYC area. I thought he was trying to tell me, yet again, that In the Life, a lesbian and gay news show, was on; my dad loves to tell me about every single remotely…
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on gentrification in Bushwick
Today I was directed to some good (and not so good) words written on gentrification in Bushwick. For the good (at least, as of the last time I got to look), check out Penpusher’s comment. Some of the good stuff: But I think deep down, everyone knows that “Gentrification” might as well be called “Manifest…
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i <3 our judicial system!
I am serving jury duty at State Supreme Court in Brooklyn today. Right now, this consists of eating good Thai food outside of a restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, a neighborhood that I have never ventured into before and never realized was so chi-chi. (took me a little while to find an affordable lunch special.) A…
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Welfare in NYC: not as pretty a picture as Bloomberg would like to paint
Last week while listening to NPR, I heard news of the drop of welfare rolls in NYC to a 40-year low, a statistic that Mayor Bloomberg is touting as a major success. From a City Limits article published today: “We promised to move New Yorkers to self-sufficiency and we are delivering on that promise in…
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Supporting unions while you travel
My current job has me travelling for work more than I ever have before, and that involves frequent stays at hotels. One thing I never thought about before now is respecting hotel workers unions and their struggles with various hotels – avoiding hotels that are being boycotted or where workers are on strike or lockout.…
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Tagged, I’m it!
I have something of a rule against memes on this blog, but since I was tagged by Brownfemipower over at Woman of Color Blog, I feel obligated to break that rule. It actually brings up a general internal debate about where I post different stuff. I’ve got a livejournal for the fluff and the really…
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Women of Color Blog Carnival
I’m reposting this here (from many sources) both because I think it’s great and that many women of color should participate, and because I need to remind myself to write something for this, too. You know, in between doing the twenty-gazillion other things on my to do list… sheesh! ANNOUNCING: WOMEN OF COLOR BLOG CARNIVAL…