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That’s so thirty years ago.
I have spent far too much time in the comments section of this post on I Blame the Patriarchy. I need to stop, and soon. But first, check out this doozy. I wrote this, in response to something that someone else wrote to the effect of “fight the REAL enemy”: See, slade, that’s the problem…
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say it ain’t so
The only comforting thing about this and this is that it sounds like it might be temporary. Please, please let it be temporary. It’s really fuckin’ sad and infuriating that the people who get the most heat and the most bullshit are so often the voices that we need to hear most. We need a…
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Transphobia in Feminism’s Clothing
So much for not diving into the fray – since I started commenting on this rather flippant response from Twisty, I may as well dash off some really late night thoughts that have been knocking around in my head. (by the way, I’m Jack on that thread, not JackGoff, for clarification’s sake. And the comments…
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good words on racism from a white person
Yes, it does happen, folks – there are quite a few white folks out there in the mainstream media who have their heads on right and can talk good on racism. Here’s a great example – Alfred Lubrano, columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In two recent columns, he takes on the topic of racism. In…
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holy shit.
Saddam Hussein was executed. Immediate reaction? Now it’s time to brace ourselves for what will happen within Iraq, and beyond. It’s huge. And somehow, just really fucking weird. Whoa.
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Did I miss the party?
And by party, I mean the little firestorm that has erupted around trans and feminist issues, specifically centering around the shitfest of a comments section on this post at I Blame the Patriarchy. Within those comments and the resultant posts on other blogs, there have been some very good points made, and some very disgusting…
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NYC Department of Homeless Services: Stop discrimination against domestic partners!
The NYC Department of Homeless Services is riddled with ineffective and discriminatory practices that wind up doing homeless people a lot of harm; this is just one of them. Take a few seconds to send the DHS a postcard calling for them to stop demanding an unfairly high burden of proof of domestic partners who…
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That’s Why I’m Voting for Alison Duncan…
… for lieutenant governor of New York. Also, because she got me on TV. Heh. But seriously – yes, I’m voting for Alison Duncan (and, in turn, Malachy McCourt, since you vote for the ticket, not the individual candidates.) And you should, too! And not only because they have a solid, truly progressive platform, and…
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Surprise! Rush Limbaugh is a total fucker.
Yes, not the most eloquent critique, but hey, it’s 12:53am, and I haven’t blogged in months, so I’m sleepy, lazy, and rusty all at once. But anyhow, this from an ABC News article on Michael J. Fox’s commercial in which he endorses Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democratic congressional candidate who backs stem cell research: …conservative…
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The Onion: spot on.
Sometimes I Feel Like I’m The Only One Trying To Gentrify This Neighborhood When I moved into this neighborhood, I fell in love right away. Not with the actual neighborhood, but with its potential: It’s affordable, there are nice row houses all around just waiting to be filled up by my friends, there’s lot of…