I like what TNC is getting at here: The thing that I find so appealing about Obama on race is he spins the thing forward–he talks about it in a way that enrolls everyone in the sort of progressive agenda that will ultimately help black and brown people. It’s rhetoric, I know, but it’s important. [...]
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I just found this video by Nas, “Sly Fox,” a scathing criticism of mass-produced media, empty analyzations of violence in hip hop, and the racism and shallowness of the FOX franchise. That’s some shit right there. I’ve got newfound respect for Nas.
On Writing, Atrocity and Privilege — Random, Redux
Published April 12th, 2008 in Activism, Blogging, Environment, Feminism and Things We Can Do. 19 CommentsPart of my endless frustration with blogging, especially when I was at a more widely read blog like Feministe, is something that I still run into at my newer, smaller blog: I Had a Bad Day Today: 15 comments in one day 200,000 Women Have Had A Really Fucking Bad Decade: 2 comments in two [...]
Teaching Your Child To Love Bathtime
Published December 19th, 2006 in E, Humor and Things We Can Do. 4 CommentsIngredients: 1 bendy straw 1 bath or shower 1 child Directions: 1. Place child in bath or shower. Wet down child with water, paying attention to the sides of child’s torso. 2. Bend bendy straw. 3a. Place short end of bendy straw in child’s mouth. 3b. Place long end of bendy straw between child’s arm [...]
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