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Category Archives: Current Events
Black History Month
Over on my Tumblr I’ve started posting some historic quotes for Black History Month. It can be a divisive topic, especially with the question “Why isn’t every month black history month?” or the issue that we somehow can’t learn our … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Secret History
Tagged A People's History of the United States, black history month, history
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Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street?
When Occupy Wall Street hit Oakland, one of the first alternate phrasing presented was Decolonize Oakland. I thought this odd, at first. I thought it was just about Native American rights. Occupy Oakland was building around Columbus Day, so that … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Decolonize Oakland, freedom, history, liberty, Occupy, Occupy Oakland, OWS, protest, Wall Street
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The 1%, Friends or Foes?
I’ve heard people say (of Occupy Oakland) that they should protest in Marin County, where the 1% live. I had a friend ask (in jest, but from honest confusion) if he is supposed to hate his parents, because they almost … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged 1%, 99%, injustice, nonviolence, Occupy, Occupy Oakland, OWS
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An Open Response to the Oakland Police Officers’ Association from an Oakland Citizen
This is a response to An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officers’ Association posted on Nov 1st. I do not speak on behalf of all citizens of Oakland, nor of any Occupy movement. Your … Continue reading
#OccupyCompassion
I went to the reinvigorated Occupy Oakland assembly tonight. I left when two speakers in a row called the police fascists, and compared them to Neo-Nazis. I can understand the anger and outrage at their behavior, but this is not … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Compassion, hate, love, Oakland, Occupy, Occupy Oakland, police
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What if the national budget was your family budget?
Philip Greenspun did a great brain exercise to put the budget debate into understandable terms. How can an individual voter make sense of quantities that are ordinarily written in scientific notation? I think the easiest way is to divide everything … Continue reading
“Geek and Gamer Girls” like to pander?
Here’s what I’m talking about, but I’m only linking to it for context. If you want to avoid the link, it’s a video parody of “California Grrls” called “Geek & Gamer Girls” starring the women from the lightsaber lingerie fight … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Musing
Tagged anti-feminism, gamers, geek culture, human rights, lightsaber lingerie, pandering, Seth Green, sexism, Star Wars blog, Team Unicorn
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What is wrong with fat people?
We have a problem with obesity. But it’s not the problem most people are talking about. How many skinny people are told that they are ugly, unwanted, unhealthy, lazy, disgusting, and have no willpower? How many skinny people are unable … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged beauty, body politics, diet, equal rights, fat, health, human rights, isms, sizeism, skinny, this is why you're fat, ugly, weight loss, you're doing it wrong
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