Tag Archives: current events

Beltane 2013 – union and loneliness

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Beltane fell on a Wednesday this year. It’s my favorite holiday, but even though it is a holiday of union, this year it leaves me feeling rather lonely. On Sunday I’d intended to rise early and make the trip across the river … Continue reading →

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Facts about the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”)

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

The ACA (Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare) means the following: Insurance companies can no longer impose lifetime limits on the amount of care you receive. They can no longer discriminate against children with preexisting conditions. They can no longer drop … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace Adrienne Rich: Fellow Poet, Feminist, Queer Woman, Trail-Blazer

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Last week, I was about to board a plan to San Francisco when I saw Adrienne Rich’s obituary on the front page of the New York Times. It’s hard to describe Adrienne Rich’s impact on my life with grace and … Continue reading →

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Iraqi war bride in the Ozarks

Posted on October 17, 2008 by

Munira Shahamorad was 20 years old and dressed head to toe in all-concealing black robes when she showed up at the gates of the U.S. Marine base in Fallujah, Iraq, looking for a job. She was desperate to escape her … Continue reading →

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RIP George Carlin

Posted on June 23, 2008 by

The blogosphere’s full of tributes to George Carlin, who died yesterday at age 71. When I see a ton of posts on the same subject, I tend to freeze up, thinking it’s all been said before. This is probably why … Continue reading →

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Three Things to Be Sad About

Posted on June 4, 2008 by

The death toll from the earthquake in China is approaching 70,000. Let’s think about that number for a moment. The death toll from the 9-11 attacks was just shy of 3,000. The current number of soldier casualties in Iraq is … Continue reading →

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It’s all related, I swear

Posted on May 23, 2008 by

According to the article in this week’s Boston Phoenix, some Steampunk’rs see us as already living in the dystopian future of the science fiction novels and movies that inspire their aesthetic. You know, a dystopian future where the cost of … Continue reading →

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Mother. Fuckers.

Posted on April 30, 2008 by

News on Feministing is often bad and I usually don’t have the energy to get all mad and stuff, but this really riled me up: At the beginning of the semester, there was an incident here at Yale involving a … Continue reading →

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Because we haven’t really come a long way, baby

Posted on April 11, 2008 by

articulates in a full-of-awesome way what I’ve been too busy with my own little dramas to say. About the Texas raid on the Fundamentalist Mormon compound in which over 100 women and children were “seized.” More info here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89395841 or … Continue reading →

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Faithful America, religious liberal traditions, and why I belong to a UU church

Posted on April 10, 2008 by

I came across the activist group Faithful America a while ago and really appreciate the message they stand for. Political discourse in this country around religion has been very much shaped by the religious right. Faithful America aims to reshape … Continue reading →

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