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Health care IS an anti-racist issue.

Posted by: nojojojo

Category: America the Crazy, In the World, Politics

October 16th, 2009 | 30 comments

(And feminist, and anti-classist, and pro-GLBTQI, and anti-ablist, and so on. It’s a human right.)
Apologies for being so quiet lately, ya’ll. I’m up to my ears in writing books and writing grants to help me keep writing books and writing resumes to help me get the grants to help me keep writing books. [...]

30 comments
caster-semenya-part-2b-of-the-women-athletes-series

Caster Semenya: Part 2b of the Women Athletes series

Posted by: unusualmusic

Category: In the World, Link Roundups, Sex & Gender, Society & Culture

September 12th, 2009 | 13 comments

Before we head on the the subject of Trans women athletes, lets go back for an update on Caster Semanya.
At the beginning of this controversy, Tami asked the question What do women look like?
You magazine answered Dressed Up. Madeup. Heels. Wearing stereotypically feminine clothes. Softened. Muscles carefully hidden under stereotypically feminine clothes. And flowing [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 comments
entertaining-anti-racism-in-about-an-hour

Entertaining Anti-Racism in About an Hour

Posted by: nojojojo

Category: Entertainment, In the World, Racism

August 25th, 2009 | 9 comments

Personal disclosure: this guy is my first cousin. Which in no way invalidates what I’m saying below.
OK, so like many of you I’ve done my share of “diversity workshops”. Which were mostly, I have to admit, pretty good — generally because they were long enough (several days) to dig deep; hands-on and [...]

9 comments
iran-and-american-imperialism

Iran and American Imperialism

Posted by: nojojojo

Category: Angry at Politicians, In the World, On the Internets

June 27th, 2009 | 12 comments

I haven’t said anything about the situation in Iran, mostly because I don’t feel qualified to speak about it. I’m watching it, though, following the Twitter feeds obsessively and learning as much as I can about Iran’s history. I’ve been finding fellow blogger Richard Jeffrey Newman’s posts over at Alas especially illuminating about [...]

12 comments

Well, at least it’s not racial. Sorta.

Posted by: nojojojo

Category: Bigotry & Prejudice, In the World

February 20th, 2009 | 22 comments

Saw this article today, about an “emergency” rape law passed in Italy:
Italy’s government has rushed through a decree to crack down on sexual violence and illegal immigration after a spate of rapes blamed on foreigners.
What’s “a spate”? Must be quite a few, to justify the swift passage of a new law, I’m thinking. [...]

22 comments

Mirror Universe

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: In the Papers, In the World, Media, Politics

October 27th, 2008 | 6 comments

You would think that any headline reading:
John McCain ‘endorsed by al-Qaeda supporters’
Would actually be from the Onion.  Or something the McCain campaign would say about Obama.  But no.
In a message broadcast on the password-protected al-Hesbah site, the group said they would also welcome a pre-election terror attack on the US because that would make a [...]

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Again, Why I’m Angry

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Angry in General, In the World, Why I’m Angry

December 27th, 2007 | 29 comments

Benazir Bhutto assassinated

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in the wake of a suicide bombing that killed at least 14 of her supporters, doctors, a spokesman for her party and other officials said.
Bhutto suffered bullet wounds in the aftermath of the bomb attack, TV networks were reporting.
[...]
Bhutto was rushed to Rawalpindi General [...]

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