I've been meaning to write this entry since Thursday, which was International Women's Day and also the feminist-blogosphere-sponsored Blog Against Sexism Day. The sum of things I mean to talk about keeps getting bigger, too. So, let's just pretend it's three days ago, mmmkay ( Read more... )

Whenever I walk by the flag installation on the lawn, I feel a sense of accomplishment and awe and pride. Which, really, is not how I think I should be feeling. I have to force my mind to remember what that beautiful sea of flags really stands for, not just the communal effort that went into making it. If I really got it, if it really had the ( Read more... )

- This was nice to read. Happy Roe v. Wade anniversary (yesterday) and also happy first-time-a-woman-is-sitting-behind-the-president-at-a-State-of-the-Union-speech (tonight).

- I have a Kansas song stuck in my head (Carry On Wayward Son). Kind of embarrassing ( Read more... )

Happy Solstice! Today is also the international day to orgasm for peace, by the way (see this cute video here: http://www.globalorgasm.org/demo.html). So get on that, ladies, gents, and everyone else! I'll be doing my part ( Read more... )

Although today was very long and very full of things-to-do, there were a few really beautiful moments ( Read more... )

I am dragging like a desert iguana's tail on sand. Or maybe that's a bad simile. Regardless, I am totally exhausted and dysfunctional: today I managed to mess up in my thesis lab three times, once setting myself back several hours, and I have two late computing assignments that I can barely bring myself to look at, let alone work on. On the ( Read more... )

"one, two, three, four, we like sex so let's have more!
five, six, seven, eight, wrap it when you fornicate!"
AIDS Walk with the Reed team was totally fun, with lots of free food and drink and cool people. Also, I got new shoes! And a new warm vest! And we have fresh-baked challah! And I have a button that says "Vaginas Son Super"! And there's lots ( Read more... )