The following is from the Livejournal blogger Sabotabby, one of the best political minds I know. Their thesis is not a happy one, but because of that, is even more worth reading and thinking about that it otherwise would be. Originally posted by Sabotabby at Frog, meet boiling water

While you're at it, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (yes, that Abdul-Jabbar) ( Read more... )

Some brief thoughts on Michael Brown
Mansplaining, group-think and the need
To my big mouth shut while on duty

Sweet Jesus. Having to keep quiet while two (white, male) pilots mansplain the Micheal Brown killing and subsequent riots to their (black, female) flight attendant was 20 minutes of psychological torture for an opinionated Young Geoffrey.
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Girls gone funny

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Time gentlemen! Please!

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Where have all the white men gone?

This week's episodes of my favourite children's adventure program might have been the best of the year so far. More interestingly, to me at least, is just how far outside of the standard adventure paradigm The Sarah Jane Adventures has ventured, without any great on-screen fuss or muss.

Somehow, a program about ( Read more... )

Alberta reminds Canada of its past and its future
In Calgary, we have met the Other 
(and found only ourselves)

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Apparently I'm not the only person who thinks race may not have been the cause of Gates' arrest.

Thanks to supergee for this article, and to the internet in general for this one.

And, not related to race (at least not directly) but definitely related to a creeping police state: "The Children’s Secretary set out £400million plans to put 20,000 problem ( Read more... )

To serve and protect? The arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and
The real elephant in the corner
I moved to Toronto from Sudbury, Ontario, when I was 14 and, despite the fact Toronto was a city nearly 20 times the size of Sudbury, it took more than two years before anything happened to make me feel unsafe in the metropolis.

And it wasn't an angry ( Read more... )

Edit, close to 24 hours after the fact: If you're coming to this post late and feel inclined to hammer me for it, please read the comments first. I was wrong all over the place and don't want you to have to point out things to me that others have done already.

Jesus. I wanted this post to be All About Me and the fact that my ewebsite has been ( Read more... )