1. I made a silly video of Stephen running in his sleep:


[Soundtrack: Apocalyptica, "Hall of the Mountain King"]

2. You should definitely read this ( spoiler )

Good morning. It's Spring Break. I just got up at the crack of dawn (well ok, 8am, same diff) to go to the post office and pick up a package before the line could get horrendously long (last time I went I stood in line for two hours. Two! Hours!!). It's a package with SHOES in it, so it was worth getting up for ( Read more... )

Re: H.R.3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Bodily Autonomy for Women Act:

Chipping Away at Roe...and the Definition of Rape
There are so many rape culture tropes being served here, I could frankly spend the entire day documenting the innumerable manifestations of misogynistic fuckery at work here ( Read more... )

Hmm, another article in the NYT about us mixed race young uns and how we even have our own campus clubs and whatnot: More Young Americans Identify as Mixed Race.

I always have a mixed (ha!) reaction when I see headlines like this. On the one hand, yay media coverage acknowledging that we exist! On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I've seen exactly ( Read more... )

Or you could just read Liss at Shakesville, who as usual says all that needs to be said and says it better than just about anybody else.

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The latest news (video) on the condition of Rep. Giffords and the other victims. As I write this, Rep. Giffords is reportedly able to communicate by following simple commands. Her doctors are "cautiously optimistic."

A couple of inspiring stories in the midst of this tragedy:

A woman who was already shot reportedly grabbed a magazine clip away ( Read more... )

Two happy news stories, to balance the two crappy news stories:

1) Under Siege in War-Torn Somalia, a Doctor Holds Her Ground - A profile of Hawa Abdi, who is basically SUPERWOMAN. Dr. Abdi helps house and feed ninety thousand people in refugee settlements on her own property, and runs a 400-bed hospital where she provides free medical care. She ( Read more... )

Today is just a day for terrible news out of Arizona, it seems. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 17 others were shot at a political event in Tucson, AZ. Five Six people were killed, including U.S. District Judge John Roll, and a 9-year-old girl. Rep. Giffords is in critical condition and expected to recover.

I'm watching the coverage on CNN.com. HuffPo ( Read more... )

This article in the NYT, which reports on the findings of a study of the effect of women's tears on men's arousal levels, is a steaming pile of heterocentrist and gender essentialist claptrap.

The NYT is not alone; this oh-so-exciting story has been picked up on by just about every major news outlet, because it makes for GREAT HEADLINES. Here's a ( Read more... )