CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, July 15, 2013 ( Read more... )

I can't break the habit of analyzing culture from my Anthropology days. As I watch TV, read books or listen to music I always notice the embedded cultural assumptions and messages ( Read more... )

On the way to the ER last night we were chatting about Romney's health care solution for poor people (contradicting himself, btw) of "they call an ambulance and go to the ER." That SUCKS. I'm ok, it was a mellow trip, and it still sucked. My right foot either has a clot causing pain or developing cellulitis. Got pain meds, need more tests in a ( Read more... )

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I watched this when I was a battered wife myself, back in 1978. It had quite a cast--LeVar Burton (Roots, Star Trek: TNG), Karen Grassle (Little House on the Prairie), Mike Farrell (MASH), Joan Blondell, Diana Scarwid, and it was one of the very early representations of domestic violence. At the time there were few women's shelters in the country ( Read more... )

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/05/flex-your-rights-the-top-3-things-to-do-in-every-police-encounter/

Very good information!

The House leadership is pushing Congressman Joe Pitts' anti-abortion-funding bill through the House of Representatives this week and we need you to call your Representative TODAY ( Read more... )

Way to go Georgia. You ran out immigrants and your crops rotted for lack of cheap labor, and apparently your conscience doesn't trouble you over killing a very possibly innocent man. You've just edged out Texas and Utah in the backward states competition. You've also embarrassed the U.S. before the whole world. Congratulations ( Read more... )

In response to the letter to Cary Tennis in Salon, entitled My mother is crazy -- what can I do? I posted the following at Salon ( Read more... )

I followed the link provided by xtremeroswellia (thanks! I think...) to this story about a teenage girl named Megan Meier dealing with ADD, depression, and weight issues who was driven over the edge and committed suicide after being manipulated via a fake Myspace account and taunted, mocked and ridiculed one day. You will be utterly shocked by who was posing as a ( Read more... )