[A] very common view: that political activism is something only incredibly serious and morally upright people do. And anyone who dares to express political or radical views, anyone who calls themselves an activist better be completely perfect and never allow themselves any iota of privilege or wealth or comfort or selfishness…something that is ( Read more... )

Let's take a hypothetical trip from San Jose to Burbank. Okay!

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For 2009, IBARW will take place between July 27 to August 2

I don't post frequently enough to feel like I can "officially" participate, but I'll see what I can do.

because they have a historical record for impartiality, unlike those wily latinas…


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Native brothers and sisters in their finery and NOT as a backdrop to a white love story/coming-of-age story/colonizer fantasy? WIN.


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"The day has been, I grieve to say in many places it is not yet past, in which the greater part of the species, under the denomination of slaves, have been treated by the law exactly upon the same footing, as, in England for example, the inferior races of animals are still. The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those ( Read more... )

Snagged from Yes Means Yes! and therefore not my writing, hence italics. (Thanks for suggesting the site, pandoradeloeste!

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A new experimental program at a nonconventional “lifestyle medicine” center is targeting pregnant women who are Black and Hispanic minority, poor and fat. These women are being enrolled into a free health program which tells them it will benefit them and their unborn babies and make their babies healthier ( Read more... )