It's been a very slow few days. I'm still really sleepy/groggy and NL's got a cold so we spent our Wednesday date night eating pizza and watching Doctor Who (we're finally into Season 4, so I get to introduce him to my favorite companion! Yay!). Thursday was more of the same, only with Six Feet Under instead (I'm getting toward the end of Season ( Read more... )

Yay! It sounds like I'll get to see forestfire over Thanksgiving! It's been way too long, because I just haven't had resources and time for travel to see her in NY ( Read more... )

Frustrating "weekend" despite lovely dates with both NL and Erin, and I'm still in a pretty pissy mood overall. I'm feeling better physically now that we're past the latest spate of storms, though, so that's nice. Also, for Who fans who are only marginally interested in The Sarah Jane Adventures, if you feel like watching eps from Season 2, I ( Read more... )

I actually felt the earthquake! I did, I did! As a midwesterner, I find this ridiculously exciting; we don't generally get more than 2s and 3s here, and I've never actually felt those when they've happened before. This time I was sitting on the porch, and I was suddenly feeling an odd low vibration through my butt. Took me a while to rule out ( Read more... )

I'm trimming this down from the original email I received, so I can share it about as widely as possible. If you're interested, please drop me a comment or message, and I'll happily put you in touch!

Hi there, Cleveland feminists ( Read more... )

Really tired today and planning on focusing on some project work, so there may not be linketies, or they may be brief and late. Life is good, though. Bec and Jer hacked through the two inches of ice lining all our walkways, so we're no longer surrounded by an involuntary skating rink. We're petsitting for Bella, so I had a warm little snorting ( Read more... )

( introductory story may be triggering regarding rape )

From my friend Casey, who rocks, and has been working on this show for a number of years now. For folks who aren't local, note the final lines where she gives instructions for downloading the shows.

Hi everyone. As many of you know, I am part of a super awesome team that puts on a reproductive justice-focused public affairs show every Tuesday ( Read more... )

Come join us this Thursday, February 25th ( Read more... )

Among other info, "the state ranks 48th in the nation for access to contraception" *headdesk* And this is a lot of why I stay in Ohio. Maude knows there's plenty of work to do around here!

Also, a post from feministing: Not Oprah's Book Club: Reproductive Edition

Holy hell, is this some victim-blaming bullshit: The Worst Sexual Assault ( Read more... )