I need a specific icon for these posts. I should ponder that.

Anyway, trying to wade through my inbox, and I've got entirely too much tagged as "to read/post", so here it comes:

Some impressively hideous racism on a local radio channel, link from meganj28

PolyMedia has some astute things to say about poly media coverage, and how it happens (and a bit ( Read more... )

And a brief life update -- nothing much has happened in the past two days; I've been down with a migraine, and accomplished exactly nothing. Also, I'm worried about Morph. He's acting weird and lethargic. A vet visit may be in the near future.

And now for the links:

Creative Coffins (and eco-friendly, too!) -- from mseuphrates

The last bastion of ( Read more... )

For the Peeps in the audience: Turtle Swarm!!

Massachusetts sues Federal Gov't over DOMA

Interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Place of Women on the Court

(both from lcohen

Wow. Ick. "If things are really desperate, it might be time for your other half to go under the knife. With the advances in medical science and the current obsession with ( Read more... )

An estimated 125,000 women die each year of severe bleeding after childbirth. But a new device--first developed to treat wounded American soldiers in the Vietnam War--promises to lower those deaths, concentrated in low-income countries.

Doing a school presentation on Harvey Milk is apparently "sex ed" that needs special permission from all parents ( Read more... )

Mark's still working the job in Toledo, and gone most of every week. Grafton left for the Rainbow Gathering. Caleb works second shift. It's very strange to have such a quiet house ( Read more... )

Gasp! New Study Reveals Mothers Drink Sometimes, and Other Scandals

Reminds me of the crap about trying to define all reproductively aged women as "pre-pregnant" a few years back.

But I do love Greta Christina: What I Learned at My First Orgy

I'm working security at the Cleveland memorial tonight. If you're going to be there, stop and say hi ( Read more... )

Email Dr. Tiller's staff and family messages of support: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/900/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1049Read more... )

Update on current status federal marijuana policy

Why 'conscience clauses' are indeed a big deal

On informed consent, and the discrepancy between how women are treated around abortion and around delivery

Fortune Small Business magazine put out an article on transgender workers today, available on the CNNMoney.com site. Entitled "When a staffer ( Read more... )

So, in an attempt to post some of the stuff floating around my head, this is likely to be a bit scattershot, as I add bits of stuff here and there between calls. As call volume has increased over the years, I've begun to feel more and more like Harrison Bergeron when I try to write from work ( Read more... )