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Feminism and the Right to Vote
During my last visit with my stepmother, we were talking about the upcoming presidential election with a friend of hers, and I was waxing cynical regarding the value of my vote in the primaries, as Rhode Island is not only a small state with a minimal number of electoral college delegates, but its primary election was late enough in the season as ( Read more... ) -
A Question of Responsibilty
When does it end ( Read more... ) -
Unfocused...
Recently, I realized that I put in about 72 hours per week working at The Temple (the retail shop I co-own with Grant). Work on TempleCon (which people are already pushing me to get back to) is above and beyond that, though I can sometime dovetail TempleCon tasks into whatever I'm doing behind the counter at the shop ( Read more... ) -
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I spent all night working on TempleCon preparations only to discover when I wanted to finally sleep that the roof had leaked all over my side of the bed ( Read more... ) -
Up To My Eyebrows...
Yes, it's that time of year again, when I am so thoroughly in the thick of TempleCon preparations that I barely have time to breathe, let alone write. Not that I am terribly consistent with LJ to begin with, despite good intentions ( Read more... ) -
National Breast Cancer Profiteering Month
October is upon us, and everywhere I look I am bombarded by a flood of pink merchandise, not to mention a plethora of pink-themed events demanding my attention and financial contributions. And while I appreciate the well-meaning efforts of so many of my friends who do put time and money into such events and purchases with the intention of ( Read more... ) -
The Officer and The President
There's been quite the hullabaloo going on these past few days about Skip Gates and his encounter with the Cambridge police. Even more noise about one choice word spoken by President Obama in reaction to that encounter: "stupid." People all around the country have been all fired up against Obama for that one little word, to the point that a CBS ( Read more... ) -
Why anti-war feminism pisses me off...
In my recent quest to keep informed about the current situation in Iran and relay information regarding the Green Revolution there, I was reading an interview tonight with a noted feminist author and American professor of politics discussing the role played by women activists in recent Iranian protests. After slogging about halfway through the ( Read more... ) -
Restless
I'm not usually the type to be bored, and I generally have a very clear idea of what I want to do on any given day (or night - I'm usually thoroughly nocturnal). But tonight, something's off, and I can't quite put my finger on it. I set out to work on something, and I can't seem to focus, so I try something else, but can't keep my mind on that, ( Read more... ) -
The mind fairly boggles...
...at the way this event is coming together ( Read more... )