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WRITER’S BLOCK SUCKS!

This announcement is brought to you by my complete and utter inability to string two freaking sentences together to save my life. Actually, this isn’t entirely true.  This is more … Continue reading

March 17, 2011 · Leave a comment

Killing the Discourse

So I just got done watching Rachel Maddow’s interview with Jon Stewart for the second or third time.  Because I wanted to get straight in my head what bugs me … Continue reading

November 18, 2010 · 2 Comments

What “both sides?”

Ok, having spent the last 24 hours mulling over the attack on a Moveon.org protestor at the Paul-Conway Debate the other night and the responses I’ve seen at various places, … Continue reading

October 28, 2010 · Leave a comment

It Gets Better…

Yeah, I know, there’s already been a lot of navel-gazing going on in this blog.  Well, now you get more. Dan Savage and his partner Terry recorded this video:  It … Continue reading

September 25, 2010 · Leave a comment

Sorry about the radio silence…

I have weird writer’s block. I very rarely have nothing to write about. Usually, I have too much and I come down with Writer’s ADD where one post starts to … Continue reading

September 17, 2010 · Leave a comment

Christian Persecution Complex

On my personal Facebook, I did my Armchair Activist duty, and “shared” something a friend of mine had posted about how the guy staging the Koran burning on 9/11 was … Continue reading

September 12, 2010 · Leave a comment

TeaPartiers, Birthers and Other Non-News

Dear All the Media in the Universe, Please quit giving the TeaPartiers (see, I can be nice), Birthers and other non-news groups airtime. Seriously. I have no trouble debating with … Continue reading

September 1, 2010 · Leave a comment

Of Triggers and Media…

But what I’d like to talk about here is something I don’t really get into until the end of my GGR rant. I’m talking about the expectation that sexual assault survivors are somehow constructed of spun glass and will completely disintegrate upon being “triggered.”

August 21, 2010 · Leave a comment

Name Calling and Debate.

I have been making a concerted effort to remove appearance-related insults from my vocabulary. Because honestly, if I’m pissed off at someone, it has NOTHING to do with what they … Continue reading

July 30, 2010 · 19 Comments

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