March 12, 2012
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LGBT, gender, politics, justice
The growing acceptance of gay marriage, the increasing number of LGBT people who are no longer forced to live closeted lives, and the growing ubiquity of gay and trans culture is all good news. Not just because diversity strengthens cultures, but because these things have made a serious impact on flawed and biased thinking about gender. You know the kind; the god awful (more…)
March 10, 2011
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Dana Spiotta, eat the document, anarchism, politics
Dana Spiotta’s Eat the Document is one of my favorite novels. It deals specifically with the fallout of a radical, idealistic act gone wrong, and the lives people must live in the aftermath of their decisions.
Mary and Bobby, star crossed fugitives living separate lives underground, grow older with (more…)
February 28, 2011
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Emma Goldman, anarchism, women's rights, gender, equality, politics
Emma Goldman (1869–1940) stands as a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism. An influential and well-known anarchist of her day, Goldman was an early advocate of free speech, birth control, women's equality and independence, and union (more…)
February 21, 2011
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George Orwell, language, politics, gender, violence, bobby franklin, abortion bill, chris smith
Georgia State Rep. Bobby Franklin has proposed a bill that would take the word “victim” out of cases involving rape, stalking, domestic violence and obscene telephone contact with a child, and replace it with the word “accuser.”
Franklin’s bill comes on the heels of an attempt to redefine the word rape itself in
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February 14, 2011
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Derrick Jensen, literature, environment, writing, ethics, politics
Derrick Jensen has produced some of the most culturally significant writing about the environment (and about the psychological environment we live in as a result of the dominant philosophy of corporations) of the past decade. His work is filled with a love and rage and hope that few of us could sustain for a week let alone a lifetime of prolific writing. (more…)
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