December 2008

Queensland Attorney-General: Some Rapes “Minor,” “Technical”

by Cara December 17, 2008

Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine has defended the common practice of letting rapists out on the street with no jail time at all by saying that some rapes just aren’t all that serious. New figures showed 23 out of 172 people sentenced over rape or attempted rape during the past financial year avoided prison time. Mr [...]

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Add Your Voice: End the Genocide in Darfur

by Cara December 16, 2008

Now that a Democrat has been elected to the White House, progressive groups everywhere are clamoring to have something positive done about their cause for the first time in 8 years or more. You’ve probably been getting a lot of email alerts, and asked to write a lot of letters. But one of the most [...]

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Yoko Ono: A Feminist Analysis (Introduction: Oh Yoko!)

by Cara December 15, 2008

For J. I think you would have loved these five posts perhaps more than anyone. I wish you could have read them. I’ve mentioned in passing before that I had intentions to write a feminist analysis of the culture treatment of and perception towards Yoko Ono.  Desiring to make sure that I’m not retreading on [...]

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Clickity Click

by Cara December 15, 2008

For those who didn’t notice it on their own, I added some more icons to my list of social networking sites through which to share the post.  You can now easily submit blog posts through Facebook, Google, Tumblr, LinkedIn and SphereIt.  Let me know if there are any other networks you would regularly use the [...]

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Why is Victim a Dirty Word?

by Cara December 13, 2008

I just read this news story about actress Kristen Bell saying that she never wants to play a “victim.” 1 The rhetoric surrounding the word “victim” is some that has constantly fascinated me.  I often see it used in a disparaging sense, like above.  And it raises a lot of questions. I understand the desire [...]

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You Picked the Wrong Asian Woman to Mess With

by Cara December 12, 2008

May be NSFW (contains swearing) Anyone know these ladies names?  They’re awesome. h/t Renee

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Teacher Binds Students in Lesson on Slavery

by Cara December 11, 2008

A white teacher taped together the hands and feet of two 13-year-old black female students and then ordered them to climb underneath a desk as a “demonstration” while she taught a lesson on slavery. At least one of the two girls did not volunteer for the demonstration, cried during it, and was deeply traumatized by [...]

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I Laughed; I Cried

by Cara December 10, 2008

From the NY Times Letters, Why Is Abortion Still a Political Issue? To the Editor: For some people, abortion is a nonnegotiable issue. A nation that runs out of people cannot perform the activities of a sophisticated society. We have a shortage of primary care doctors. There are other skilled-worker shortages. You cannot kill the [...]

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December 8

by Cara December 8, 2008

I’d been planning, for quite some time actually, to write a long post about John Lennon and his death for today. Specifically, it was going to be about his actual death, the real tragedy of it. The real tragedy, for those who are curious? Just how much he wanted to live. But now one of [...]

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Troll of the Day

by Cara December 8, 2008

This comment from “Joe Black,” left on this post, is perhaps simultaneously the the best and most incoherent I have ever received: the article is true,most women come up off the backs of men, whether it is thru a divorce or an inheritance. Women are weaker, and I do hear stories about how they constantly [...]

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