July 2009

Birthday

by Cara July 31, 2009

VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip For The Beatles: Rock Band fans. How my husband got this video, let alone on my birthday, I do not know. But he did, and it is. ETA: There are three more The Beatles: Rock Band videos up at VH1. Check them [...]

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The Night Before

by Cara July 26, 2009

So I didn’t disappear after 5am EST without notice because I’m an irresponsible person, or because I’m a person who who fell asleep at her desk.  Rather, I disappeared after 5am last night because I’m a person who uses Time Warner’s Road Runner internet service, which in the world’s cruelest irony went out in my [...]

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The 2009 Blogathon: It Has Begun!

by Cara July 25, 2009

The 2009 Blogathon has begun.  Head on over to have a read (and leave a comment!) Remember, I’m not just doing this for fun (though I’m going to try to have as much as possible), but to raise money for SAFER.  My pledges are currently up to $383.42 — and pledges can still be made [...]

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Blogathon Updates

by Cara July 22, 2009

So, you may have noticed that the blog has been a bit dead, lately. That’s because I’m busy preparing for the Blogathon, which I recently wrote about. I also started a new training course this week that I’m really excited about. Oh, and last week my husband became a U.S. citizen, and my cat was [...]

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Women Who Would Have Medicaid-Funded Abortions Instead Often Give Birth

by Cara July 14, 2009

A new study just released by the Guttmacher Institute (pdf; news release here) determined that “approximately one-fourth of women who would have Medicaid-funded abortions instead give birth when this funding is unavailable.” Whatever the actual number of women who are essentially forced to give birth due to a lack of funding for abortion is, as [...]

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Blogathon 2009

by Cara July 13, 2009

Last year, I participated in a little something called the Day of Blogs — a 24 hour blogathon, with a post going up every half hour.  As a result of the effort, RAINN received a $454 donation! This year, it’s called the Blogathon, and it takes place on July 25 from 9am EST to 9 [...]

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Transphobic Assault on a Woman in Queens

by Cara July 11, 2009

Trigger Warning Earlier this week, yet another trans woman was assaulted in a transphobic hate crime.  Carmella Etienne was attacked on Wednesday night while walking home from the store. Two men started yelling slurs at her, threatened to kill her and rape her with a baseball bat, and then threw rocks and a beer bottle [...]

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Americans Broadly Support Abortion Coverage in Health Reform

by Cara July 9, 2009

You my have heard — or you may not, as it seems to be getting little mainstream media coverage — that health care reform is in trouble. With Republicans and blue-dog Democrats sensing that some sort of of government coverage is likely to be successfully created this time around, they’re shifting tactics somewhat from attempting [...]

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Top 10 Ringo Starr Drum Tracks

by Cara July 7, 2009

Today is Ringo’s 69th birthday.  Happy Birthday, Ringo! Ah, lovable Ringo.  The most overlooked Beatle.  John, Paul and George have all received their own top 5 posts by now, so it is long past due for Ringo to get his. Ringo doesn’t get his due in a lot of ways.  He was stacked against the [...]

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Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates in Oklahoma

by Cara July 3, 2009

Trigger Warning There are some extremely horrifying allegations coming to of Oklahoma regarding the treatment of female inmates by male jailers.  The allegations include sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, and more: Four former Delaware County jail female inmates have filed a civil lawsuit in Tulsa federal court accusing the sheriff of covering up such crimes [...]

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