Hey, I know it's tough out there for kids today. They grow up too fast. Materialism has run rampant. Texting has replaced play and actual contact. And girls especially suffer from body image issues, which lead to self-esteem problems, no thanks to the media. Even six year-olds worry about their weight! School is about to restart and it could set off another round of your daughter fretting about her looks, her popularity, her clothes and... … [Read more...]
Broadsides: Facebook him
August 31, 2009 By
For all the lovers out there who stalk each other on Facebook -- and you know how dangerous that is -- this from Throw'd TV: Heh. … [Read more...]
unrepentant old hippie: Jesus reacts to anti-choicers at clinic protest
August 31, 2009 By
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the black ewe: Thinking about Skinny
August 31, 2009 By
I was feeling very alone yesterday. I was trying to get some work done at the tail end of a chaotic summer while the kids spend their last weekend before school starts at the country house with their dad. I was supposed to be focused on work, but instead I could only think about myself. So alone, I felt like inviting the cat we call Skinny, one of the three black and white cats around here, inside the apartment, just for some company. The other two black and whites are fat and glossy, and run away when the kids try to make friends, but Skinny doesn’t even wait for us to come to him. It takes … [Read more...]
Creekside: Drill, Iggy, Drill
August 30, 2009 By
The identity of the author of the anonymously hosted website Republicans For Ignatieff remains a mystery - Who is besmirching Iggy? Is it a dipper? Or is it a Con? But today via David Akin, we learn there is now a real live Republican activist for Iggy attached to those fingers in the picture at left :REPUBLICANS FOR IGNATIEFF AT THE MISSOURI STATE FAIR"AUGUST 24, 2009 --This past weekend, Republicans for Ignatieff held its first Ignatieff Meet and Greet at the Missouri State Fair.The event was a huge success. We distributed our new Republicans for Ignatieff signs and stickers to numerous GOP supporters. … [Read more...]
unrepentant old hippie: Operation Rescue humiliated at Carhart Clinic
August 30, 2009 By
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Antigone Magazine: The Feminist Scholar: The Performance of Feminism Issue 1
August 30, 2009 By
Surfacing the Female Leader: The Performance of Laura Roslin I wasn’t going to blog on this until I had engaged the brilliant Mary McDonnell in her question and answer session at the Toronto sci-fi convention; however, she (sadly) had to leave to attend a memorial for one of the show’s producers–my condolences. I’m in the process of organizing a paper on her character “Laura Roslin” and “her” relation to Western culture’s interpretations of female power. In my rush to develop my grant proposals on the position of the audience in post-restoration … [Read more...]
Antigone Magazine: The Feminist Scholar:Thoughts from a (young?) Feminist
August 29, 2009 By
Dear Readers, It has been far too long since I have properly blogged and I do apologize. I would like to offer some reflections on what has been a rather turbulent year. For Antigone this has been both an inspiring and frustrating year. We are so touched and humbled every single day by the submissions we receive from our participants; thank you for dreaming with us. On the other hand, we have encountered so many systemic roadblocks in our advocacy that, for me, it has confirmed more than ever that the fight is not over and will not finish for some time yet…. Preparing to send out my applications … [Read more...]
Creekside: The Emperor Strikes Back
August 28, 2009 By
What is Emperor Steve fooling around with in his pocket this time?.Oooh - it's the nine new Senators he appointed yesterday.That makes 27 Cons he's appointed in less than a year, bringing his posse in the Senate up to 46 out 0f 105 senators..G&M : "At an event in Quebec City, the Prime Minister said he had to nominate unelected Conservative supporters to the Senate to ensure that his government, which won a minority last year, gets its legislation approved.".There's some Con Party presidents and backroom operatives and Steve's communications aide from the PMO among the unelected ... plus a … [Read more...]
unrepentant old hippie: Christofascists say US healthcare system “working”
August 28, 2009 By
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Marginal Notes: My Medical Reality and My Medical Drama
August 27, 2009 By
Once again, I am trapped in an ill-functioning body...essentially trapped in my home as I consume Percocet and Morphine while on the emergency outpatient waitlist for an MRI. How long is the "emergency" outpatient wait? A mere two months. Enough time for me to go crazy with pain; to develop an addition to morphine; to lose out on work and school. The so-called "free market" is not good for the overall economies of regions, but for lining the pockets of an elite few. Indeed, the National Post of all sources reports that the economic cost of waiting for health care... … [Read more...]
Creekside: Iggy and Steve : E – I – E – I – No
August 27, 2009 By
Liberals say they're in no rush to force fall election"We're not having an election on EI," said Senator David Smith. ``I don't hear Canadians clamouring for an election on this issue."Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff agreed to strike the panel [on Employment Insurance] last June as part of an eleventh-hour deal to avert a summer election.Oh hell, let's just go with the Jurist's shorter :"So it turns out that our last set of confidence threats involved an issue that we don't think matters enough to be worth an election. But that's just as well, since we've been … [Read more...]
Birth Pangs: Robbing Petra and Pauline
August 27, 2009 By
Many of those disrupting meetings on health care to trample by folding, spindling and mutilating Godwin’s Law are the same ones who are virulently against a woman’s right to control her own body. How ironic then that by campaigning against health care for all they are also making it more difficult for women who choose to have babies. “Women must keep their voices loud and strong, so that the angry people who disrupted the congressional town hall meetings won’t succeed in sabotaging the proposed reforms,” said Cindy Pearson, executive director of the Washington-based … [Read more...]
