Whaddya think Michelle? Just for the record, the lighter color is a bright limey green and not gold as it appears here. I’m thinking about a nice knotted fringe when I’m done.
Also for the record, in blogular news, I am in the process of switching over to Wordpress. I’ve learned a lot […]

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Lexi in her new favorite spot

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(This is adapted by Andrea Ayvazian from the work of James Edler and Judy H. Katz, and was given to me by Kate, thank you!)

Have I intentionally and aggressively sought to educate myself further on issues of racism (by talking with others, viewing films, finding reading material, attending lectures, joining a study group, etc.)?
Have I […]

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Just for the record, this and all similar posts should be interpreted as expressions of my creativity and joie de vivre.

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Some leftover thoughts on the white privilege conference:

Allan Johnson, explaining how white privilege works, said what I’ve always said–privilege is not a guarantee. What it means is that the odds are stacked in favor of European-descended people (in the US). Yeah yeah yeah, okay, but an important corollary to this is to think […]

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Reporting from the white privilege conference, “The Matrix: Examining Intersections, Making Connections, & Building Allies”
Keynotes:

Kevin Jennings, founder of GLSEN: Tells a story about the complicated interaction of oppression and privilege through the experiences of his mother, Alice, a white Southern woman from a poor family in the mountains of Tennessee, her difficulties as the […]

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Dianthus ‘Firewitch’ on my porch. I will have to take a better photo tomorrow when she is not in the sun.
Off tomorrow to the white privilege conference for a few days.

This is a giant and very beautifully marked moth that was on the wall outside by the light last night. Photo taken under […]

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From my friend Elliott batTzedek:
“I’ve been horrified since the news broke yesterday about the slaughter at Virginia Tech. The initial reports — an armed man, targeted killings in classrooms in an engineering building — opened up the wound that is still Montreal, and the very real terror I felt going in to teach my […]

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Videos of the main presentations from the recent AntiPorn Conference at Wheelock in Boston are now available online.
PS That’s my friend Lierre introducing Gail Dines in the opening video! Hi Lierre! Great work!
Thanks for the link to the videos Rebecca!

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Het culture creates trendy subcultures to enable privileged people to feel even more superior compared to ‘common,’ ordinary people. The trendy sometimes also consider themselves superior to those who have been or are in power positions over them, like their parents or the ruling class, which is a way for them to feel better […]

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