Over at SaidIt, there’s a transcript of Rebecca Whisnant’s speech from the Pornography and Pop Culture Conference. You can watch the video of the same speech here.
Structurally speaking, as a person facing oppression of whatever kind, one has two choices. One can resist the oppression—in general, or in any particular instance—in which case one […]

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Via SWOP:
“Join the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights with its members and partners to Raise Our Voices for Justice & Human Rights!
Join us on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, - in a national day of action to expose and continue denouncing the devastating humanitarian crisis being visited on immigrant families, workers and communities by […]

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New issue up: Trivia: Voices of Feminism including this powerful piece by my friend Elliott.

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I don’t really like museums. I haven’t historically “connected” with art. But yesterday, I had my third visit to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and her work continues to affect me like no art ever has. I get euphoric, almost, being in the presence of all that vivid color, imagination and vision. […]

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The yard.

At my last place, the owner maintained a lovely lush courtyard with a water feature, mature trees, and flowering bulbs and vines. It was gorgeous. I loved it.
But since she decided I was too scruffy and tasteless for her, now we live here.

It’s not gorgeous. I don’t love it. This house […]

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“Human Rights in an Age of Fear and Terror”
A conference organized and sponsored by Amnesty International Group 463, Las Vegas, NM and the United World College Amnesty International student group
Where: United World College, Montezuma, New Mexico
Dates: Friday, Sept. 14 (7:00 - 9:00 pm) and Saturday, Sept.15 (10 am - 5:30 pm)
Program:
Friday, Sept. 14 7:00 – […]

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Visit the Disease Mongering Engine to generate your own realistic-sounding disease and get tips on creating and marketing a drug to cure it! Disease-mongering, making billions off of people’s fears and discomfort–It’s not just for Big Pharma anymore.
ETA: My disease is “Paranoid Catatonic Attention Dysfunction with Facial Tic.”

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Via email from Alix:
In case you haven’t yet heard the sad news…Maxine Feldman died suddenly Friday evening in her home in Albuquerque.
Maxine released the first out Lesbian record I know of, a 45 rpm disc produced in 1972 by Robin Tyler, with “Angry Atthis” on one side and “Amazon,” anthem of the Michigan Womyn’s Music […]

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Nicole sent me the following links:
Sign the Petition to Free the Seven
Justice for the Newark 4 egroup
Thanks Nicole.

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