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Where are we and what did you do with everyone's common sense
Sometimes I swear I've woken up in a parallel universe...
Turns out a new study revealed that low-wage, urban workers aren't being paid what they earned by not paying things like overtime, paying less than minimal wage, and other labor law violations. I'm glad that they figured that out, not that the working poor haven't been SCREAMING it for ( Read more... ) -
women's cage fighting and overwhelming BULLPOOPY
So last night i watched the Strikeforce event at my friend's house. For the first time in history, a women's MMA fight was the headlining fight of a major MMA event. The two fighters were going for the 145lbs women's title, two EXCELLENT fighters by the names of Gina Carano and Cris "Cyborg" Santos (Cris and her husband, both fighters, sign all ( Read more... ) -
And the blood poured off the pulpit...
A man was killed today in Kansas. At his church ( Read more... ) -
Racism--I do not think that word means what you think it means...
(As usual, if you don't like what I have to say, I have no idea why you read this. Reading people's LJ's, particularly politically charged ones, when you don't like what they have to say is sad and pathetic.)Recently President Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to come into the vacancy in the Supreme Court being created by the resignation of ( Read more... ) -
For once, I have little to say...
Because this woman says it all ( Read more... ) -
AIDS and the disease of blaming the victim
~**I'm going to preface this with this simple statement: I have very liberal views and if you've read any of my stuff before, you already know that. I will not pick fights on my livejournal and I will not tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia, and victim blaming on my livejournal. So before you make the statement that you think prostitutes deserve ( Read more... ) -
My half-marathon for The Wellness Community
Sorry to those who have read this previously ( Read more... ) -
DV in the entertainment industry
http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/admark/la-et-chrisbrown16-2009feb16,0,1330443.story
I saw this story through feminist_rage. I don't understand a society that is going to punish Rihanna for being beaten by her boyfriend, Chris Brown ( Read more... )