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Pretty Bird Woman House
Saw this, thought it would be important to pass on:
In 2004, Jackie Brown Otter founded Pretty Bird Woman House, a women's shelter at the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota. The shelter is named after Brown Otter's sister, who was kidnapped, raped and beaten to death in 2001. According to Amnesty Intn'l report: High levels of sexual ( Read more... ) -
Civil Rights FTW
Hell yes, Massachusetts. Thank you x 151.
This just confirms why I love this state, and why once college is done I'm hightailing it home and clinging to the Northeast like a limpet. -
Kick to the [Anti-]Feminist Groin
Ever since really digging my teeth into the matters that would evolve into the essay of my last posting, I've done a lot of thinking about feminism, men, women, and perspective. Even more so after writing the essay, and in conference with my teacher, it's become a point of focus for me. One thing I've realized is that I don't actually consider ( Read more... ) -
Six years: six words a year
Nabbed from someone on my friends list, because I thought it was a cool idea. Summing up each year since 2001 in six words ( Read more... ) -
Eeee!
James Barbour! Camelot! Lancelot!
ON TOUR.
The schedule.It comes to Chicago in late April, which is terribly exciting. My only worry is that Sir Barbour will have left it by then; it'd only be four months in but that's still four months, and I know he's still got in foot in on the Tale of Two Cities project. It'll be in Indianapolis in Febuary, ( Read more... ) -
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Ugh. Allergy season's kicking in early this year. Not good for my head ( Read more... ) -
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My BoyPuppy just came to lie near me. After settling down he tilted his head to look at me, and when I reached over to scratch his ears he snugged his head up against my hand and gave me a meltingly sweet look, as if that one little attention was what he's been waiting for all day ( Read more... ) -
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Spent a good portion of today look at job listings on craigslist with Hannah. It was a lot of fun; we kept IMing each other links, and reading the funny ones outloud to each other (we were on the phone, of course).
The killer is, I found the perfect -- perfect -- job. However, it's in the Northshore Mall in Peabody. I'm not even sure where ( Read more... )