One of my favorite things to do is to write angry letters. Letters to my elected officials, letters to the editor, etc.

So when a friend first e-mailed me a link about the Op-Ed Project, I was excited ( Read more... )

From the ACLU website:

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act failed to garner the 60 votes necessary to avoid a filibuster and compel a floor vote.

I've written letters to both Senators Schumer and Clinton regarding this matter.

You could also write to your senators today.

Any other suggestions?

If I was going to order a Bbell Hhooks book from Amazon today, with which title would you suggest I should start?

I did this a long time ago, but I found it again:

My Johari Window.

I find it so incredibly fucked up that sexual assault and harassment is something that I have to deal with every damn time I leave my house.

And it pisses me off even more that it's taken so seriously that when this guy got arrested for the 28th time for sexual abuse, it wasn't considered news.

The 29th time's a charm, I guess.

Huge Antarctic Ice Chunk Collapses

...a giant particle accelerator that will begin smashing protons together outside Geneva this summer might produce a black hole or something else that will spell the end of the Earth - and maybe the universe.

This takes literally 30 seconds to do and I found it very illuminating.

How rich are you?

I am shocked and saddened by the news that my governor used the services of a prostitute.

And I'm hella pissed off, too. This is a guy that made a name for himself by busting prostitution rings.

Because John's of prostitutes are rarely prosecuted, it seems unlikely that he will face charges. Which is a big pile of steaming, ludicrous bullshit.

I work for a gynecologist that performs 1st trimester abortions. I've worked for her for four years, and have been administrating her malpractice insurance for the last two years ( Read more... )

Artist and educator Angela Shelton has a new campaign this month called "Report IT!" On April 29th, 2008, she is mobilizing survivors across the country to go to their local county courthouses and report sexual violence. These survivors will not necessarily be at the courthouse in order to file police reports. Instead, they will be standing ( Read more... )