In countries all over the world and in your own backyard, the debate over women's rights continues. Our bodies, minds, hopes, and dreams remain a battleground. Let's make today the first day - support your local domestic violence shelter, write your senators an representatives to promote legislation that protects women from physical and emotional ( Read more... )

I missed posting this for v-day by over a week which saddens me, but considering i haven't posted any scathing social commentary to ANY of my blogs in some time, i was beginning to wonder if i was losing my edge. or worse yet, my writing skills ( Read more... )

this article came from New York magazine's 2004 holiday guide: http://nymag.com/nymetro/urban/holidays/gifts/2004/10445/Read more... )

so people need to leave unappreciated child protective investigators alone now, i.e. stop calling them "baby stealers"(which they aren't) cause that title rightly belongs to celebrities like *cough* MADONNA who adopt children from other countries just to make themselves look good and OOPS in the process overlook legalities and receive special ( Read more... )

long time no rant...so here goes ( Read more... )

so, the obvious struck me today...all of our problems as a planet/society could be solved if everything didn't have to be big and loud ( Read more... )

when my mother went to the store in search of a gift for my sister's birthday, she found the gifts she sought and something else ( Read more... )

thing 1: a man in a kilt can be frightening ( Read more... )

some news stories worth noting...mostly continuations of ongoing situations ( Read more... )

"When you try your best but you don’t succeed ( Read more... )