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Why representation in media matters and why marginal voices have to be loud
Representation in media matters. It matters a hell of a lot. Here’s a recent New York Times article on the extreme lack of diversity in children’s literature. Perhaps this exclusivity, in which children of color are at best background characters, … Continue reading
Observations from an Anti-Choice Protest
I spent this past Saturday morning escorting patients at a women’s health clinic (re: “abortion factory” per fundamentalists), so I thought I’d share some observations, aside from the signs and the shoving flyers in people’s faces that are common optics … Continue reading
The Unbelievers: An unbelievably missed opportunity at diversity
EDITED: I was reminded that Cameron Diaz’s father, of course, was of Cuban descent, so I updated the total number of persons of color to ‘two’ to avoid erasing her heritage arbitrarily. So a couple of weeks ago I caught … Continue reading
Not Afraid of Amazon Drones … Just All Flying Things
Some day, I will order a new Kindle Fire or some other electronic device. I can imagine it flying through the air within minutes to my heavily urbanized environment, floating like a massive insect, a payload of consumerist desire approaching. A … Continue reading
Cooking Competition – A poem
The game wraps around, Plastic and sheer, preserving, Deflecting freezing burns. The kitchen is a noise inside A shell, roaring and kinda ringing, inging, ing. Angry red skin from the flames, Scorch marks and soup stains on the apron. The … Continue reading
Japan’s Not Doing Sex! An Intersection of Racism and Sexism
I did a guest post for my friend Miri at Brute Reason on Freethought Blogs highlighting the racism AND sexism of the popular story going around about Japan’s declining birthrate being salaciously tied to a lack of sexual activity. Here’s … Continue reading
Alphabet City & Gentrification Revisited
45-51 Avenue B between 3rd and 4th Streets in the Alphabet City area of the East Village neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. — Beyond My Ken Let’s hit the wayback machine. Here’s a letter I wrote to the Village Voice … Continue reading
Headline Roundup
Just some headlines that I found funny, interesting or ridiculous of late. Oreos May Be As Addictive As Cocaine Well, um, no. Not exactly. Oreos As Addictive as Cocaine? Not So Fast Sure, rats are useful for some experimentation, but … Continue reading
Humans Tell Stories 