Saturday, November 21, 2009

A Cinematic Litmus AND Rorschach Test: what happens when we move beyond "the single story" of oppressed people? How do oppressors understand the film, Precious, and what are the concerns of the oppressed?

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(Source for all that is from the New York Times online, including image and article: here ) NYT caption: “Precious,” about a disadvantaged...

Will Phillips, 10-Year-Old White non-Gay U.S. Southern Boy, Won't Pledge Allegiance To A Flag or a Country that Discriminates Against Lesbians and Gays--a Country that also Remains profoundly Racist and Sexist

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November 16, 2009 on CNN - Will Phillips appeared on CNN Monday morning with his father, Jay, to discuss his refusal to say the pledge of...

Yes, White Jews can certainly be anti-Black racists (in the U.S. and in Israel), but these two stories are a bit more complex

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[this is an image of the main character, Avery, in an excellent documentary called Off and Running , and was found here ] GREAT discussio...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

This is What a Radical Muslim Feminist Looks Like

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I believe most radical feminists are religious women of color. Given that it appears that the person in the photo is wearing a taqiyah, I...
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John Perkins releases more truths about the genocidal, ecocidal U.S. corporate world in Hoodwinked

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John Perkins Interview from MrXfromPlanetX on Vimeo . At the link provided below (click on "Economic Meltdown -- A Call for Syste...

What is "Asking Too Much" in a Heterosexual Marriage?

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[image of cover of book by Diana E. H. Russell is from Amazon.com, but I'd rather link to Diana's website , for those unfamiliar wi...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Meet The Predators: Men Readily Admit to Raping Women As Long As You Don't Call It Rape, and men STILL won't call MOST forms of rape "RAPE"

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With thanks to Cara @ The Curvature for allowing me to post a portion of her writing here. Please go to her post, linked to at the title o...