October 26, 2006
Culture break
Filed by Bil Browning | October 26, 2006 | 11:19 PM |Today's cool music video comes from Italy - Gianna Nannini's song "lO." Fooled ya, didn't I? You thought it would be Asian again... Oh. Well. Yeah, that is Japanese at the end. And the video is all about a...Read More
Evan "Scrooge" Bayh - Hoarding Millions
Filed by Jerame Davis | October 26, 2006 | 5:18 PM |So, finally, John Kerry coughs up some of his leftover 2004 Presidential campaign war chest to be distributed to Democrats in tough fights across the country. $500K, is chump change considering he has between $12 million and $16 million depending...Read More
Conspiracy nuts, start your engines...
Filed by Jerame Davis | October 26, 2006 | 2:29 PM |UPDATE 2: The blogger has been identified as Lane Hudson, of Michigan. Have a look-see. UPDATE: The New York times has an article that confirms most of the details below. Check it out... The statement below is attributed to Brad...Read More
Women as Meat? Rape as Women's Lack of Responsibility? Oh yes...
Filed by Carrie Wooten | October 26, 2006 | 10:22 AM |A Muslim cleric in Australia may be forced to resign after making comments in a sermon about the irresponsibility of Muslim women who go out without head scarves. The cleric went on to imply that such actions invite and are...Read More
The Non-Trans Privilege Checklist
Filed by Ed Team | October 26, 2006 | 1:16 AM |Since my previous post was promoting a talk given by a guy addressing the issue of white privilege, it got me thinking about gender privilege and I went hunting for this checklist that I recall being distributed at a conference I went to a few years back. Check it out. It really helped me to understand trans identity and experience better when I started to realize my own non-trans (cisgendered) privilege.Read More
