Earlier this year — or was it last year? — I got into a lot of trouble for telling a reporter that I hope my heterosexual friends who are financially able to do so will boycott marriage until such time as it becomes available to everyone. I’m happy to report that a group of students [...]
The right-wing rhetorical flap over the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court puts me to mind of the failed nomination of Lani Guinier to the position of Assistant Attorney General back in 1993. As I wrote at the time,
One minute, [Lani Guinier] was a respected law professor and Justice Department nominee; the next [...]
I keep forgetting to mention that I’ve got an article in the Winter 2008 issue of Soho House Magazine. Entitled “Taekwondo in a Hijab: Muscular Feminism in Iran,” it looks at the achievements of a couple of Iranian sports stars in the context of the ongoing struggle for women’s rights in that country. The magazine [...]
Original entry here. I’ll add updates below as relevant news becomes available.
27 APR UPDATES: U.S. declares public health emergency; swine flu confirmed in Spain; global stock markets plumet due to fears of pandemic; European Union health officials warn against travel to the U.S. and Mexico.
Tip to veg/AR organizations: Pork producers are already on this, [...]
Some years ago, I spent a few emotionally rocky weeks in a city in which I used to live. There to get care in the wake of a traumatic event, I was in sore need of soothing. So, I switched on the television and tuned into the cable access station to watch the semi-weekly city [...]
As Will Potter says, “It was only a matter of time.” Four animal rights activists have been charged as “terrorists” under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act for the “crimes” of leafleting, marching, chanting, and chalking slogans on sidewalks. Read Will’s full report here and stay tuned to Green Is the New Red for updates.
What’s that [...]
I recently read a remarkable book about local legacies of lynching. Please visit the new Political Media Review to read my review. PMR is a project of the Transformative Studies Institute; the purpose of the project is to provide an independent clearinghouse of reviews of social justice media. There are only a couple of reviews [...]
