Just in time for Mother’s Day, a couple of my students have contributed heartrending blog posts related to mothers and grandmothers. Check out Letter from Your Gay Granddaughter and Mothers in Prison and the Children Left Behind for some non-traditional Mother’s Day reading. And, please do show the authors of those posts and other contributors [...]
The Huffington Post reports that Glen Beck and other conservative media personalities are blaming undocumented immigrants from Mexico for the spread of swine flu into the United States. Given that the true vector — tourists returning from Mexican vacations — has been widely publicized, there’s no way to read this other than as racism and [...]
Violence is nonsense. While people often deploy violence for rational purposes, violence itself is the opposite of sense.
Every abused child and battered woman knows this. You’re arguing with your parent or partner, pressing your point, trying to make yourself understood, working to reach agreement. Then — slam! — comes the slap or the kick [...]
