Archive for June, 2009
And there’s more! Maddow on Ensign
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Maddow on Ensign
In case you missed it:
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My friend from Tehran—1979
In 1979 I was in Stanford Hospital for a week. In the bed next to me was a young Iranian woman. She had long, full black hair—she wore no scarf—and had had an abortion. She told me about her country and how the Ayatullah Khomeini, who led the 1979 revolution to overthrow the U.S-backed shah, [...]
Shannyn Moore: Top 10 Reasons Sarah Palin’s “Outrage” is Misplaced and A Little Late…
Shannyn Moore: Top 10 Reasons Sarah Palin’s “Outrage” is Misplaced and A Little Late….
Shannon Moore nails this one!
Bob Geldof: Let Us See if Italy Keeps Faith With the World’s Poor
Bob Geldof: Let Us See if Italy Keeps Faith With the World’s Poor.
Geldof makes a great point. Italy, which is hosting the G8 this year, has made good on only 3 percent (yes, that’s next to nothing) of its 2005 commitments to Africa. Abysmal!
Mona Eltahawy: Headscarves and Hymens
Mona Eltahawy: Headscarves and Hymens.
The oppression of women is the great evil of our time. In Saudi Arabia 15 girls burned to death because the morality police would not allow them to leave their burning building without head scarves, according to Mona Eltahawy. The Talbian uses poison gas on girls to who dare to go [...]
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria clip
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria clip from Frameline Distribution on Vimeo.
Dir. Victor Silverman & Susan Stryker
2005 57 min. USA
EMMY® Award-winning “Screaming Queens” tells the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States — a 1966 riot in San [...]
Dethroned Miss Nevada: ‘Um, Hello?!’ – Gossip News Briefs | Newser
Dethroned Miss Nevada: ‘Um, Hello?!’ – Gossip News Briefs | Newser.
I’m slow on the uptake, but here it is. Katie makes a good point.
Riot in tehran Iran after the fake election – iReport.com
Riot in tehran Iran after the fake election – iReport.com.
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