February 2012
14 posts
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“The model of God in patriarchal religion furnishes the model that lends...”
– Starhawk, Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery, 16
Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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Children's Liberation Rights
The right to Self-determination—children should have the right to decide matters that affect them most directly. The Right to Alternate Home Environments—including the right to choose from among a variety of home environments, and various kinds of schools and employment opportunities. The Right of Responsive Design—society must accommodate itself to children’s size and...
Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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"No Such Place as 'Post-Racial' America"  →
By Toure writing for the NY Times
Feb 17th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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January 2012
37 posts
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Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 26th
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"Who Should Be Restricted?"
“Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir met with her cabinet to discuss a series of rapes that had occurred in the state. Her all-male cabinet suggested addressing the problem by instituting a 9:00 PM curfew for women and girls; after a lengthy discussion, Meir said that since the rapists were men, a better solution would be to institute a curfew for men instead. According to Meir, the cabinet...
Jan 26th
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Colbert Explores Santorum's "Respect" for Bigoted... →
Links to a clip from the Colbert Report. From the infamous blog “Spreading Santorum”.
Jan 26th
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Women are as interested in casual sex as men →
From Eric Barker’s blog Barking up the Wrong Tree. 
Jan 23rd
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Why Social Workers Should Receive Hazard Pay
Barbara Blank for the New Social Worker Online: http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/General/Safety_First%3A_Paying _Heed_to_and_Preventing_Professional_Risks/ Anne Badkin for the Boston Globe:  http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/02/18/violence_haunts_job_for_social_workers/?page=full
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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"The Whoppers of 2011: The Year's Worst Political... →
From FactCheck.org, a project of the University of Pennsylvania’s Public Policy Center.
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Wikipedia's "Misconceptions about HIV and Aids" →
Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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Mother Jones' Interactive Map of Abortion... →
“Are you sure you want an abortion?” by Michael Mechanic of Mother Jones 
Jan 8th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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“And why don’t you write? Write! Writing is for you, you are for you; your body...”
– Hélène Cixous, from The Laugh of the Medusa (1975) as printed by Pétroleuse Press (via mappingthemoon)
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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WatchWatch
Levitating fruit flies and levitating fruit—research contributing to future space exploration. From NPR’s “Science Friday” program. 
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd