Let Them Be - Religion Dispatches: "Sister Mary Soledad Perpinan, known as Sister (Sr.) Sol is a member of the congregation of Good Shepherd from the Philippines. Sol sees herself as a pioneer, an international and public figure, a feminist, an eco-feminist, a peace and social activist..."
(tags: religion bad.ass.women)
Hotties of the Desert - ThreadPit.com: Nothing like a shirt that combines racism and sexism!
(tags: sexism racism products)
Unmarried pregnant teacher loses job - Star Tribune: "An unmarried fifth-grade teacher at the Catholic school in Wabasha (MN) is out of a job because she got pregnant."
(tags: sexism discrimination reproductive.justice work)
Ms. Pac Man: Feminist Hero - YouTube: This shit totally made my day.
(tags: feminism video)
Condom Design Contest - The Principles of Pleasure: "I *heart* Planned Parenthood. For many reasons. But the reason today is because they are having a condom packaging design contest."
(tags: sex reproductive.justice activism blogs)
Uncovering the Nativism of Population Politics - RHRealityCheck.org - Priscilla Huang: "When anti-immigrant zealots publicize their opposition to policies that they perceive as 'pro-immigrant,' they often insist that their motives are not racist."
(tags: immigration racism sexism blogs)
State workers back to 8-to-5 - The Columbus Dispatch: "Gov. Ted Strickland is taking the flex out of flexible work hours for thousands of government workers. The policy change has angered some state employees, many of whom have worked nontraditional schedules for as long as 18 years to accommodate child care..."
(tags: work child.care)
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Oh, I *love* the faked-up screenshot at 1:20 of the Ms. PacMan video where the pretzel gives "EQUAL PAY".
I *love* the faked-up screenshot at 1:20 of the Ms. PacMan video, where the pretzel gives you "EQUAL PAY".
That Ms. Pac-Man video was the most awesome thing I've seen in days, possibly weeks. I was grinning so hard I practically had tears coming out of my eyes!
SHE KEEPS HER OWN NAME MOTHERF*ERS!
That made my day.
I was struck by the Huang piece, and the first paragraph seemed especially ironic. And, perhaps, serves as an indicatino of a near-uncrossable gap in viewpoints. She says:
Disingenuous?
Well, I'd say that the article is pretty damn disingenuous, seeing as it deliberately and inaccurately conflates "following the rules" with "following the rules, at least at the instant when you crossed the border." There's nothing else that the "even though" can imply.
Are those the same thing? Um, no. Not unless you equate "give someone temporary permission t do ___" and "give someone the right to do ___ as long as they want."
There are a lot of good points to talk about in the immigration debate. Deliberately mischaracterizing your opponents' arguments is a poor way to start. She lost my trust at Paragraph 1.
Eliot Spitzer thought nixing flex scheduling in NY would be a good idea, for about 5 seconds. However, there's an alternative motive to flex schedules for government workers -- Traffic patterns in Albany.
Thanks for the links! At RHrealityCheck I also saw this:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/02/06/abnormal-paps-pap-smears-doctors-refusing-canada
"While attending a recent event honoring the twentieth anniversary of the all-important Morgentaler decision here in Canada, I came upon some disturbing news: doctors in Canada are denying pap smears to women citing religious objections..."
What part of "Catholic School" don't you understand?
How do those Catholics who canned the unmarried pregnant schoolteacher know that it wasn't an immaculate conception?