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ADD - "Pussy Riot Sundance Documentary an Impressive Look at Courage on Trial | The Daily Banter" and more

By VV | Published Friday, February 1, 2013

ADD - "Pussy Riot Sundance Documentary an Impressive Look at Courage on Trial | The Daily Banter" and more

Pussy Riot Sundance Documentary an Impressive Look at Courage on Trial | The Daily Banter

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 05:05 AM PST

In the documentary, Pussy Riot–A Punk Prayer, which just premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, we see how a small group of women who are tired and angry about Putin's autocratic hold on their country used protest art to test the limits of free speech in Russia. While they, unfortunately, found out what that limit is, through their eloquence and courage they also have shined a light on the hypocrisy of so-called democratic Russia. The purpose of their February 21, 2012 arrest may have been to intimidate those who want to protest Putin, in actuality the trial of Pussy Riot has shined a light on the grip Putin and his cronies have on Russian society.

Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their consent - Middle East - World - The Independent

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 05:02 AM PST

Israel has admitted for the first time that it has been giving Ethiopian Jewish immigrants birth-control injections, often without their knowledge or consent. The government had previously denied the practice but the Israeli Health Ministry's director-general has now ordered gynaecologists to stop administering the drugs. According a report in Haaretz, suspicions were first raised by an investigative journalist, Gal Gabbay, who interviewed more than 30 women from Ethiopia in an attempt to discover why birth rates in the community had fallen dramatically.

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ADD - "The Great Migration of the 21st Century | ChangeLab" and more

By VV | Published Thursday, January 31, 2013

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The Great Migration of the 21st Century | ChangeLab
Two portraits emerge of Lilburn shooter | www.ajc.com
TransGriot: Why I Can't Stand RuPaul
Daily Kos: The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact

The Great Migration of the 21st Century | ChangeLab

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 03:26 PM PST

In the 21st century, history is repeating itself. The Great Migration of today is global. It is driven by a combination of baby booms in the southern hemisphere, and gross inequality in the global economy. In order to escape poverty and violence, people from the browner nations of the world are moving Northward across borders. That vast migrant stream is transforming the demographics of the U.S., and whites are again reacting, this time by waging a battle to maintain white electoral dominance and control of resources, opportunity, and national identity.

Two portraits emerge of Lilburn shooter | www.ajc.com

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:01 PM PST

But Diaz's girlfriend painted a more menacing imagine of Sailors as a elderly vigilante who shot without asking questions. According to Angie Rebolledo, after he shot Diaz, the 69-year-old Vietnam vet pointed the gun at her. The couple, accompanied by two other friends, had pulled into Sailors' driveway by mistake, thinking it was the home of another friend. The group had planned to go ice skating. Rebolledo, 17, was sitting next to her boyfriend in the front seat when he was struck in the side of the head. As she tended to Diaz, she said Sailors showed no remorse and offered no assistance. "I want him to spend all his life in prison," she said.

TransGriot: Why I Can't Stand RuPaul

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 08:06 AM PST

It really pisses us Black trans women off that you give RuPaul Andre Charles (and Tyler Perry dressed as Madea) more love and respect than you do the average Black transwoman struggling to live their lives and interact with the Black cis and SGL communities without major drama. RuPaul is a Black gay man, not a transperson, and the trans community is beyond sick and tired of being sick and tired of him being elevated by cis and gay people to some nebulous 'trans expert' level.. As a matter of fact, one of the reasons I became a trans activist in 1998 was because of a Transgender Tapestry magazine article in the 90's that ignorantly considered RuPaul and Dennis Rodman as Black transwomen juxtaposed against other accomplished white trans people despite both Ru and Dennis Rodman emphatically saying they weren't trans and didn't want to transition.

Daily Kos: The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 05:13 AM PST

I'm going to put "heckling the father of murdered six year old" right at the top of my updated list of signs that America can safely ignore you, or at least not give a single flying shit as to what supposed rights you think you have, but I do want to reiterate one point: For a sizable percentage of America's most aggressive gun fetishists (not "enthusiasts," please—there's a difference between shooting as a hobby and stockpiling guns as your own personal anti-government, anti-society religion) the ability to quickly murder a classroom or two of elementary school kids isn't a bug. It's a feature.

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ADD - "http://souslecieldes" and more

By VV | Published Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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David Phan’s Suicide Sparks Grief, Anger, And A Call For Justice | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
Daily Kos: Gabby Giffords: 'Too many children are dying. We must do something.'
Pixies - The Holiday Song
Trainspotting - New Order - Temptation
President Obama makes case for immigration reform in Las Vegas
FIERCE - (JOSH PEACE MUSTACHE REDUX) by Azealia Banks on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds
What’s Wrong with Inclusion? The Case for Radicalism | ChangeLab
09 P.L.O. Squared by WUGAZI on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds

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Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:36 AM PST

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David Phan’s Suicide Sparks Grief, Anger, And A Call For Justice | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:30 AM PST

Apparently, Bennion exists in a universe where the search of an Asian-Pacific Islander American (APIA) student's body and personal property is warranted, and where a condom on campus is seen as a sign of criminal behavior rather than mature responsibility (not to mention that many public schools freely give out condoms to students to encourage safe-sex practices). Whereas David's Vietnamese family unconditionally embraced him when he came out as gay, Bennion and Granite turned its back on David as he endured anti-gay bullying–and used the condom to punitively construct David's sexuality as a threat to the school.

Daily Kos: Gabby Giffords: 'Too many children are dying. We must do something.'

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:26 AM PST

Thank you for inviting me here today. This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for Democrats and Republicans. Speaking is difficult, but I need to say something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. It will be hard, but the time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Thank you.

Pixies - The Holiday Song

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 05:54 AM PST

Trainspotting - New Order - Temptation

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 05:51 AM PST

President Obama makes case for immigration reform in Las Vegas

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 04:21 PM PST

FIERCE - (JOSH PEACE MUSTACHE REDUX) by Azealia Banks on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 04:19 PM PST

What’s Wrong with Inclusion? The Case for Radicalism | ChangeLab

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 04:17 PM PST

LGBT people suffer differently. We originate in every community and come in every color. We are rich, poor, and middle class. We live in the wealthiest suburbs and in the rural coal camps of Appalachia. This may help to explain the remarkable success of the LGBT movement in transforming a culture in which violence and hatred of LGBT people was the norm into one in which the vast majority is leaning more and more toward acceptance. However, winning real and durable justice for LGBT people will require us to reach beyond conservative inclusion strategies and take on the structures and institutions that have produced and reproduced injustice for power minorities through the generations. Understanding this is a simple as understanding that in real democracies there are no second-class citizens. As long as some of us face injustice, all of us are vulnerable.

09 P.L.O. Squared by WUGAZI on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 04:06 PM PST

oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

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ADD - "A world accidentally full of triggers | MetaFilter" and more

By VV | Published Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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A world accidentally full of triggers | MetaFilter
Azealia Banks Announces First Single Off Debut Album “Broke With Expensive Taste” | XXL
Bearhugger.net - [BSP]
Arizona Bill Would Turn Hospitals Into Immigration Checkpoints, But Exempts Canadians, Europeans (UPDATED)
'Anything That Moves': Civilians And The Vietnam War : NPR

A world accidentally full of triggers | MetaFilter

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 05:34 AM PST

Great discussion in MF comments.

Azealia Banks Announces First Single Off Debut Album “Broke With Expensive Taste” | XXL

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 05:23 AM PST

It looks like will be hearing some new music from Azealia Banks soon. The Harlem native recently took to Facebook to announce the title and release date of her single. She revealed the track to be titled "YUNG RAPUNXEL" and will drop on February 12. "My first single is actually not going 2 be Miss Amor / Miss Camaraderie. It's goin 2 be a song called 'YUNG RAPUNXEL' and will be released February 12, 2013." The "212" raptress has stated that Broke With Expensive Taste would be releasing on the same day. The album was listed on our 35 Most Anticipated Albums of 2013.

Bearhugger.net - [BSP]

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 06:13 PM PST

What is the Bearhugger.net? The Bearhugger.net (BSP) is simply a website dedicated to the bearhug submission hold found in wrestling. Just like you would find a site dedicated to a particular wrestler, or a particular hobby, this site focuses on a single wrestling hold, which is the bearhug.

Arizona Bill Would Turn Hospitals Into Immigration Checkpoints, But Exempts Canadians, Europeans (UPDATED)

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:16 PM PST

"There's a lot of good relationships we have with Canada, legally, there's a lot of reciprocity," Rep. Carl Seel, one of the bill's sponsors, told CBS 5. ''If you have Canadian papers, you're deemed legal in the United States." Seel's statement, as quoted, isn't true. Canadians can immigrate illegally to the United States. About 4 percent of undocumented immigrants come from Canada and Europe, according to a 2010 estimate by the Pew Hispanic Center, while some 81 percent come from the countries of Latin America. The bill doesn't mention specific penalties, but requires hospitals to report those who cannot provide proof of citizenship to Immigration and Customs Enforcement or local police.

'Anything That Moves': Civilians And The Vietnam War : NPR

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 04:56 PM PST

On March 16, 1968, between 347 and 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians were gunned down by members of the U.S. Army in what became known as the My Lai Massacre. The U.S. government has maintained that atrocities like this were isolated incidents in the conflict. Nick Turse says otherwise. In his new book, Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam, Turse argues that the intentional killing of civilians was quite common in a war that claimed 2 million civilian lives, with 5.3 million civilians wounded and 11 million refugees.

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ADD - "Reading Thy Self - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic" and more

By VV | Published Monday, January 28, 2013

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Reading Thy Self - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 11:49 AM PST

"Read Thy Self" is the standard method I use to investigate slavery and the Civil War. At some point you tire of yelling about the evils of Nathan Bedford Forrest, and you settle into a much different frame. I believe, as Hobbes lays out here, that I am subject to the same whims as any slaveholder. I don't feel that there is anything in my bones that makes me any more moral. Thus the question becomes not "How awful was Robert E. Lee?" but "How could I have acted as he did?" And you work to not ask that question with incredulity, but at the same time without apology It's "Read Thy Self" not "Construct Some Way To Excuse Thy Self." My favorite historians always manage this trick--explaining exactly how morality is violated, without endorsing the violation of morality. "Reasons" are not "excuses."

SeeLight: Urban Fantasy Structures and Definitions

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 10:55 AM PST

Outsider status: although all these conflicts and anxieties and desires are common and mainstream, there's still the desire to stand outside of the mainstream, to be special and also be to be a bit oppressed. This is partly adolescent, partly American (wherein our entire identity hinges on overcoming challenges and being individual), and partly guilty-white-girl. The last one is why so many urban fantasy heroines are mixed race (never just poc, though.) In this post-civil-rights-movement era, outsider status is most quickly vouchsafed by being a person of color. But, of course, no white woman REALLY dreams of being black, so it's always American Indian or Asian (although the half-Asians are usually the sidekicks.)