I love the Internets.
I love that they make information available at my fingertips. I love that I can research cancer prevention and watch a video of a strange kid after his dentist appoint all in my living room.
But I also love the Internets for another reason: they are helpful in identifying oppressive unconscious social identity [...]
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I am not sure how old I was when I was first told that “boys are stronger than girls”, or when that notion transformed itself into the endemic belief that “men are stronger than women”. I certainly don’t remember a time when I was [...]
A couple of years back I had a limited perception of skinny jeans. I thought that they were only for those who were literally skinny (as in the webster’s definition: “a:lacking sufficient flesh, very thin, emaciated b: lacking usual or desirable bulk, quantity, qualities, or significance”)
When I saw people wearing skinny jeans who fit [...]
I went to this hip and happenin coffee shop on 15th in Capitol Hill last Sunday to do some reading and use some Chai to help soothe my cold Seattle hands and feet. The place was packed. There were Americanos with Americanos (no room, two spledas) all over the joint. People were reading and mingling and [...]
He is the blue eyed, fair skinned boy,
Who drips of theology and speaks to your story
He is the pastor’s kid who sails on his height
With the calling of the ministry, and the vision of the right
He speaks of justice, equality, and hope
But his fighting is of cowardice and power and control
He will paint you [...]
There are times in my life when I feel that some losses would be less sad for me if the people actually died. Not because they don’t matter. But just the opposite. Because they matter so much, and the sorrow of a lifetime lost to addiction, fundamentalism, and denial is far more heart-wrenching to me [...]
I must admit, I really relate to those who wrestle with the mental illness Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as “Multiple personality disorder”)
(For pop culture reference of Dissociative Identity Disorder, see Sally Field in her film, “Sybil”)
Granted, I know that this disorder is not commonly seen with positive implications. I know that our culture does not [...]
I used to have a strong conviction that I was not artistic. Creative yes. Artistic no.
Artists were painters, and sculptors, and those who could draw things that actually looked like the things they were drawing.
I was merely a consumer of art. (And not a very good consumer at that).
But then I got older, and things [...]
Lately I have been experiencing poll panic. But not for the reason that you probably think.
Not because I actually think that the McCain/Palin ticket has as much movement and support as the Obama/Biden ticket. But because I think that the polling process is a biased joke, and because I think that it actually does influence [...]
“I was the first American Citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by melanin. When you put it that way, it sounds like a foolish reason for fame. In a just and free society it would be foolish.” -Shirley Chisholm
The patriarchal anxiety of [...]