The other day, a Soundcloud friend sent me a link to this Mavis Staples You Tube video. An incredible song about black women claiming the right to the same water as the whites. Ry Cooder's guitar is to die for. It got me listening to and watching her videos and I found a YouTube mix... Continue Reading →
Why Spammers are Worse than SOPA…cleverly disguised spam a total time-waster.
I received a comment a few days ago that confused me, so I didn't publish it. It looked like Spam, yet was about causes I support, so I didn't delete it. Then this morning I sat down to give my blog some sorely needed attention and found myself starting an email to the person who... Continue Reading →
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Time for 21st century speak! Use ‘they’ as a singular pronoun.
Here's the rest of that essay as promised yesterday! We are not being pernicious bitch feminists when we ask you to use 'they' rather than 'he', we ask you to use 'they' because it includes women and girls as equals. Language shapes identity and sociocultural mores. Girls need to grow up knowing they are equal,... Continue Reading →
Alison Amazed 