While perusing the blog stats, I came across something quite disturbing. It seems as though someone found our blog after searching “animal fuck woman.”
I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. The idea of someone searching for that and winding up here is pretty hilarious. But why oh why oh why does someone want to see an animal fucking a woman? wtf.
How Green Is the College? Time the Showers.
The New York Times has a great article about a new eco-house at Oberlin called SEED (Student Experiment in Ecological Design). There are some pretty interesting ideas mentioned, including shower timers (and water-saving competitions); re-using water in toilets; study parties; and thermostat monitoring. Check out the video on SEED here!
Shirley Chisholm is widely considered one of the foremost female orators in the United States. With a character that she has described as “unbought and unbossed,” Chisholm became known as a politician who refused to allow fellow politicians, including the male-dominated Congressional Black Caucus, to deter her from her goals. In 1969 her first statement as a congressperson before the U.S. House of Representatives reflected her commitment to prioritizing the needs of the disadvantaged, especially children: she proclaimed her intent to “vote No on every money bill that comes to the floor of this House that provides any funds for the Department of Defense.” While Chisholm advocated for black civil rights, she regularly took up issues that concerned other people of color such as Native Americansand Spanish-speaking migrants. She also delivered important speeches on the economic and political rights of women and fearlessly criticized the Nixon Administration during the Vietnam War… (more).
When she ran for President in 1972, Chisholm won 152 delegates — the most ever by a woman before Clinton. “Chisholm said she ran for the office ‘in spite of hopeless odds, . . . to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.’”
I’m only now learning about this remarkable woman. Before I get too down on how such an accomplished politician could be completely left out from my education, I thought I should try and tell some other people about her, and let them tell some more people, and so on. For even more interesting reading, check out this list of women who’ve run for the US Presidency: Wiki.
One of the issues that came up in the zine “A New Language of Gender and Desire” was the unwillingness of some gay and straight people to accept bisexuality in others. Here’s a generally cool video (featuring one of my old buds) on that same topic:
(CBS/AP) A woman police believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey committed suicide, officials said Thursday.
Read the rest here:“D.C. Madam” Apparently Kills Herself
