Yesterday, about 20,000 protesters marched through Roxbury and the South End, joining another approximately 20,000 protesters who were already gathered at the Boston Common. We were 40,000 strong, protesting a handful of people having a “free speech,” a.k.a. hate speech, rally in our city. Kevin and I, with some friends, were part of the marching… Read more »
go to jail go directly to jail
“And the Whole World Collapsed”
In my last post, while (gracelessly) complaining about the way some nonprofit organizations try to drum up support in my neighborhood, I mentioned that before I contribute to a particular organization, I like to do research on it and seek outside opinions. At the end of this post, I explain *how* I do that, and… Read more »
Badly Done, New York Times
[Warning for triggers: rape, and infuriatingly offensive reporting of same] God, it infuriates me that the New York Times, reporting about a case of gang rape in Cleveland, Texas, decided that it was appropriate to include this in the article: “Residents in the neighborhood where the abandoned trailer stands — known as the Quarters —… Read more »
Boring as Nails
There are times when I wander around feeling like I have way too many things I want to blog… and then, the more I think about it, the more I realize I’m wrong about that, because all those shiny topics basically break down like this: 40% things that are too personal for blogging. 40% things… Read more »
Roman Polanski and WTF
If my subject heading doesn’t make it clear, this post and its link are potentially triggery. So, I’m in Vail, and the Sirens conference is about to start, and I know I’m supposed to be writing a post about how beautiful it is here, but there’s only one thing I find myself able to blog… Read more »
