Jay Smooth on What Isn’t a Double Standard

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I love what Jay Smooth has to say about language, communication, the “N-word,” our society’s rules about the use of that word, what a double standard is, and what a double standard isn’t. Thanks to Jay Smooth for seeing the complications and expressing them well — as he always does.

Something Racist Stuck in our Teeth

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If you’ve got 12 minutes today, consider watching Jay Smooth’s TEDx Talk, called “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Discussing Race,” presented at Hampshire College (yay Hampshire! My sister, codename: Apocalyptica the Flimflammer, went there). Transcript and related links coming soon to Jay Smooth’s website.

Not Dead Yet

Posted & filed under Apocalyptica the Flimflammer, appearances, Cordelia, flying squirrels, good vids, Jay Smooth, Joe, musicals, Roman Polanski is a rapist, tours, twins.

So, am I insane if after traveling from Vail to Denver to Seattle to Palo Alto to San Jose to Austin to Houston to Miami to Jacksonville all in one week and doing lots of events and not getting enough sleep, I’m ecstatic that today I’ll be spending the day in a very small house… Read more »

The Center Will Hold, Dammit

Posted & filed under awards, BEA 2009, good links, Jay Smooth.

It’s possible that I have not entirely recovered from BEA. Maybe it’ll help if I share some of the goodness with you: I got to spend a quiet minute with Suzanne Collins. I treasure that minute. She is definitely a kindred spirit. I had a lovely time answering questions and signing books at Books of… Read more »