Monthly Archives: June 2011

Can we help the kickass Sistah Vegan out?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by unusualmusic

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From: Vegans of Color
Sister Vegan needs help finishing her Phd

Sistah Vegan Needs Help to Finish Her PhD from Sistah Vegan on Vimeo. xposted
Has anyone bought her book? Would you to write a review? Drop me a comment please?
In this video I am asking for your help. I would like to finish my PhD and […]

Can we help the kickass Sistah Vegan out? — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

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Wanna Support Marriage? End The Drug War. Fight Unemployment.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Ampersand

[Crossposted on Family Scholars Blog.] As an unintended consequence of participating in so many arguments about marriage equality, I’ve read a lot of work by so-called marriage advocates. Although on the subject of same-sex marriage I haven’t found their arguments … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like, Families structures, divorce, etc, Prisons and Justice and Police | 30 Comments

American Territories

Posted on June 6, 2011 by David Schraub

[Reprinted from The Debate Link with David’s kind permission.] Can anyone explain to me why America is still in the business of possessing territories that do not have full voting rights? These would include (of places with permanent populations) Puerto … Continue reading →

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Today and today only

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Mandolin

you get to resurrect one extinct species. Which one is it?

Posted in Whatever | 27 Comments

Sweet Poetry

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Mandolin

Over at Manboobz, David summarizes a Spearhead discussion which concludes that women simply can’t write poetry as well as men. In the thread, some commenters began writing poetry about MRA ideologies. I decided to take it a step further and … Continue reading →

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Kathryn Edin: “Everything we used to think about the poor with regards to marriage is probably wrong.”

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Ampersand

[Crossposted on Family Scholars Blog] Kathryn Edin is the co-author of Promises I Can Keep. I’d recommend that every Family Scholar blogger and reader read this book (and probably many already have). An Amazon review usefully summarizes the book: Kathryn … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Families structures, divorce, etc | 2 Comments

Kucinich Tries To Force US Out Of Libya

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Ampersand

From Politico, a reason to love Dennis Kucinich (and his co-sponsors, Reps. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) and Dan Burton (R-Ind.)): Seeking to avoid a showdown over Libya, House GOP leaders have pulled back from a floor vote on a resolution by … Continue reading →

Posted in In the news, International issues | 4 Comments

Elegy by Rachel Swirsky (a one-minute tale)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Ampersand
Posted in Mandolin's fiction & poems | 7 Comments