Archive for April, 2010
PEDOS IN THE LITTLE GIRLS’ ROOM
When my supposedly progressive town tried to pass a non-discrimination ordinance that would have prevented people from being denied housing or employment because of their sexual orientation or gender identification, the religious crazies came out in force. They were perfectly comfortable calling me and the other queer people at public hearings pedophiles and accusing us […]
Imagining God
From Karen Armstrong’s A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Today many people in the West would be dismayed if a leading theologian suggested that God was in some profound sense a product of the imagination. Yet it should be obvious that the imagination is the chief religious faculty. It has […]
Emily Wells
I discovered Emily Wells a few weeks ago when my roommate posted this song: Since then, I’ve bought just about everything she’s made that I can find. I’m particularly in love with The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties. This review (which also includes some interesting background information) about captures how I feel about her music: it […]
A tribute
In honor of Isis the Scientist, who inspires scientists to combine hot shoes and differential equations, I present the shoes I’m wearing to show off my gorgeous new data today:
Healthcare reform
Many Republicans, Tea Partiers, and others on the right think the passage of health care reform is THE END OF THE WORLD (and they’re bringing their guns). Despite the lack of republican support for the bill, however, it’s built with conservative ideals. For example, it includes $250 million for abstinence only sex education (How many times […]
Protected: Portrait
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Berry Go Round
This month’s Berry Go Round is going to be hosted at A Neotropical Savanna. Submissions are due by the 26th. If you’d like to host May or June, volunteer here.