World AIDS Day 2008

December 1, 2008 marks the 20th year of World AIDS Day commemoration. Although HIV/AIDS affects all communities – people of all races, ethnicities and genders, women of color are disproportionately affected. AIDS is now said to be the leading cause of death for Black women ages 25 to 34.
We have been too silent, too [...]

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Celebrate family and friends. But not the myth.

Deconstructing the Myths of “The First Thanksgiving”

What is it about the story of “The First Thanksgiving” that makes it essential to be taught in virtually every grade from preschool through high school? What is it about the story that is so seductive? Why has it become an annual elementary school tradition to hold Thanksgiving pageants, [...]

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Going over the river and through the woods

Back in a few days.
In the meantime:

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Beyonce is stalking me

… or somehow using her otherworldly powers to turn all eyes in the universe on her …. why else would four of my favorite blogs* feature Beyonce all on the same day? (Renee’s is the funniest.)
It’s a conspiracy, I tell you.
I am strangely compelled to post this. I both love it [...]

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Check this out

What if every one of us bought a book by a black author and gave it to a white friend? So I’m naming December National Buy a Book by a Black Author and Give it to Somebody Not Black Month.

more here

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Best thing I’ve read today

God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule

Growing increasingly wrathful, God continued: “Can’t you people see? What are you, morons? There are a ton of different religious traditions out there, and different cultures worship Me in different ways. But the basic message is always the same: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Shintoism… every religious belief system under the [...]

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Today – Transgender Day of Remembrance

List of names here.
Few will respect our lives as they were, and few will mourn them, and they must be mourned. Their lives were meaningful, their names and genders were real and important, and they lost their lives from hate.
Queen Emily on how to mourn:
Today we hold on to some memory, even if it [...]

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‘Nuff said

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Thursday, November 20 – A Day to Remember

This Thursday is the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we [...]

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Also known as “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”

TerranceDC writing at Pam’s House Blend:
If you think for one minute that the people who have been against civil rights from the beginning will stop with same-sex marriage or with gay people, you may be surprised. What they did in California was to establish a beachhead as a basis for overruling almost any established civil [...]

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