February 2012
16 posts
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Running - Jessie Ware
How a young South Londoner can be so reminiscent of the 90s R&B I grew up listening to is beyond me, but I love it.
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Reason #5,152,895,4545 Why You Should Sign Up To...
(If you are eligible, of course.)
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If I Were President...
The question, “If I were President I’d…” implies that if you swap out one leader, put in another, then all will be well with America—as though our leaders are the cause of all ailments. That must be why we’ve created a tradition of rampant attacks on our politicians. Are they too conservative for you? Too liberal? Too religious? Too atheist? Too gay? Too anti-gay? Too rich? Too dumb? Too smart?...
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January 2012
7 posts
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Good Reads 1/19/2012
The Fragile Teenage Brain by Jonah Lehrer (Grantland)
Israel Faces a Seismic Rift Over Role of Women by Ethan Bronner (The New York Times)
A Thing or Two About Twins by Peter Miller (National Geographic)
December 2011
11 posts
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Good Reads 12/26/11
Led by the child who simply knew by Bella English (The Boston Globe)
Could Conjoined Twins Share a Mind? by Susan Dominus (The New York Times)
Penn State’s Patriarchal Pastimes by Katha Pollitt (The Nation)
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November 2011
11 posts
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I do have things I would like to see adopted on behalf of LGBT people: they...
– Barney Frank
via Revel & Riot
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Good Reads - 11/26/11
Teaching Good Sex by Laurie Abraham (The New York Times)
Why Is It So Hard to Find A Suicide Bomber These Days? by Charles Kurzman (Foreign Policy)
Inside Match.com by David Gelles (Financial Times)
…a 40 percent farmworker wage increase would require the average American...
– The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws by Greg Asbed and Sean Sellers
Kids Challenging Gender Norms
While reading an article about new victories for transgender rights in Massachusetts, I stumbled upon two great works of video journalism by ABC. The first is about a 10 year-old transgendered girl named Jackie, the second about a little “princess” boy named Dyson who loves wearing dresses. It’s nice to see stories in the media about supportive families and communities who...
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Good Reads - 11/11/11!
California schools scrambling to add lessons on LGBT Americans by Teresa Watanabe (Los Angeles Times)
The Struggle for the Commons by Jay Walljasper (The Nation)
Marriage, Israeli Style by Annalise Koltun (The Morning News)
October 2011
5 posts
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