Growing up as a teenager in a small town in the mid-80s Midwest, there were not a lot of places to hear new wave, ska, goth, punk post-punk and other […]
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Category: Blog, Commentary and Articles
A section containing all blog entries, articles and commentaries. Many of these entries were imported from my earlier Blogspot, MovableType and WordPress blogs. In addition, political commentary, articles and essays written for publication and coursework can be found here. Much of the commentary in this section was published in The Multiracial Activist, The Abolitionist Examiner, The Good Men Project and Interracial Voice. Many essays in this section were written for coursework at the American Military University.
Revisiting My Digital Library (or Stop Being Threatened By Other People’s Reading Choices)
I’ve been tending to my digital housekeeping this weekend and thought about my digital library (books, newsletters, magazines, etc.). I’ve been using Calibre to manage my large ebooks library for several years. […]
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Victim Blaming Hall of Shame – Part One
Taking back some power by calling out victim-blamers and shamers I’ve personally encountered over the years. Obviously, this will be a triggering and upsetting collection. Feel free to share. People […]
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Stop Being Surprised by Female Perpetrators, ‘kay?
Kim Severson, writing for The New York Times, on Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made a Deal With Her Own Accuser: …last October, Ms. Argento quietly arranged to pay $380,000 to […]
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Discussion Is Good and Agreement Is Awesome – But Getting Stuff Done Is The Goal
Monica Torres, writing for Ladders, on “Why ‘agreeing to disagree’ is a bad management tactic“: When you are a good leader, you know that “agreeing to disagree” is not enough […]
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No One Cared, Kenny
While cleaning up some old emails, I came across this gem from homophobic assclown Sailor-boy Kenny Golden. While he is probably still a homophobic asshole, he never did make it […]
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Don’t Be Such A Cry-Baby (or Toxic Masculinity Is Only Part of the Picture)
June Gruber, Jessica L. Borelli for Scientific American on “The Importance of Fostering Emotional Diversity in Boys“: As early as infancy, boys’ and girls’ emotional landscape differs. One study reported that when […]
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Ally Competency 101
If your first response to hearing a male survivor’s public story is, “he won’t get asked what he is wearing”, you are not an ally. You’re an abusive asshole with […]
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Racism, is it for reals? (or MUH FLAG!)
Since ya’ll can’t get enough of this flag and anthem controversy. I’ve carefully tried to encapsulate the argument from the average white person in America. Enjoy.
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Website Re-Launched III
So, things are back online again at Triggered By Media, the successor to Movies That Trigger. After getting hacked repeatedly at our last webhosting company, the website has been resurrected […]
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