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.
Downsizing for 2019
Tom Weber and Tracy Mumford writing for MPR News on No one wants your stuff, Mom: 10 tips for downsizing: There is a scene playing out over and over again across […]
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Conservative Civility Is A Lie
“Politeness” and “civility” are the new buzzwords of the racist right and their cowardly apologists. If your “civility” comes with racism, homophobia, transphobia, and rape apologia I’ll fucking pass. I […]
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No Smugness Like Brand New Advocate Smugness
LOL, my inner dialogue nearly every time some netizen who likely didn’t even exist when I began my advocacy career in the early 1990s just MUST ‘splain my own areas […]
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Local Politics Wins for Democrats
The NRCC tried really hard with crazy rhetoric and some outright lies, but they lost to Jennifer Wexton. Captain Commander Scare Tactics Barbara Comstock is out on her ass. Her […]
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TWD – All of The Feels
“Brother, take my hand…” – all of the feels on this episode of TWD.
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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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