Tagged: Civil Liberties and Advocacy Efforts
Sexual Violence Allies vs. Ideological Opportunists Why are so many internet activists and arrogant third-wavers prone to co-opting male survivors as disposable talking points? This is not competent advocacy. It fails to show even...
No Empathy, No Patience, No Fucking More This week has been difficult for many reasons. Police murdering black men in Minnesota and Louisiana and then the slaughter of police officers in Dallas. I am...
I received a request for an interview from a high school student, writing for their school newspaper. This isn’t the first time I’ve consented to an interview for a school newspaper or a term...
I’ve been involved with civil liberties advocacy for over 20 years. I actually started in a limited manner while on active duty, when I wrote my Congressional delegation in my own name to protest...
The Multiracial Activist Statement on Life and Death of Julian Bond I had a lot of respect for this man, even while disagreeing vehemently with the NAACP’s utterly repugnant, indefensible and outright...
So, right-wing Victim of the Gay Agenda Ryan Sorba recently spammed me with more of his questionable “reporting” in order to spread his homophobic hate message. Feeling in no mood to listen to yet...
Sharon Haywood, writing for Adios Barbie on “Street Harassment: Is “Turning the Tables” Really the Answer?“: “Friends emailed me the link, allies posted and praised it on Twitter, and my Facebook newsfeed was overtaken...
Jenni Chiu, writing for The Huffington Post, on "Stop Making the Thin Girl Ugly": I stumbled across a petition on Change.org started by a fellow blogger whom I happen to adore. I've met her....
I’ve been involved in advocacy work since 1997 on a variety of issues and causes. Actually, I started on April 23, 1993, when I wrote letters to Senators Simon and Moseley-Braun protesting DADT and...
I've been involved in many advocacy efforts and worked with a lot of organizations on a wide variety of issues over the years, starting with the multiracial movement, libertarian and anarcho-libertarian philosophies, a plethora...