AIDS Walk 2009 – Spooky Kids Support

Posted on behalf of my friend, Elizabeth McCoy. Please show your support if you can.
Dearest Friends,
You all know me, as a friend, a club kid, an English Beat Street Teamer, a photographer, and now, a crusader. I set a goal at the beginning of the year to take on the AIDS WALK in October, [...]

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Equality Now Update

It absolutely boggles my mind that anyone thinks this is okay. Here’s a little update from Equality Now I got in my email inbox today. The ick factor is so unbelievably high on this one.
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EQUALITY NOW
NEWS ALERT: SAUDI ARABIA
JUNE 2009
Urgent call for annulment of marriage of 10 year old girl
Amneh Mohmad Sharahili, [...]

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Catching Up

Time to play catch-up.  Haven't posted anything on this blog since before Thanksgiving, but a lot has happened since then.  I won't go into a lot of it, because most of it is really personal, but suffice it to say that I got some really bad news that knocked me for a loop, and I'm [...]

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Books and Boobies

Okay, so here’s a roundup of Banned Books Week links, courtesy of ALA:

Judy Blume & BBW
Authors Take A Stand
Why Banned Books Week Matters

Banned Books Week in Second Life

Besides this, October 1st marked the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Please remember to feel yourself up on a regular basis, and if you haven’t yet, have [...]

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A Beautiful Lie

During my workout this morning, I decided to see if there was anything new on MTV or VH1 that might catch my ear.  Being old and crotchety, I’m not exactly up-to-date on the latest musical trends, so every now and again I’d like to see if something new pops up that doesn’t totally suck.  Imagine [...]

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Good Deeds and Wonder Woman

Yay for Wonder Woman!  Yay for comics!  Yay for Wonder Woman Day II, a benefit for domestic violence shelters in New Jersey and Oregon. 
It’s nice to see the comic book world getting involved in a noble cause.  After all, superheroes do good deeds, right?  And Wonder Woman is an icon many people associate [...]

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Life has a cruel sort of humor about it sometimes.  On the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a family member of ours was diagnosed with breast cancer.  It seems impolite to discuss people I know on a blog without their permission, so I’m just going to call her Aunt B.  If you [...]

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Lemonade From Sour Grapes…Or Something

Okay y’all, I’ll be honest.  I kind of feel like ass today.  I feel bad a lot.  I won’t get into why, but I’ve got tummy issues and that leads to anemia and some days I just feel like an emo vampire that hates everyone.  I’m having one of those days.  I was going to [...]

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You Can’t Take the Sky From Me

This is the first thing I read today.  I just about cried.  This is why Joss Whedon is one of my heroes.
The sky isn’t evil.

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