May 2011
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On rape acquittal & jury verdicts
Two NYC cops were acquitted of raping a drunk woman in her apartment today.
Over on Facebook, after I posted about this, someone asked if I’d seen the evidence. No, why? I asked. He said that it was hard to critique a verdict without actually being there.
Yeah.
The best response came from Thomas MacAulay Millar:
If we atomize the world, it’s difficult to critique anything. But if we look...
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The revolution will be...
I was commissioned to write and perform a poem at Poetic People Power’s 9th annual show at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe last night. The following is the piece I created; will post video when it’s available.
I was asked to relate some of my feelings about the intersection of technology and activism, so of course, my mind wandered over to storytelling and social change, and how social media...
Heh.
Grandma’s telling the story of when I was about 8 or 9, she & I beat everyone else to the ice cream store, and I said, “Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together?” (also, if you know my grandma’s driving, it’s no surprise that we were first)
"You are one creepy mom."
My mom and I are getting ready for a road trip to Ohio, and I’ve been putting together some iPod playlists for the car. I’ll spare you the details (mostly because the cringe-worthy songs we’re going to listen to are ones that I actually enjoy), but I asked Mom the other night if there was anything else she wanted to add.
“Oh, there was one by the New Christy...
