I saw this piece, “Performing Motherhood”, over at slacktiverse, and well, it resonated. For many reasons. Go forth, and read it*. _____________________ *-Also, check out the comments, where someone talks about this anecdote, and eloquently describes what’s so creepy and wrong about the adulation heaped upon this (probably totally fabricated) piece of glurge.

I don’t have a particular thesis for today. My mind is swimming with all kinds of random stuff, and none of it is coalescing into one coherent point. But, it still needs to get out, so I’m going to take the shotgun approach and try getting out some thoughts on a handful of things; and […]

I kind of wanted to just leave yesterday be, but in the end, I figured that it was probably best to counter all of the blindly patriotic tackiness and/or resurgences of anger from so many other people with my little piece of ten years after. Where I was when things went down doesn’t really matter. […]

I’ve seen several varieties of this sort of thing get passed around via email, but mercuryblue‘s recent essay at slacktiverse does a really good job of covering how political considerations are inextricably woven into every personal decision we make. Every choice we make (or don’t make) has an effect on the larger world, no matter […]

From a historical perspective, it’s hard to discount the premise presented in This article regarding the demographics and positions of the “”modern”” Tea Party movement. Back in US History class in high school, we called this the “”Solid South.”” …But while there may be Tea Party sympathizers throughout the country, in the House of Representatives […]

It seems like the concept of nostalgia is something that is bubbling up quite a bit these days, here and elsewhere. For the last several weeks, I’ve been going back through my music collection and re-visiting the thoughts and feelings those fifteen and twenty year old records dredge up. I’ve written at least three pieces […]

With the release of the last Harry Potter film-of-the-book this week, and it’s total domination of everything, the internet’s once again abuzz with talk of the wizarding world, despite the fact that the books were done and over with years ago. Like most everyone else, I saw the film over the weekend (Friday night, at […]

It’s nice to see another state, particularly one so populous, signing on to the idea that everybody deserves the same rights as everyone else. Also, once New York is done celebrating and picking out china patterns, I wonder if it’s too much to ask her to have a chat with her fellow original British colony […]

I’ve been following with interest the discussion at pandagon and elsewhere regarding the social implications of vegetarianism and veganism, particularly the apparent difficulty experienced by people in relationships where one partner is vegan and the other is not. It’s an interesting topic that one might not immediately think about; the importance of food in our […]