My Favorite Presidents

My fellow Americans, today is the greatest of February days, for today we honor the old, 99% white, mostly dead men who have ruled our country with somewhat questionable, but always electable wisdom: our Presidents. Technically, President’s Day honors George Washington (our first – you always remember your first) and Abraham Lincoln, the man who [...]

Be Better

By now, you’ve probably heard about the shooting in Arizona, in which a gunman open-fired on a crowd of people who had gathered to talk with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). Six people were killed, including a nine-year-old girl who had just been elected to her school’s student council. Representative Giffords is still in critical condition [...]

A Feminist Rant – You’ve Been Warned

I wasn’t really sure I wanted to post all of this because it’s three days before Christmas and who wants to read about this on Christmas? But it’s been bothering me for awhile now, so much so that I’ve started to have conversations with myself in my head – and when I start talking to [...]