Global Spin

With warmth and humor, Anna Quindlen, writing for Newsweek, tells it like it is in The Same People Here’s what I don’t understand: is there so much love and commitment in the world that we can afford, as a society, to be contemptuous of some portion of it? If two women in white want to [...]

Posted by Deb in Culture on June 3rd, 2008 | 4 Comments »

A gay guinea pig wedding, that is. I just read about a new kids’ book about a little girl whose Uncle Bobby is getting married (it’s called Uncle Bobby’s Wedding), and her big issue is that he won’t have as much time for her anymore. The fact that the wedding leaves her with two uncles [...]

Posted by Deana in Animals, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Culture, Fun, Literature, Sexuality on May 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off

Here’s a website round-up to keep you up-to-date during this politicized season: To which candidate are you closest on the issues? Track the political giving of your friends and enemies. Enjoy some political lampooning. Political TV – a clip for every person.

Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Culture, Government, News Roundup, Politics on March 14th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Now that’s what secret groups of talented artists and technicians should be doing! According to a Guardian article, a “cultural guerilla” group called Untergunther was recently cleared of charges related to breaking into a Paris monument and fixing its antique clock: For a year from September 2005, under the nose of the Panthéon’s unsuspecting security [...]

Posted by Chris in Culture, News, Oddly Enough on November 26th, 2007 | Comments Off

This is a cute article about how Hollywood gets it wrong yet again. This time with the world of insects and how, well, the social ones are really all female. I mean, must we anthropomorphize even our sexist gender assumptions? via Feministing

Posted by Deb in Animals, Culture, Feminism, Film, Science, Sexuality on November 20th, 2007 | Comments Off