Tag Archive: USA

Whites Only?

A She Writes blog post by an African-American woman calling for “White Ambassadors To Help Me Cross Over” provokes a blog series, in which this piece is one of seven reactions.

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Surround Yourself With Women – The Unedited Version

From our inaugural guest poster, Yancy Jack Berns, we give you a beautiful piece about why it is important to surround yourself with women.

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Intertextuality and Irony in Lady Gaga’s PAPARAZZI

My submission for this week’s www.RedRoom.com themed blog competition on “What is your favorite pop song?”

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On homosociality, American masculinties, and violence against women in DEADGIRL

Delving back into my much-loved world of cultural anthropology via the horror film “Deadgirl” and its social significance.

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The Assasination Of Marilyn Monroe

My review of the tragic “Assassination Of Marilyn Monroe”.

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Born Hybrid

In 1990 Chris McCandless donated all of his life savings to OXFAM and went into the wild to live in the Alaskan outback. He had the feeling he didn't belong ...

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Family Blames Teen For 8-Year-Old's Uzi Death At Gun Show

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bizilj, I hope somebody sues *you* for negligence and that Child Protective Services takes any other children you may have away from you. It also would help if you and everyone in your extended family would get sterilised, that way we don't have ...

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The Power Of Fear: Lessons From Ft. Hood

As a sidenote to the actual point of your blog, what I find disturbing about this story is the fact that after he shot all those people, the first thing the media started doing was talking about his "ideological" and "religious" motivations, presumably because he is ...

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The Summer of Missed Opportunities

In spite of its horrifying nature, I must thank you for this post, Ms. Sax. It is a testament to the woman-unfriendly world we live in that these disgusting crimes against humanity take place right under the authorities' noses. It appears that women's health and safety quite simply is not a general concern for men, ...

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A Response to Allen Ginsberg’s America

America, I trusted you with my life and you stole my innocence. America, no dollars nor credit card cents, October 28, 2000. I can’t stand my own memories. America, when will you end your genocides? Go fuck yourself with your right to bear arms. My uterus has been poisoned since your doctors put their hands in me. It’s hard to write ...

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Art Is Not Enough

Thank you, Ms. Anders, for speaking out against Polanski's crimes when so many staple figures in Hollywood are doing just the opposite. For such a straightforward case, my mind is boggled by all of the Polanski supporters who cling to any little nuance in order to make a case in his support. The facts remain that ...

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The Bane of Forgiveness

Here in Europe we have this amazing cream called Bepanthen that is phenomenal for healing wounds without any resulting scarring. Doesn't matter how you got the wound, scrape, burn, but if you use Bepanthen ...

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Intuition Matters

Thank you, Kiri, for this provocative post and the reminder that childhood lessons are some of the most important. I certainly know that rumbly churny tummy feeling that is a sure sign something is amiss. For me, my natural intuition was scrambled by trauma and afterwards I would get that "off" feeling all the time. Crippling ...

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In Memoriam

Eight years ago two planes flew into New York's World Trade Centers killing thousands. I remember my then-boyfriend waking me up to tell me what had happened. It was 8am in California and so I laughed at ...

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Joe Wilson: You're An Idiot!

As an American living abroad, I was mortified to see this display of idiocy on the international news. Do the Republicans have any concept of how embarassing they are and what damage they are doing to what was the slowly improving image of the USA worldwide? President ...

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Crimes Against the Soul of America

While I do agree with your general argument regarding the American educational system and the damage done to the USA (and the world) under the reign of G.W. Bush, I cannot agree with your supposition that the major problems with the nation began in the last ...

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