So I was thinking about this Israel Hammas thing and isn’t it accurate to say that a huge part of the conflict is built into the idea of how “the nation” is going to work as a thing? Like you go, Israel is a nation for exiled Jews. Okay. But wait, so is there a […]
Read more "Hummuna Hummuna Hammas"Everyone thinks that they’re right. There’s a feeling that comes along with thinking we’re right and the stronger that feeling is, the more whatever we think we’re right about turns into a political issue. I’m pretty sure that gravity is the reason that things stick to the ground, but if a bunch of lab coats […]
Read more "Divide and Conquer, Knock it Off and Win"From the very beginning, the way we talk to each other has been a hot button issue in the US. The loss of “thee” and “thou” from our list of usable pronouns, for example, has been no accident. If you read Shakespear or any other older, English language text, you’ll hear kings and queens referred […]
Read more "Drugs and Alcohol and People and Mexicans"There is a firm of engineers and every single one of them is so white and suburban that they make skim milk look like a black panther meeting. There was a serious conversation about naming the firm “Hey Who Wants To Dance The Electric Slide? Engineers” and about that time, the State Department stepped in. […]
Read more "Challenging Affirmative Action"Quick question; what do a face, a house and a computer all have in common? Maybe the most interesting part of this question to me is that when I say the word “face” it triggers an idea of a single thing that performs a single job; to make expressions. But really a face is a […]
Read more "Get It Together"When most of us think about the civil rights movement, we’re thinking about a specific chapter in that movement. The words “civil rights” appear next to names like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X so frequently, that it seems as if the movement for civil rights materialized in that era, around those leaders. Of course […]
Read more "The New Civil Rights Movement PT.1"People are fond of saying “There are two kinds of people in the world…” and then filling in the expression with two categories that best fit their world view. Maybe they think “There are those who lead and those who follow.” or maybe they think “There are those who […]
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Princess Fantastic 