A Righteous Anger

So this morning, I was at work at my new job. (Discount retailer. Toy department. Part time. Just for the holidays.) La-la-la, straightening the shelves, taking the frozen pizzas someone left on a shelf to the grocery department’s ruined items section, disposing of the can of silly string someone sprayed [...]

Filed under: Ordinary Everyday, Righteous Outrage, Soapbox

None of us are free until ALL of us are free

This is an issue near and dear to my heart: the tale of China’s military takeover of Tibet, like the sad fact of the Dalai Lama’s exile, chills me every time I think on it. China is a country with a grand cultural history; but this should not be a part of it.
For [...]

Filed under: Righteous Outrage

Sarcasm Abounds

Please, go ye forth and read Rainbow Girl’s guide on how to victimize yourself before others can victimize you! Or at least, her guide to dealing with websites that give what can only with charity be described as misguided advice.
For women only. Because we all know men are the only perpetrators of violence, [...]

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Bone-chilling, Heartwarming

The best writing can stretch one’s mind, eliciting emotions that express the full range of the human experience. Here are two such pieces:
From Bitch, PhD, a lamentation on the subject of popular racism in America today.
And when you need to cleanse your mind from the outrage that article will surely enflame, please read Bongi’s [...]

Filed under: Required Reading, Righteous Outrage