Defining Terrorism: Anti-Choicers to Al Qaeda?

Many members of the pro-choice community have urged the Justice Department to treat Sunday’s events as an act of domestic terrorism.  At first, I thought “of course!”  As I’ve done more reading and heard the perspectives of some constitutional law scholars interviewed in the media I’ve become considerably more ambivalent about this.  Make no mistake, [...]

Back Soon… I think

“Back Soon” from Frengo2.0’s Flickr Stream.  Licensed under the Creative Commons.
The semester is just about over, the election is behind us, and I’m feeling confident that Barack Obama is going to keep the world’s uteruses safe (for the time being).  I’ve so enjoyed sharing this space with you all and having to form (what I [...]

Feeling Thankful

First, please allow me to appologize for my silence here lately.  Now that the election is over and Obama is doing all the right things, well… some of the pressure is off.  However, I just saw HBO’s Iron Jawed Angels and… well, it might be the red wine, but I loved [...]

Does the White House Have Wi-Fi?

So, in case anyone was wondering if the comparisons between Obama and FDR were a little, oh… too soon, I bring you– the YouTube chat.  Perhaps these are not yet as effective as the Fireside Chat FDR made famous, but I think that long term these could be a really good [...]

A Love Letter to NPR’s “On the Media”

I hope you all listen to NPR’s “On the Media” every week– it (along with CBC’s “Search Engine“) consistently amazes me with its ability to hit the zeitgeist nail on the head.  This week’s episode is worth a listen, they discuss the Obama campaign’s online outreach work, talk about the world’s reaction to now President-Elect [...]

Photographing Hope, Change, and a Little Advice

While procrastinating this morning I came across this Flickr Pool, A Message to Obama, sponsored by the UK newspaper The Guardian.  Not all of the photos hold messages that are supportive, but all the photos seem honest, which is a nice change from snarky irony.
I’d meant to show you some photos of the Planned Parenthood [...]

Yes. We. Did.

And then, suddenly, I knew that cynicism and doubt have faded and that we made history.  My friends in DC walked to the White House, my friends in Seattle sang the national anthem in the street with hundreds of strangers, Jon and I didn’t know if we should be dancing or crying.  This must be [...]

Vote, On Principle

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
—John Quincy Adams
Please, please remember to vote today.  I almost don’t care who you vote for as long as you show up and make your voice heard.  I know it is uncool to admit [...]

“I Am Emily X” Now Required Reading

Planned Parenthood is sponsoring an incredible and inspiring blog, I Am Emily X.  The blog, which documents the responses of the many “Emily Xs” working as patient escorts, clinic aids, etc across the country, highlights their responses to protesters.  I won’t try to summarize the blog here, but I will quote this post, “We Are [...]

For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid

For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid
William Stafford
There is a country to cross you will
find in the corner of your eye, in
the quick slip of your foot–air far
down, a snap that might have caught.
And maybe for you, for me, a high, passing
voice that finds its way by being
afraid. That country is there, for us,
carried as [...]