I just found this really amazing site where you answer a set of questions, and they tell you which candidate you should vote for. (Based on which candidates you got the most similar answers too. REALLY COOL!
Entries Tagged as 'Activism'
Really amazing site
November 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Politics · Activism · General · National issues · Check this out!
John Edwards reaches out and embraces US!
September 27th, 2007 · No Comments
So I just turned on my tv, and it went straight to MTV where I saw that Sen. John Edwards was on it. He is doing a live myspace telecast, it’s set up kind of like TRL in that he is surrounded by young people, but it’s political and PROGRESSIVE! There is a good sized […]
Tags: College · Media · Class · Politics · Activism · Randomness · National issues · Ideas · Check this out! · Quotes · Television · War
silverstone’s meat free look
September 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Far from her Clueless days (or is she?), Alicia Silverstone latest endeavor is a nude (and somehow, scandalous) ad for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). In this “leave little to the imagination” commercial, she attempts to seduce the viewer by enrapturing him/her with her eyes and signature hair toss. She’s mumbling something […]
Tags: Sex · Media · Celebrities · Body image · Activism · General · Sexism · Ideas · Check this out! · Television · Femininity · Magazines · Self-promotion
The Talk with Amber Madison
September 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I can’t remember if I wrote about this before (I’m losing it, I swear), but will anyway because it’s just THAT awesome: my friend Amber Madison is the twenty three year old author of Hooking Up: a Girl’s Guide to Sex and Sexuality, and she just launched the online TV talk show the Talk with […]
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dog fighting and domestic abuse, oh my!
September 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Why is it that when a professional athlete assaults his wife or his girlfriend, he gets a slap on the wrist (most of the time) but when onetortures dogs (I realize animals hold different meanings to different people) he is under more public scrutiny and could potentially receive prison time?
According to an article from Sandra […]
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Si, se puede!
September 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation. Coretta Scott King
I am posting this call to action for any of you who are interested in social justice activism:
Young people in Jena, Louisiana need us to bring more attention to their plight. Last year, […]
Tags: Growing up · Media · Race · Activism · General · National issues · Ideas
here’s the dilemma
September 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Breast feeding is encouraged by doctors worldwide because of its plethora of nutrients, yet aspiring women doctors (also mothers) are not given additional break time to pump breast milk for their children in between their exam. How much sense does that make?
Is forty-five minutes enough time? Or should she be allowed more time? Also, […]
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Nothing to Kill or Die For
September 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but i’m not the only one…”– John Lennon
Today is always a strange day for me… It will forever be etched in my memory… I went to biology class at 8:20am in the morning and came home to take a nap since I was up cramming all night. I was […]
Tags: Activism
Princess Diana
August 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments
On this day exactly 10 years ago, the life of this beautiful 35-year-old princess abruptly ended with a tragic car crash in Paris. I remember sitting at the dining room table with my bowl of Chex as my mom turned on the morning news. There it was. At only 8 years old I knew little […]
Tags: Girl power · Media · Celebrities · Politics · Activism · National issues · Ideas
Dreadful Glamour
August 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Hot off the feminist blogs… American Lawyer magazine reported that an editor at Glamour magazine presented a slide show about the “Do’s and Don’ts” of corporate fashion to 40 or more lawyers at a New York firm. Jezebel.com reports that the editor allegedly introduced the presentation with a slide of an African American […]
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