Did you know that on June 12th, 1967, interracial couples became legal due to the Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia? If not you can learn more about the court case that changed our country and celebrate our legal right to love a person of any race on Loving Day this year. Check out www.lovingday.org […]

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This is a bit intense, but you have to watch it. Here is a video of Bill O’Reilly (he is a really conservative FOX TV show host who likes to lie about issues, anger Dave Letterman, and recently published a book for kids telling them to avoid sex and fun at all costs) with […]

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In my other blog, My Problem With Feminists, I talked about my issues with some feminists, I think that some (not nearly all,) come across in a way that makes you not want to be a feminist, not want to be a woman. Now, when I talked about my racial issues, I think I have […]

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Our girl Jamia loves wearing pretty dresses, goes out dancing to cool clubs on the weekends, and has a super-cute boyfriend… and she’s a feminist. She originally for this for the Young People For blog, but she and I agree that it’s really important to post here:
Everytime I hear a rabble rousing’, equality loving, civil […]

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I have an article on WireTap today; WireTap is an online magazine for teens and twentysomethings about progressive politics. I’ve written a commentary on sexist undertones (really, more than undertones. More like overtures) in rap and hip-hop. I guess the perennial question that this conversation brings up is (similar to my love […]

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Every so often, I like to go into my mom’s room and grab a few magazines, find something to
read. Well, today I found TIME magazine’s issue of “The Most Influential People In The World, the TIME 100.” While flipping through it, I came across an unbelievable, seriously unbelievable story about a Canadian Technology Consultant, named […]

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I also posted this on the huffington post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maddie-lear/
This letter was written by three sixth grade students, two of my friends and myself, as a sixth grade, history class assignment, while learning about the buddha and his teachings. The assignment was to send a letter to someone who you think is not obeying the buddha’s […]

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I am really excited to publish this amazing article by my good friend Jamia Wilson. Jamia is a communications guru with Young People For, who graduated from American University and is currently a grad student at NYU. She’s smart, a great writer, and a feminist! Voila Jamia:
“Boy, you need to know that […]

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