Via Wiretap: Aaron Tang is the Co-Director of Our Education, a non-profit organization working to build a national youth movement for quality education. Supreme court rules in favor of parentsIn a rare, unanimous decision yesterday, the US Supreme Court ruled yesterday in favor of parents who wish to file lawsuits on behalf of their children […]
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U. of Bogota, Colombia Studuents Protest
Via The Nation: Photo of the week | Students at the U. of Bogota, Colombia, protest the US and the paramilitary. Photo by Edwin Camilo Gomez Ceron.
White Authors, Ethnic Characters
Interesting read here about writing fiction, creating character, and ethnicity. As a writer, I appreciate the critical exploration.Thanks to Racialicious.
Poor Migrant Workers At Risk
Asia’s migrant workers need more state help to curb AIDS Millions of migrant workers in Asia who lack sufficient access to health services are threatened be spread of AIDS, regional activists say. “For a comprehensive approach to contain HIV/AIDS, the health of not only local populations but also migrant communities needs to be addressed,” CARAM […]
Top Five Queer Asian-American Women in Entertainment and Media
This is great!I JUST met Helen Zia. I was at a conference. Being the baffoon that I am, I had not followed her or her writing. After her keynote, a writer who had gone from NO experience to establishing a critical voice in feminist journalism, I had to meet her. She hugged me, looked at […]
More Immigration Issues
Hitting close to home, reminding us that immigration problems are not limited to the Latina/o, Mexico families and loved ones. Thanks to Reappropriate for the heads up on this article. BAY AREAAsians frustrated, angry over immigration plan Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, May 24, 2007Mahesh Pasupuleti, a software engineer from India, stands… Francisco Villacrusis […]
A Book is Never Just a Book: Thoughts on Full, Frontal Feminism
Ignoring the differences of race between women and the implications of those differences presents the most serious threat to the mobilization of women’s joint power.–Audre Lorde Oh, dear. Starting off with a quote from the overquoted Audre Lorde could backfire. I could be immediately disregarded as cliché, academic, or at best, trite. I’ll risk it. […]
Living in the Margins
A gigantic resource was just published. Check it out, distribute widely, but most especially: READ IT. Living in the margins: A national survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Asian and Pacific Islander Americans Here are some key finders…Some teasers to get you to read it in its entirety: * Nearly every respondent (98 percent) […]
I SERIOUSLY Welcome You to the Feminist Blogosphere
It’s funny. It really is, this whole feminist blogosphere. Almost two months ago, I expressed some serious whore-er (get it? Play on words? Horror?) over the cover of Full Frontal Feminism (FFF) and predicted severe disagreement from other WOC. And now, months later, I now sit, having read the freaking thing, and what do I […]
Activism and Organization
I have more thoughts about activism in my car than I do in my job, the supposed locus of academic freedom and liberal activity. For the past three years, I commute to work and every day I pass two terrifyingly unorganized intersections of traffic. In my three years, I have witnessed probably 6-8 horrific accidents. […]