This weekend is the WAM conference. I will be there along with a lot of other great bloggers, activists, writers, and journalists. My session will be tucked somewhere in the middle of the conference with other radical womyn of color and I’m pumped to share a session with these brilliant minds. Most likely I will […]
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Open Call for Fem Watch 3: Submit To Me!
So, I’m working on episode 3 of Fem Watch and I’m looking for your feedback to shape it. Submit your answers to the following. I’d be most appreciative! (Take particular notice of question #4!) 1) Comments that warrant the spotlight– I’ll need the quote, context, and link where I can read it 2) What blog […]
MY NEW EPISODE OF FEM WATCH IS UP!
I just finished and posted the second episode of Fem Watch! It’s up at YouTube. Link up and spread the word! Or you can see it at the Fem Watch Blog. GO!
Sentencing In Megan Williams Case
H/T to WOC PhD. These haters got off easy.
An Open Letter to ALL Feminists: Statement of Solidarity with Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Women Facing War and Occupation
H/T to SylviaIf you’ve got reading skills, you don’t want to skim this. READ THIS. Open Letter to All FeministsPiya Chatterjee, University of California-Riverside Sunaina Maira, University of California-Davis Campaign of Solidarity with Women Resisting U.S. Wars and Occupation South Asians for the Liberation of Falastin As feminists and people of conscience, we call for […]
Celebrating the Irish/Filipino Parts of Us
HAPPY ST. PATTY’S DAY!Over the weekend, Nick and I had an even distribution of ethnic eating. To celebrate his part Irish, we went to a friend’s place for dinner to celebrate St. Patty’s day. It was the first time that I have ever eaten corned beef cooked with potatoes, carrots, and cabbage. Very tasty. To […]
Birthday Update
Below: A funny gift from Nick on my birthday Above: an old photo of Nick in honor of his 29 years My birthday was a few weeks ago – February 27th – and it was a great time celebrating the big 2-9. Nick’s birthday is coming up as well – this Wednesday, March 19th. We’ll […]
Bi-Cultural Pinay
This is an essay I wrote for a writing contest whose mission is to uplift the online Filipina image and challenge the destructive online stereotypes of Filipino womyn. Learn more about the Wikipilipinas: Filipina Stories Sometimes it is the field between the two roads where the richest soil is toiled. Where do Filipinas fit in […]
Rewind: A Weekend Update
Above: Bride and Groom to Be: Vanessa and Tom Above: Sunday Mass in the Mountains Above: Omelets and Friends The beautiful scenery Let’s back up. The weekend of March 2, Nick and I went to New York with our friends Tom and Vanessa for another fun New York Cabin Weekend. Our first trip was in […]
I Can’t Watch CNN Right Now
…this Spitzer mess is out of control. Yes, I understand it’s a journalist’s dream to cover a governor’s resignation due to sex scandal. But on CNN, they interviewed a FORMER PIMP to ask about the rates of high price prostitutes and how he felt about his “former life.” This guy comments that he “made people […]