When AlterNet is painfully classist
I love many of the stories posted at AlterNet. They usually shed light on issues not covered by mainstream media and their coverage of topics …
Sickness and the other
Lately I’ve been quite sick. Not just sick as in suffering from a cold but crippling pain of the kind that keeps me up all …
Sisterly love
I just got an SMS from the Chicago Marathon runner’s tracking service letting me know that my brother had done the first ten km in …
Cro-Magnon women, Medusas and Nosferatu: beauty tips for the uninitiated
I read The Guardian. Really. In a sea of “subtle as a brick” newspapers, The Guardian is slightly more informed, a bit deeper than “Fox …
Red Light Politics: When privilege fits in a bottle of Coca Cola
Red Light Politics: When privilege fits in a bottle of Coca Cola Yay for redlightpolitics! Not surprisingly, I focused on the punishment aspect in my …