Meet Camila Vallejo, president of the Federation of Chilean Students (FECH) and leader of the protests for education reform in Chile. On Thursday, the march …
Tiger Beatdown: The Help is a model of the most unhelpful cinematography
Tiger Beatdown: The Help is a model of the most unhelpful cinematography Yeah, I saw it and I wrote about it. And I found out …
Students in South America march for free education
I wrote this week about Argentina’s policy of free University education. Two news items from today worth noting on the subject: In spite of freezing …
The solipsism of the armchair researcher
(Which is a hyperbolic way of saying that this post contains mostly a navel gazing rant). Since I posted the emancipation note of Dutch slaves …
Wanna know what feels great?
When an asshole blogger completely “draws inspiration” from stuff you and a co-blogger have written and when pointed at this fact ignores it. And wanna …
Her Brain’s Daily Churn: PSA: A new voice on the progressive horizon
Her Brain’s Daily Churn: PSA: A new voice on the progressive horizon herbrainsdailychurn: Back in 2008 when I first joined Twitter, I found this cat …
An anniversary that didn’t make Dutch news
August 17th marks the anniversary of the first day of a slave uprising in Curaçao, which lasted until September 18th, 1795. The brutally repressed rebellion …