this makes me love him more

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/issues-action/birth-control/global-gag-rule-21019.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012302814.html?hpid=topnews


eeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you obama... for putting access and health above your personal views.

hello. it's 2009.

i'm a little late on this post.

okay, a lot late. i've been busy already. i'm taking 21 credit hours this quarter and working 16 hours. i'm exhausted.

here is a list of all of the books i finished last year.

i have been a horrible tao lin intern. so, you should go here and buy his books to make up for it. you will enjoy them. they will make you happy and then sad. also, he is vegan. an all around win.

this quarter i'm taking a really awesome course about intersectionality. it is pretty amazing so far. i've missed women's studies a lot.
also, we have group projects where we have to facilitate discussion on one of the books we are assigned to read. i am lucky so my group got picked to go first. so, that is Wednesday. i hope i don't fail. we read "The Alchemy of Race and Rights" by Patricia J. Williams and are discussing critical race theory. i am nervous.

Tomorrow!!! is obama's inauguration. :) i really hope he is able to make change.
that is all.

transphobia

Hey Everyone.

Krystle just showed me this ridiculous article about the 10 worst fathers. They put Thomas Beatie (the transman who just had a baby) as third. The thing is, he was on this list because:
"Teaching kids about sex is tough enough. But when this bearded, deep-voiced transgendered Oregon man popped out a bundle of joy earlier this year, our jobs as fathers became even more complicated: "Sit down, son. I need to talk to you about the birds, the bees…and the trannies." Oof."

This Article

are you kidding me? please write to msn. this isn't okay.

sorry

hey few people that read my public blog!

sorry that i haven't been around lately. you can read my tumblr: http://mutedheartbeats.tumblr.com/
which is mainly shared items from my google reader (aka blogs & news feeds that i read)

I just wanted to post to say VOTE!
The election is coming up so quick. I have already voted & you should too. If you can vote early in your state, don't put it off. Go early! Vote! It is so important. Think of all the people who fought for this right. We have it! It is your chance to say who you think should be in charge of different offices and which propositions should be passed. It is extremely important, and whether or not you vote, it will affect your life. SO do it. <3

okay. that's the end of my rant.


also, i have been listening to a lot of ray lamontagne, gregory & the hawk, and ra ra riot. check them out and love them.

okay. off to more schoolwork.

news!

i am now one of tao lin's interns. what does this mean? i'm not quite sure.... but exciting things are ahead. for sure.
last week he sent me a copy of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy! i have been trying to read it slowly so i don't finish it soon, but i think that is not going to happen. the poems feel so familiar and make me laugh. or make my heart ache. or both.

anyway, i'm sorry for not updating about things. i'm not even sure if many people read this anymore (jess do you even read this? you deleted your blogspot, which was really why i got this one...)

i have been reading way too many other blogs to write my own.
things to check out:
Interview with Sabrina Chapadjiev about Live Through This
APA has declared that abortions are not bad for a woman's mental health.
I really enjoyed cherylberyl's blog about disability and how people are viewed
I am in love with Erin's zine Daisies and Bruises

whaaaaaat?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

green living: junk mail

I saw this posted on treehugger.com and i had to link to it.

Stuff you can do with unwanted junk mail (or how to stop junk mail from coming to your house to begin with).

♥ i love it.

i promise more posts are coming soon. last week i ordered *ishouldn'tbebuyingthingsohmy* a few zines (why doesn't firefox realize that zines is a word... and firefox too? excellent dictionary/spell check. haha), so i might do some reviews or something. i have about two months left of summer to try and make all the money i can so that i don't have to try and work during the school year. hopefully i'll just get more wedding gigs or something and then i won't have to work.
WIN.
in september i am supposed to start a job working with children with developmental and behavioral disabilities. i'm excited for it. i feel like it will be a really good experience. more on that when i actually start it.
okay. this is boring so i'm leaving.


:edit: what? when you google "film XXY" my blog is on the first page? that is exciting because it is pretty much my favorite film right now.




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