How many more?
Three more police officers were killed today, in Baton Rouge. Three injured. The same word used as in Dallas— “ambush.” The fear and despair I’m… Read More »How many more?
Three more police officers were killed today, in Baton Rouge. Three injured. The same word used as in Dallas— “ambush.” The fear and despair I’m… Read More »How many more?
The BBC has a profile on Omar El-Hussein, the man who carried out Saturday’s killings in Copenhagen. He apparently was assisted by two other men,… Read More »Nothing more spectacular about him
Yesterday a symposium to discuss blasphemy and the meaning of free speech was held at a cafe in Copenhagen called Krudttønden. In attendance at this… Read More »Brief summary and context of yesterday’s violence in Copenhagen
Let me count the ones I see. 1. Obey the law, and you have nothing to fear.2. Break the law, and you deserve to be… Read More »How many fallacies can one shirt hold?
Published today in the Wichita Eagle: Justice system ignored facts I don’t know whether to feel saddened or enraged from reading about the man choked… Read More »Letter to the editor
Or, why good storytelling requires good representation: When the story doesn’t contain the “why,” the audience looks to the author. Let me back up. Writers… Read More »Why #WeNeedDiverseBooks
First, I didn’t talk at all yesterday about the statement of motivations in The Marriage Vow that preceded its fourteen provisions, which included two claims that have since… Read More »More on The Marriage Vow
Again on Colorlines (I’m really happy to have discovered that site), Thoi Lu discusses black male feminism: In light of the recent 11-year-old Latina who… Read More »We’ve all got our own stuff
A few days ago a UCLA student named Alexandra Wallace posted this charming racist rant about Asians in her university library: If you’re one of… Read More »Again…tragedy + internet = outrage and nastiness.
Somebody pointed out in the Pharyngula thread that while “female” can be used as a noun, so can “black,” and it doesn’t sound very good… Read More »It’s not (just) the word; it’s how you use it