Archive for July, 2007
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
native american history rewritten.
Does this irk you? It irks me. I saw it at the Women of Color blog (check out the rest of the post here), where Brownfemipower (BFP) breaks it down. Other than portraying native americans as passive wusses, well-intentioned cartoons like this deny the history of native american resistance and as BFP says so well: [...]
No Comments » - Posted in art for the masses,culture,immigration,race by anjali
Friday, July 20th, 2007
WeHo votes to impeach; I vote for affordable drinks
Ok, so Los Angeles ain’t ALL vain. Damn straight it ain’t. I love this city. Even though the average price of an alcoholic beverage in Los Angeles ($10.66) has now surpassed the average price of same in New York City ($10.12), the city of West Hollywood is representin’ patriotically, because the folks there care about [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in culture,iraq,los angeles,nonviolent resistance,queer by anjali
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
german kids in blackface patronizing africans
below, an explanation and reaction from the blog black women in europe: This is an actual ad-campaign by UNICEF Germany! This campaign is “blackfacing“ white children with mud to pose as “uneducated africans“. The headline translates “This Ad-campaign developped pro bono by the agency Jung von Matt/Alster shows four german kids who appeal for solidarity [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in education,global public health,race by anjali
Sunday, July 15th, 2007
medieval helpdesk – introducing the “book”
medieval helpdesk! this goes out to those of us who reacted like this when the computer came out :> the piece is from the show “Øystein og jeg” on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). thanks to jean for the link!
No Comments » - Posted in books,silly by anjali
Sunday, July 15th, 2007
the kids are (not) alright
Barbara Ehrenreich has a piece in today’s Huffington Post (“Health Care vs the Profit Principle”) on the debate over expansion of health insurance for children (S-CHIP or the State Health Insurance Program). In the midst of the movie SiCKO’s popularity, and in the midst of Americans building ever more energy around health care issues, the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in health insurance,sleeping with the corporation,strategy and tactics by anjali
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
lessons learned from a day at OutFest
Last night, my brother and two friends and I headed to OutFest, the annual Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. We saw a beautiful short film called Talking about Amy by Yorico Murakami — all animation, and all about the filmmaker’s thoughts on a friend’s free-spirited views on family and social norms. She narrated [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in art for the masses,film,los angeles,personal development,queer by anjali
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
allied media conference roundup, carnival style
Carnivals are cruise ships. Carnivals are also blog roundups on a variety of issues. I’m a big fan of the recently created “Carnival of Radical Action”. Other than just sounding kickass, it’s a powerful blog roundup of posts that speak to effective actions, education, and radical thought. Here’s the latest carnival (number 3), which is, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in art for the masses,blogtopia,nonviolent resistance,press this,this is feminism by anjali
Friday, July 13th, 2007
don’t mess with newark…
…or I’ll kick your ass. I love Newark, New Jersey. I’ve said it here before. My heart is there, I lived there for 5 years just before moving out to Los Angeles 2 years ago, and I felt connected to the city. So I feel especially passionate when people mess with it. Especially on the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in new jersey,newark,race by anjali
Friday, July 13th, 2007
failing africans
The American Prospect has a fascinating piece entitled “How Bush’s AIDS Program is Failing Africans“. From the article: Like many in attendance, Beatrice Were [founder of a Ugandan organization on women and HIV/AIDS] contracted HIV from her husband, a common occurrence in a region where women make up the majority of new infections and marriage [...]
No Comments » - Posted in global public health by anjali
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
Cure This — 2 weeks in and kickin’
I realize that I mentioned Cure This on this site recently but made no mention of what it was and why. Here’s a quick description: For two and a half years, “Cure This” was a pipe dream shared by just a handful of us. We envisioned a grand goal: to create an online space to [...]
No Comments » - Posted in blogtopia,geektech,global public health,healthcare access,press this,race and health,strategy and tactics,technology for the masses by anjali
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
a drive enhanced by fireworks everywhere
tonight i drove home from work around 9pm, just when the fireworks in Los Angeles were starting up. Silly me, thinking there would only be a few spots in the city that would be hosting major fireworks. On the drive up 110 and the 405, on a simple 20 minute drive, I passed about 12 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in culture,los angeles,the 10 year clinic/neighborhood/arts plan by anjali
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
the iPhone hype and kids’ consumerism
From Shaping Youth » Apple iPhone Hype Seeds Kids’ Consumerism: Adults chiding each other like spoiled brats to be the first on the block to try, review, diss, or blather about the iPhone makes me want to hang up on the blatant disconnect between what parents preach and teach about mass media. Right on, it’s [...]
