Archive for August, 2008
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Support INCITE! in Hurricane Gustav relief efforts
PLEASE donate. I just donated some money to INCITE! Women of Color against Violence — an organization that has done amazing work in health and healing in New Orleans (they collaborated with health practitioners to create the Womens Health and Justice Initiative and the New Orleans Womens’ Health Clinic). Please donate if you can, and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in obsession2008,race,sustainability,this is feminism,violence by anjali
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
McCain repeatedly stares at Palin’s ass during her acceptance speech
I watched Sarah Palin’s VP acceptance speech, where McCain stood a foot or two behind her. I wondered how he could stare at her ass repeatedly while the camera was on him. WHILE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WOMEN GAINING THE RIGHT TO VOTE. It made me want to vomit. Good to know others saw that [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in obsession2008,press this by anjali
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
a not entirely unusual text conversation with the bro
a not entirely unusual text conversation, originally uploaded by los anjalis. My brother and I recently upgraded to iPhones. Sure, we’re kind of in love with our iPhones, but we’re not ready for them to finish our sentences for us (things are moving too quickly!). there’s an auto-correct function on the texting, which is often [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by anjali
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
what will obama’s VP announcement via mass text msg look like?
Obama’s totally playin’ the media into thinking his VP pick is going to be Evan Bayh. I don’t think that’s going to be the case. Other names that have been thrown around from insiders and speculators include Kaine and Biden. Yeah, I too was like “who’s Kaine?” And Biden’s great on foreign policy and a [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in obsession2008,press this,religion,right to the city,silly,technology for the masses by anjali
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
on hiphop and the use of “no homo”
Jay Smooth really makes me nod my head with these two lines: “But as a general rule if you’re not the original target of an insult, you can’t be the one to reclaim it. And 9 times out of 10, if you’re not sure whether you should use it, you probably shouldn’t.” Yep. That goes [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in california,culture,hiphop,technology for the masses by anjali
Friday, August 15th, 2008
oppression olympics, part 1
Back when the two major Democratic candidates were vying for the place of THE presumptive democratic presidential nominee of the United States of America (TM), there was much discussion in the mainstream media about the so-called “Oppression Olympics” — the idea that we were too busy fighting over who was more oppressed. This was all [...]
No Comments » - Posted in nonviolent resistance,press this,state-sponsored violence by anjali
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Watch what you’re watching
Stephen Colbert and Nas bring it. Lyrics to “Sly Fox” by Nas below…
