- “In a world of blogging and pagerank, critiquing trolls gives them both literal and figurative capital. That’s frustrating as hell.”
- LOL! “Barack Obama is a PATRIOTIC AMERICAN. He has one HAND over his HEART at all times. He occasionally switches when one arm gets tired, which is almost never because he is STRONG.”
- “In the first six months of this year, 25% of the 56 gang-related slayings involved either blacks killing Latinos or vice versa. That compares with 13% for the same period last year.”
- “On Wednesday, the McCain camp launched “Campaign Cribs: Straight Talk Express” on Facebook, an application that allows users to take a video tour of McCain’s campaign bus.” McCain also redid Space Invaders. Who did he hire from MTV? – LDP
- “I knew there had to be at least a handful of reader letters, and I was ready to delve in…and I was reading to see if perhaps [Vogue] would issue an apology [for the LeBron cover]. I looked at the Editor’s Note…no sign.”
- “Her Majesty Mahealani Kahau and her government ministers hold court every day in a tent outside the palace of Hawaii’s last monarch, passing laws and discussing how to secure reparations for the Native Hawaiian people.”
- “If ever social change was propelled by photographs, it was during the civil rights movement.”
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The Octavia Butler Book Club
(Click the book for the latest conversation) Feminism for Real – Jessica, Latoya, Andrea
The Same Woman – Thea
I Speak For Myself – Fatemeh
Yes Means Yes – Latoya
Sex Ed and Youth – Jessica
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