A hell of a lot has already been written about the murder of Dr. George Tiller. I can’t add much more than an agreement with anyone who’s identified this as an act of terrorism, and an additional voice of incredible sadness for this man’s family and anyone who was affected by his life and work.
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Filed under: Christian feminism, Finding My Religion | 4 Comments »
Points to both the Globe and Mail and the University of Saskatchewan (which has always been one of the best institutions in Canada when it comes to Indigenous peoples’ concerns) for this story here. The quick summary of the situation is that a woman offered to donate a $250,000 scholarship to the University of Saskatchewan [...]
Filed under: And Justice for Some, Far Too Canadian, Privilege in Practice | 3 Comments »
I was reading through this thread at the Silence of Our Friends the other day, skimming the comments and thinking about what I might want to add, and came to this quote by Fire Fly:
The point of intersectionality is that we have a stake in each others’ liberation, the point is solidarity. And solidarity can’t [...]
Filed under: Waking up the Collective Unconscious, Words Matter | 2 Comments »
This is one of those topics about which I have so much to say that I end up feeling like I can’t say anything at all. This was a few weeks ago now, but being as I was only semi-present at that point I didn’t post anything, and also, it’s one of those topics that [...]
Filed under: And Justice for Some, Lessons in Not Being an Asshole | 5 Comments »
Once upon a time, I was an extremely competitive person. I still can be when it comes to games, as I’ve repeatedly demonstrated with my pathological unwillingness to give up on a Rock Band song before someone else does, but for the most part, I’ve actually come to hate competition. I don’t mean sports or [...]
Filed under: Not Rocket Science, The darkness (and its kicking) | 3 Comments »
For a good chunk of time, I wasn’t writing here or commenting on others’ blogs because there was literally no room in my schedule for the kind of reading, thinking and processing that it would have required. Within the past few months, my schedule has actually opened up substantially, but I still haven’t been writing. [...]
Filed under: My life, in a blogshell | 2 Comments »
