Burn Them Books

     A little internet searching by a friend of mine revealed this little gem; PABBIS or People Against Bad Books In School.  The oganizations goal is to encourage parents to take action against schools teaching dangerous books such as Beloved or The Handmaid’s Tale. Attached to the list are links to reasons why the books have been targeted including […]

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Startling Relationship Drawn Between Race and Death Penalty

Check this article out. The most suprising statistic you might find is that since 1976 not a single white person has been sent to death row for the murder of a black person; this is according Alabama’s Capital Representation Resource Center. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972834,00.html It’s a well written piece, I suggest everyone read it over. -KillerTofu

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Sexual Violence: The JMU Edition

Posts by other blog members including ihavemythings and aliasmitch (as well as campus headlines about the harassment of Alpha Phi sorority members) have inspired me to write a little about sexual violence, and more specifically rape culture at JMU. Rape culture is a term used in women’s studies and by feminists to describe a culture in which rape and sexual violence against women […]

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Just Being “Hir”

    There have been a lot of responses to the recent suicides of several gay teens, they come in the form of celebrity sponsorship for organizations like wegiveadamn.org or the itgetsbetterproject , public outreach by organizations like the Human Rights Campaign and politicians, as well as a few touching amateur youtube videos.  The focus of much of this is on […]

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Pop Quiz: Marriage

    Alright students, get out those number 2 pencils and a good eraser. This is a True/False Quiz and be sure to write out the word, no funny T/F hybrids in an attempt to cheat the system. Below for you’re reading pleasure on this lazy Fall Sunday I’ve listed a NY Times Marriage Quiz that […]

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A Shout Out! to EcoFeminists

I’ve been listening to talk radio in my car while running errands over the past few days, on the occasion that my iPod FM Transmitter broke and my burned cd collection melted together in some scientifically unidentifiable catastrophe. Top news stories on NPR as of lately include the harrowing tale of trapped Chilean miners, a rescue touted […]

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