A Sojourner

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Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:25:26 -0400

Republicans, Get In My Vagina! (by chessiejames)

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:51:38 -0400

Republicans, Get In My Vagina! (by chessiejames)

The Confusing Gay Landscape - NYTimes.com

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:57:05 -0400

The Confusing Gay Landscape - NYTimes.com:

The Times’ Frank Bruni makes an interesting point and compelling clarion call: perhaps anti-equality measures pass because those in favor of equal rights aren’t as energized as those who oppose equal rights.

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Tue, 08 May 2012 15:20:41 -0400

Cher Guevara

Thu, 03 May 2012 10:12:15 -0400

Cher Guevara

Just when you thought life couldn’t get more stressful, the family decides to visit. At the...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:06:07 -0400

Just when you thought life couldn’t get more stressful, the family decides to visit. At the end of finals week. And get pissed at you for not taking care of all of their plans earlier.

We Are All Nuns - NYTimes.com

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:37:14 -0400

We Are All Nuns - NYTimes.com:

The Vatican issued a stinging reprimand of American nuns this month and ordered a bishop to oversee a makeover of the organization that represents 80 percent of them. In effect, the Vatican accused the nuns of worrying too much about the poor and not enough about abortion and gay marriage.

What Bible did that come from? Jesus in the Gospels repeatedly talks about poverty and social justice, yet never explicitly mentions either abortion or homosexuality. If you look at who has more closely emulated Jesus’s life, Pope Benedict or your average nun, it’s the nun hands down.

Bishops Play Church Queens as Pawns - NYTimes.com

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:36:17 -0400

Bishops Play Church Queens as Pawns - NYTimes.com:

The pope needs what the rest of us got from nuns: a good rap across the knuckles.

There Are No Atheist in Fox-holes | USU REASON

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:59:37 -0400

There Are No Atheist in Fox-holes | USU REASON:

Really nice discussion about the experience of an atheist soldier becoming the brunt of the microaggressive phrase, “there are no atheists in foxholes,” and being singled out by his superiors as likely to commit suicide because he identified as atheist.

Is Christian a Religion?: The Cross on Sunrise Rock » Sociological Images

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:43:34 -0400

Is Christian a Religion?: The Cross on Sunrise Rock » Sociological Images:

Scalia’s comments reveal a common phenonemon that we’ve discussed in terms of race and gender, but not yet religion. As Jay Livingston pointed out at MontClair SocioBlog (where I stole this title), one can only think of Christian symbols as non-specific if one things of Christianity as somehow normal, neutral, and for everyone. In the U.S., because Christianity is the dominant religion, many people simply see it as default. You’re Christian unless you’re something else. Something else that marks you as different and specific, Christianity does not.

This is one way that dominance works. It makes itself invisible.

A touching video about ending marriage discrimination in the UK.

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:01:18 -0400

A touching video about ending marriage discrimination in the UK.

Interesting experiences of a personal trainer who decided to put on the pounds before losing them.

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:53:05 -0400

Interesting experiences of a personal trainer who decided to put on the pounds before losing them.

I took a personal financial planning class this semester to finish out my minor. As part of the...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:52:59 -0400

I took a personal financial planning class this semester to finish out my minor. As part of the class, we play a stock market simulator game at investopedia.com, where we started with $1,000,000 and had to invest it. I came in at 4th place in the class as of today, having made 161,000 in four months.

Maybe I should’ve been an investor.

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Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:41:02 -0400

Family-friendly? What about families that don’t fit that?

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:29:37 -0400

Family-friendly? What about families that don’t fit that?

How impractical life would be if girls were all spunky and...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:24:52 -0400

How impractical life would be if girls were all spunky and spontaneous and cute and….basically Zooey Deschanel all the time.

Freedom WritersWatched this movie for the first time tonight. I...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:54:39 -0400

Freedom Writers

Watched this movie for the first time tonight. I loved it. It’s crazy to me how different the world is for every person and how privileged I am.

From the Biodiversity Project. Click the link to see more of the...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:36:23 -0400

From the Biodiversity Project. Click the link to see more of the stunning and funny pictures of animals: http://www.joelsartore.com/galleries/the-biodiversity-project/

Anjali Gopalan - 2012 TIME 100: The Most Influential People in the World - TIME

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:21:02 -0400

Anjali Gopalan - 2012 TIME 100: The Most Influential People in the World - TIME:

Through her work at the Naz Foundation, Gopalan, 54, has done more than anyone else to advance the rights of gays and the transgendered in India, successfully petitioning the courts to get rid of a British-era law against sodomy. But her work isn’t just in courtrooms. She also runs a home for HIV-positive orphans.

Manal al-Sharif - 2012 TIME 100: The Most Influential People in the World - TIME

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:17:55 -0400

Manal al-Sharif - 2012 TIME 100: The Most Influential People in the World - TIME:

With its vast, unpopulated deserts, low-slung buildings and cheap oil, Saudi Arabia is a kingdom made for cars. But for its women, who are barred from driving, even picking up the dry cleaning is considered subversive. Last spring, Manal al-Sharif, 32, a divorced mother of two, decided to take on the issue by posting on YouTube a video of herself driving the Saudi streets. Though al-Sharif was jailed for nine days and publicly shamed, she inspired a movement.