Issues

For Some Reason UC Davis Did Not Make Me Give Up On Humanity

When something like this happens, it either makes you despair about the world, or it makes you want to fix it. And despite all appearances, I think it’s fixable.
Jess in
Issues, human decency, police brutality, possibly I'm being hopelessly naive, occupy wall street, activism

Nov 21, 2011 at 4:00pm | 13 comments

Beauty Occupy this, bitch!

INCHING TOWARD PULITZER: I (Briefly) "Occupied" Wall Street. And -- you guessed it -- there’s a $95 candle for that!

And a $150 perfume. Oh, and I bought some Givenchy go-go boots on the way. Oh, well.
Cat in
Beauty, occupy wall street, perfume, shoppables

Nov 18, 2011 at 1:00pm | 114 comments

Issues

Occupy Wall Street, Rape and Women-Only Spaces: A Deconstruction

I have a problem with the idea that the only purpose the “women-only” tent at Occupy Wall Street serves is to be the “safe haven” that Fox News portrays it to be -- a tent where women can be "protected" from sexual assault, as though women should not expect to have their bodies and...
Lesley in
Issues, gender, rape culture, occupy wall street, body politics

Nov 11, 2011 at 3:00pm | 23 comments

Issues

Ruminations on Humility and Privilege: A Visit to Occupy Boston

I was expecting to feel energized, motivated, powerful. Instead I felt humbled by the realization that I wouldn't do what these people do.
Lesley in
Issues, occupy wall street, politics, protests, privilege

Oct 27, 2011 at 5:01pm | 33 comments

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