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Archive for February, 2006

New social justice links

( Feminism and Race )

Great reads. Put them into your feedreader and enjoy the social justice!

Reappropriate.com
Qlipoth
Privilege Judo
Vegankid

Oppression Harms the Oppressor

Oppression Harms the Oppressor
I am a member of several oppressor groups. I am white and heterosexual. I am a man. I am temporarily able bodied. Am I harmed by oppression? You bet I am. In this essay I will attempt to outline how oppression harms the oppressor. Be prepared for personal examples. I have […]

white identity

Identity Immersion Paper (15%)
This paper will allow students to explore how one personal identity characteristic impacts her or his life experiences. A student will select and focus on one identity characteristic for an entire week. She or he should be constantly cognizant of how that identity trait impacts personal decisions, prejudices, stereotypes, and […]

Gmail and your email@school.edu

Google is offering Gmail as an alternative email system for universities that do not have the time/money/etc to internally host student email accounts. The new service will allow students to have their .edu emails with all of the added features of the Gmail service. It’s all beta, so who knows how long this […]

Zicam for Valentine’s Day

Apparently the flu has landed in Corvallis, Oregon. I have been down since Sunday night! This version of the flu, I’ll call it 2.0, was extremely powerful. I spent Monday on the couch watching Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark while sipping an IZZE Blackberry. I slept through about half of […]

The Hundredth Monkey

Inspiration for individuals who want to affect change and shift some paradigms…
The Hundredth Monkey by Ken Keyes, jr.

The Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years.
In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. […]

What is diversity?

An interview with Dr. Lani Roberts, “What is Diversity?”
Turn up your speakers or plug in your headphones. This is an audio interview with Oregon State University Philosophy professors, Dr. Lani Roberts and Dr. Joseph Orosco.
It’s part of ENGAGE.
ENGAGE is the podcast program of global culture, transformative concepts, and engaged philosophy produced by the Department […]

Email subscription test…

This is a test of the Eric Stoller blog email broadcast system. Please let me know if this worked

It was an interesting ALS 116

Today’s class discussion was a mixture of white privilege, racism, heterosexism, institutional power, rape laws if written by women, rape as defined by men, the Kennedy’s and their whiteness, the rampant heterosexism-racism-sexism in the textbook, and a general sense that 50 minutes is just long enough to get everyone thinking before the “bell” rings. […]

Is this too pink?

Wendy seems to think that this is too pink. What do you think? I was getting a little bored with the red, blue, and gray.