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Line Rider is an amazing online toy that is a combination of precision illustration, luck and sledding. Vegankid and I were wondering if we could turn Line Rider into a social experience. Sort of like a Line Rider version of PhotoShop Tennis.
Thus, Line Rider Badminton™ was created. The easiest way to play Line Rider […]
Angela Davis was the keynote speaker for a recent social justice conference at Oregon State University. The Your Voice, Your Conference: Awareness, Solidarity, and Action explored “how systems of oppression impact our lives and communities.”
I think I have a social justice crush on Angela Davis. More than 1,000 people attended her talk at Oregon […]
The Erase Racism Carnival is up at Trying To Follow.
The next carnival is at Writeous Sister Speaks on February 20th. Submit posts here.
Tags: hierarchies, oppression, Race, racism, Social Justice, white privilege
The Oglala Sioux Tribe has asked the University of Illinois and the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to return the Lakota regalia that is currently being worn by UIUC’s “Chief Illiniwek.”
The mascot discussion at Inside Higher Education is a microcosm of what is going on at the University of Illinois.
Chief Illiniwek is a […]
vegankid just tagged me! Okay, here is my story in six words:
High context. Six words, not enough.
That’s my story. It sums me up…I need at least seven or eight words to tell a story
I guess I’ll have to pass on the “story in six words” meme — Brownfemipower, Paul, Faris, Kevin, […]
My head just exploded after I read an article in the New York Times entitled “51% of Women are Now Living Without Spouses.” I find this article to be terribly vexing. It is unbelievably heterosexist and sexist.
Apparently, the New York Times’ Sam Roberts believes that marriage is only between a woman and a […]
Tuition and Legislation:
Arizona lawmakers recently passed a law that denies in-state tuition to undocumented students. Undocumented students will now have to pay the out-of-state tuition rate at Arizona’s public institutions. The cost for out-of-state tuition is about 3 times as much as in-state tuition.
Affirmative Action and admissions:
“University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley told a […]
I believe that MLK Day is not a day off, but a day on.
Dr. King was an amazing social justice activist. He worked against racism, classism, and poverty. He was anti-war and pro-peace. I feel re-energized on MLK Day.
His words on why he was opposed to the war in Vietnam are extremely […]
Update #2: Debbie Reese, a faculty member at UIUC, blogs at — A Native Perspective on UIUC’s “Chief Illiniwek”. Her latest post contains an email from UIUC’s Chancellor regarding the racist Facebook group.
Update: Inside Higher Education has more information on Chief Illiniwek…
I received this in my inbox yesterday…
For Immediate Release January 8, […]
Apple introduced the iPhone today. The iPhone is an ipod, cellphone, and internet device. The only downside is that Cingular is the cell service provider. Apple has partnered with both Google (Maps) and Yahoo (push-IMAP email) for the iPhone. I’ve dubbed the partnership, AppGooYa.
Tags: Misc. Technology, technology