February 2012
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“We didn’t really know who was going to show up for the occupation. It was all a...”
– David Graeber, “What We Owe to Each Other” (via bostonreview)
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Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno has said that he plans... →
Via Windy City Times:
According to a fact sheet put out by veteran activist Rick Garcia and Anthony Martinez, executive director of The Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA), the ordinance will mandate a policy for interacting with transgender detainees and set up a mayoral-appointed commission to oversee the treatment of transgender arrestees.
“It’s a human rights issue,” said Moreno, who added...
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POZ: Sex Ed Not Reducing Birthrates in... →
pozmagazine:
Despite the presence of sex education courses, U.S. states with high degrees of conservatism and religiosity have above-average adolescent birthrates.
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100,000 Lost Girls
How many children in the United States do you think are repeatedly raped for a tidy profit, pimped out by a relative, kept at a truck stop or hotel against their will for sexual servitude, or photographed for online porn? “As many as 100,000 girls are trafficked as sex slaves within the U.S.,” reports Sojourners, a magazine devoted to social justice. And the average age of entry into child...
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The Moon and Back
granta:
‘It wasn’t unusual for John Wayne: reshaping his defects, adding substance to places lacking.’
A new story by rising star Jessica Thummel about a rodeo cowboy turned long-haul driver.
Ahem. If you hadn’t noticed yet, literary magazine Granta is on Tumblr.
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