Sisterhood is powerful!
That was the rallying cry, back in the day. And by so claiming, and believing, they were powerful. It was an amazing period of history, when women got fed up …
Rena's got 3 'mama grizzly' links about Mary Fallin's dogwhistle during the Oklahoma gubernatorial debate
Girlfriend! You are asking for trouble when you imply that your unmarried childless opponent is — well exactly what WAS Mary Fallin implying? Whatever it was she was signaling to …
Rena's got 3 things to watch on TV this week
Rachel Maddow’s documentary The Assassination of Dr. Tiller, who performed abortions in Kansas (mostly) for women who were were late in their pregnancy when they discovered severe abnormalities with the …
The New Lord's Prayer for Republicans
[Update: well, you can tell I’m not religious. It’s the 23rd Psalm, not the Lord’s Prayer, which is being rewritten here. I won’t change the title because it will screw …
Teaching by example in unintended ways
Later today, I plan to head down to Grandfield Oklahoma, just this side of the Texas border, to join some students in a counter demo against the Phelps/Westboro Baptist/Gods Hates …
Is Obama poised to continue some parts of Bush's torture policies?
Yesterday’s news out of the Justice Department in which it indicated support for Bush’s rendition program (i.e. exit visa for torture outside of US) was horrifying. I really don’t know …
Stimulating family planning
There is a great op-ed, Counting Out Women, by Melissa McEwan published today in the Guardian (UK) about Chris Matthews and the general idiocy in the US media (not to …
Keith Olbermann: Bush's 8 disasterous years in 8 minutes
Finally, it is about over. Just two days, and we can watch watch his chickenhawk ass get out of our White House and our Capital City. Bush and his accomplices …
Honeymoon over
Well, that was a brief hiatus, when I didn’t feel like crying or screaming every time I heard about the latest political news. The inauguration hasn’t even taken place yet, …