July 2011
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June 2011
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Heart and Soil: Monsanto running U.S. agriculture... →
heartandsoil:
According to renowned plant pathologist Don Huber of Purdue University, Monsanto’s GMO Roundup Ready corn and soybean feeds have been linked to shocking 20% rates of infertility in cattle and hogs, and up to 45% spontaneous abortion rates in cattle and dairy operations, putting many farmers out of…
May 2011
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Beyond Doom—Slingshot 2011 Organizer essay
It can seem so attractive to just give up and say “fuck it” when we’re confronted day after day with the grim reality of our world today. Staying emotionally engaged with the on going industrial destruction of the environment and human suffering from war, inequality, isolation and misery is overwhelming. Many around us are concluding that we’re doomed—they’re giving up on the future...
April 2011
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Great article on May Day. Check out the bit on... →
February 2011
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Mayan calendar explained →
‘tis the era for radical feminism.
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Parsnip: the world's most under-appreciated... →
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January 2011
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I am looking for the door to another world. I’ve waited thousands of...
– Barbara Kingsolver The Lacuna
June 2010
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God Speaks to Each of Us
God speaks to each of us before we are,
Before...
– Rainer Maria Rilke
My New Favorite Word →
Perspectives on Poverty →
May 2010
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In this issue we’re going to knock your latte off the table and demand to...
– Adbusters
April 2010
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March 2010
12 posts
I want to be a storyteller but first a storyhearer.
I want to be a poet and I...
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now that’s my kind of feminism.
Embrace your Inner Girl Ted Talk with Eve Ensler (my heroine)
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Everything makes more sense
from the sky.
On the ground,
rivers are...
– From the Window-Seat
Ellie Rogers
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She must be a variety.
Change so that nothing will change.
It’s easy,...
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Wow. No more excuses. Educate yourselves. →
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I watched a man trip as he got off the bus today. He sat across from me, His holey clothes smelled of sour earth and his tangled hair fell stiff to his shoulders. I was caught off guard when he looked up and our eyes met. There was still fire there. I understood why when I saw how he clutched his guitar: his only asset, his only friend, his only reminder of beauty. He tripped, they gasped,...
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The Spring Ephemeral
When midnight matters,
my eyes will shine as bright as...
February 2010
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To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee,
And...
– Emily Dickinson
The Girl Effect →
Is the world a mess? agree or disagree