Appropriating the Victim Complex: American Atheists’ Latest Billboard
by: Andrew Tripp These days, I so often feel mortified by the atheist movement, but more so, by those who are considered luminaries within it. There are days when I […]
Category Archives: Activism
A Tool for Dignity and Justice: Reading the Social Critique in The Hunger Games
by: Emma Rose Do you remember that kid in your high school literature class who geeked out over books like 1984 and Brave New World? The one who thought the […]
Sisterhood is Powerful: Keeping Stone Park Off the Pole
by: Lisa Buscani The candle-lit processional meanders slowly down the Stone Park IL street, its homemade banners and signs flapping raggedly in the wind. The banners express the groups’ outrage […]
Occupy Your Bedroom: Tips on How to Pick Up People at Occupy Protests
by: Johnny Gall Friends and blog readers, if you haven’t noticed already, spring is pretty thoroughly upon us, which means two things. First, it means that you want to sleep […]
It’s Anti-Street Harassment Week: Hollaback, Everyone!
by: Kevin Sparrow So, there’s this thing called International Anti-Street Harassment Week* happening, and given that it’s only the second annual, you’d have good reason for not realizing. It’s 2012, […]
The Problem With “Atheist Activism”
by: Chris Stedman Earlier this year, a friend sent me a message on Facebook that said, simply: “You might want to watch yesterday’s episode of The Daily Show.” In the episode, […]
Chicago Vigil for Murdered Mexican Transgender Woman Agnes Torres Hernández
by: Jamie Anne Royce Haga clic aquí para leer esta página en español. Soy Quien Soy: Trans Empowerment Collective, a queer grassroots collective providing support for trans* individuals and their allies in the […]
Still Fighting for Equality in the UMC: Honoring Anna Howard Shaw
by: Kara Crawford In honor of March being Women’s History Month, I have been thinking a lot about the many women throughout history and in various parts of the world […]
God, Guns and Gays: The Problem with Wedge Issues
by: Jimmy Garfield Wedge issues. Frankly, this should only be used when talking about the quality of cheese. But alas, what it refers to is something far more insidious than […]
A Large Separation By A Small Fence
by: ellie june navidson i was walking down the street and passed this inordinately tiny fence. It was this puny piece of plastic, poked into the dirt. There was only […]
