Did Riot Grrrl – or any variety of DIY/punk feminism – change your life?

Friday, July 23, 2010 Time: 5:00pm – 9:30pm Location: Emergency Arts – 520 Fremont Street (corner of 6th and Fremont, parking at El Cortez. If you see The Beat cafe, you’re there!) City/Town: Las Vegas, NV Description Join the Altered Nation team for the Hope 4 Women International’s “Dress a Girl Around the World” campaign! [...]

Radical sociologist David Harvey asks: is it time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that really could be responsible, just, and humane?

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P.S. I want Nevada to have an Office for the Encouragement of Arts !!!

go here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/opinions/Poll/?CFID=2954562&CFTOKEN=86075237

and find bills you support or oppose. check some boxes, include your name and address, and voila! you are a responsible citizen taking part in the process of spending your tax money and making the laws that govern you.

don’t know which bills matter?
go here: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/lcb/research/library/HotTopics.cfm for information on hot topics this session,

or go here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Reports/ to look at bill text.

in this article is a list of bills that I am tracking through the personalized bill tracking feature.

to recognize transgender individuals as human beings.

here’s how you can help:

NOW PASS THE ERA!!!!! it’s been like 70 years, get on it! but at least we are on the way to nationally outlawing hate crimes.

i know i’m a little paranoid, but have you seen the movie zeitgeist yet? if not, watch it! it’s enlightening and kind of scary and i still don’t know if i buy all of its claims, but one thing is for sure: it will make you go, “hmmmmmm….”.


the film has been nominated for a crunchies award from techcrunch.com as a piece “most likely to make the world a better place”! congrats, zeitgeist!

vote for zeitgeist here!

how’s this for change? obama’s team is currently undergoing a thorough review of bush’s executive orders to determine which ones should be kept, amended, or repealed. they are also scrutinizing “virtually every agency to see where we can move forward”. let that sink in.


aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that feels good!

two awesome, relevant songs for you today:

1. rudimentary peni’s black president

2. and george clinton’s paint the white house black. check out all the bad ass cameos!

first black first lady! i am weeping with joy! i want to thank all the amazing people who participated – who walked, protested, and VOTED!!!!!!! thank you! YOU MATTER!

more importantly, i’m looking up to see when VAWA and the ERA will be introduced this year – and keeping tabs on what the current administration is doing with their last 2 months…

www.senate.gov – will tell you active legislation, and it looks like reproductive health is under attack right now. not sure how south dakota and colorado initiatives will turn out yet, but that’s the next battle in our personal freedom. YOU TOO MEN!!! this will affect your ability to leave your state to receive elective medical care…

now i’m gonna go to eagles of death metal and get really drunk…

take your “i voted” sticker to the following (awesome) locations to get FREE stuff:

starbucks

krispy kreme

ben & jerry’s

cupcakery (hell yeah! the cupcake with the coffee bean on top is life changing!)