CollieA few years ago I was in a class about being a good ally to people of color, or POC. It is a sad fact…
Continue ReadingThe town hall with Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
Just got back from another personal first: a town hall meeting with my Congressional representative, Zoe Lofgren, at the Mt. Pleasant High School. She’s a…
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Well, PantheaCon is concluded for another year! Also, our ritual/performance of The Descent of Inanna was enormously successful — “House of Inanna” has been asked…
Continue ReadingThoughts on Organizing Performances
Tonight I’ll be at PantheaCon for the ritual of the Descent of Inanna performed by “House of Inanna” (my ATS belly dance troupe) and friends.…
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I did a thing! Well, I painted a thing — for my ATS bellydance troupe’s upcoming ritual of the Descent of Inanna, taking place this…
Continue ReadingBook review: “Introducing Ethics” by Dave Robinson & Chris Garratt, pt. 3
(A review written in August 2005 of a book suggested by the Philosopher’s Café group I used to attend. This review, while not that enthralling,…
Continue ReadingBook review: “Introducing Ethics” by Dave Robinson & Chris Garratt, pt. 2
(A review written in August 2005 of a book suggested by the Philosopher’s Café group I used to attend. This review, while not that enthralling,…
Continue ReadingBook review: “Introducing Ethics” by Dave Robinson & Chris Garratt, pt. 1
(A review written in August 2005 of a book suggested by the Philosopher’s Café group I used to attend. This review, while not that enthralling,…
Continue ReadingMansplaining nonviolence, part 2
I found myself somewhat disturbed when the older white male speaker confidently asserted that Gandhi was the first person to really codify nonviolence. Had the…
Continue ReadingMansplaining nonviolence, part 1
I will be marching in the San Jose Women’s March on the 21st of January, mostly because traveling to Washington to march is financially currently…
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