December 2011
1 post
“The Advent season is a time for getting our hearts in tune, and that is no quick...”
– Stanley Manning (Unitarian Universalist, minister) Celebrating Christmas, ed. Carl G. Seaburg (via uuquotes)
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
5 posts
“We need to experience Earth’s forgiveness, Earth’s renewal, Earth’s abundant...”
– Carol Hepokoski, “Ecofeminism: Healing the Earth & Ourselves” (Unitarian Universalist, minister, ecojustice activist)
ackb: Speaking of heroes... →
ackb:
I’m listening to a radio interview with a woman I admire tremendously much, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker. She’s speaking along with her co-author about their book, A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-first Century.
They get a caller, who is Catholic, who…
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“I object to violence because, when it appears to do good, the good is only...”
– Gandhi, Young India, May 21, 1925 (via The essential Gandhi: an anthology of his writings on his life, work and ideas by Gandhi (Mahatma) and Louis Fischer, 2002, p. 175)
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“We don’t agree in the smallness that says it’s ok for a stage full of political...”
– President Obama at tonight’s HRC National Dinner, remarking on the GOP candidates’ silence when a gay service member was booed at a recent GOP debate. (video)
reblogging this quote with source/video.
(via squeetothegee)
August 2011
8 posts
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“There is nothing common, nothing trifling, nothing un-wonderful in this...”
– William Channing Gannett, A Year of Miracle (1882) p. 30 (Unitarian, minister, social reformer)
“Be crumbled.
So wild flowers will come up
Where you are.
You have been stony...”
– Rumi (via pattista)
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“When someone works for less pay than she can live on…she has made a great...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (via squeetothegee)
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“For me, the energy I experience in the process of creating a work of art is...”
– Linda Weaver Horton (Unitarian Universalist, minister)
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What vital wisdom can your community share via new...
Every community has some wisdom to share. What's vital and vitalizing (life-giving and encouraging) wisdom from your community that you can share via new media? Which communities are sharing with you? Who are your community wisdom partners?
think on this.: I was fired from my job today for... →
fuckyeahftms:
Hey fellas. Usually when I post here I’m in a relatively good mood, but today was rough.
It was the 2nd day of a new job, I informed management in beginning of Day 1 of my preferred name and pronouns and that I’m trans. It went really well and my supervisor was quite…
"Anyone who claims we don’t have class warfare in...
thepoliticalpartygirl:
- Meg, of Cognitive Dissonance
July 2011
0 posts
Lost In NY Marriage Shuffle: GENDA Passes... →
apatosaurus:
Both New York and my home state of Maryland continue to lack legal protection against gender identity discrimination.
May 2011
2 posts
“I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They...”
– Anne Sullivan (via imthemom)
Montage Editing: For everyone who was wondering... →
field-day-for-the-sundays:
-I got punched and called a sandnigger at school today.
-Someone said ‘I’m so sorry for your loss’ (this is MUCH MUCH worse than the sandnigger thing) -I had to sit through a US history class in which the teacher and half of my classmates went on and on about how evil Pakistan is for hiding him and how we need to leave Iraq and Afghanistan so we can invade them.
...
April 2011
6 posts
“It’s kind of funny that a bunch of rich people can band together and form a...”
– Roseanne Barr (via leftish)
Spot-on. If a bunch of rich people take pay increases, that’s called moving up or a well-earned raise. If a bunch of unionized workers take pay increases, that’s called redistributing wealth and stealing from non-unionized workers.
Think about the way we treat the rich...
“The transgendered community has to be protected. I just don’t have any tolerance...”
– Barack Obama (via ambitionbird)
Did he seriously say this? I googled it, and confirmed it, but I still can’t believe it. This is amazing.
(via man-over-matter)
i’m gonna kiss the president on the face (via sirjesushchrist)
Okay, so do something about it. (via soniawastinghertime)
Um… he is.
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5 Tips for Making the Most of a Conference - The... →
Thinking in terms of General Assembly
ackb:
shaneguiter:
1. Separate the wisdom from the action. The first thing I do after every conference is review the notes and transfer every starred item into my task management tool. Whatever your system, recognize that conferences are liable to overwhelm you with notations.
2. Distill every talk down to one key takeaway.If you write anything down...
Recession Seen Taking Toll on Gender Equality -... →
But as attention has turned from bank balance sheets to government debt and from stimulus spending to austerity, the legacy of the recession may be less, not more, gender equality. From Athens to London to Washington, the new age of austerity is likely to rewrite basic assumptions about solidarity and the role of the state in rich countries. Few dispute the need for governments to be more...
tbillsinc.com: Trans Woman Forced To Scrub Off... →
veganbattlebot:
Update: I received a threatening e-mail from TEA on Saturday, April 2nd asserting that I, “… have until Monday April 4, 2011 to permanently delete the content of [this] post.” Whoa. Elaborating on this soon!
Over the weekend, Eric Ethington over at Pride in Utah posted…
March 2011
7 posts
“Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.”
– William Ellery Channing (Unitarian, minister)
“Resistance to oppression is often based on a love that leads us to value...”
– Sharon Welch (Unitarian Universalist, author, ethicist) A Feminist Ethic of Risk (via uuquotes)
“Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of...”
– William Ellery Channing (Unitarian, minister)
the map of when: MIRACLES →
hughman:
You do not have to look for them. They are there, 24/7, beaming like radio waves all around you. Put up the antenna, turn up the volume - snap… crackle… this just in, every person you talk to is a chance to change the world…
You may need to start small. No prob. The five dollars you found. The…
The Temple Grandin School to Open in Lafayette,... →
A new school for adolescents and teens with Asperger’s Syndrome will open this fall in Lafayette, Colorado. The new school will be named after Colorado State University professor and vocal autism advocate Temple Grandin. The Temple Grandin School will provide a comprehensive education to students in grades 6-12.
February 2011
15 posts
“The Day of Remembrance is held each year around February 19th to commemorate the...”
– 2011 community day of remembrance, february 19 | angry asian man (via sylviac)
8 players in today's Super Bowl have been accused... →
stfuconservatives:
But… but… The Journey, America, One Night, History being made on the field!?
“I would encourage us all, African Americans, Asians, Latinos, Whites, Native...”
– Maya Angelou
“Wisdom says I am nothing. Love says I am everything. Between the two, my life...”
– Hindu teacher Nisargadatta Maharaj
“It is courage the world needs, not infallibility.”
– Wilfred Grenfel
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life....”
– Steve Jobs
“I do not cease swimming in the seas of love, rising with the wave, then...”
– (via khalvatdaranjuman)
Young black males far more likely to be murder... →
Black youth and young adults are nearly five times more likely to be killed in California than the average young Californian. The disparity was even wider for black males, who have a homicide rate more than 14 times that of whites and nearly four times that of Hispanics.
Those are among the disturbing facts in a new report by the Violence Policy Center [PDF]which found that guns and...
January 2011
28 posts
Ugly law →
abbyjean:
bestofwikipedia:
From the late 1860s until the 1970s, several American cities had ugly laws making it illegal for persons with “unsightly or disgusting” disabilities to appear in public. Some of these laws were called Unsightly Beggar Ordinances. The goal of these laws was seemingly to preserve the quality of life for the community, similar in spirit to current homeowners association...
“I find it obvious that the “I” of my poems, when I employ...”
