Two great women passed away this last week: Coretta Scott King and Betty Friedan. King did more than just fight for the rights for blacks–she fought for the rights for every person, black or white or yellow or red; regardless of religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Much of the King legacy must be equally shared […]
Category: Diversity
The importance of supporting diversity
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Reductio
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Update This post was a mistake. Not the Specks, or linking Catarina, but Adam Green has left me cold…especially when referring to chick blogs. Mr. Green, we’ll also link back when you’re being a dork, too. My original link to Mr. Green was not because he said ’something nice’. I […]
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Ends
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Kevin Marks: I’ve said before that the net is large, and contains multitudes, and thus what you find in it is what you look for. Like Caliban, raging at your reflection is counterproductive. Dave Rogers finds hierarchies. David Weinberger finds collaborators. Shelley Powers finds, er, something that she disapproves of. Yup, that’s the […]
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Blogrolls redux
Lest anyone think that I’m hoping to get listed in the weblog roll of the Women’s Media Center, perish the thought from your mind. If anything, this just demonstrates, to me, the evils of blogrolls–their divisiveness and their arbitrary exclusivity (those with friendly neighborhood weblog rolls excepted–don’t hit me). Especially when used with a site […]
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Feminists and other snobs
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My appreciations for Frank Paynter for including me with other fine company in his recommendations of women webloggers for the Women’s Media Center. I, like others, was also left rather breathless by the sweeping arrogance of the site’s byline: The WMC website is the only place for news on women; links to women […]