The NPR affiliate where I work, WEKU-FM in Richmond, KY, is looking for women to write essays on their driving core principles for a Women’s History Month special series “This We Believe.” We will publish...deadline is February 5th, 2010. If you’d like to know more, you can check out our website – www.weku.fm/tib2010.html – there’s an email link on the page if you have any questions. :) Thanks, Nik

I believe that people are not perfect. I believe that anger is best fought with patience. I believe that people should be allowed to cry. I believe that judging others puts limits...I believe that people have a right to be depressed fro more than three days. I believe in happy endings. I believe that happiness is something you have to reach out and grab for yourself.

The Salvation Army - naughty or nice? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/14/EDCD1B0BL1.DTL "Bad conduct can be acceptable if a much greater good is being accomplished," writes Phil...in a fit of self-righteousness." Yet this seems to be how the argument is framed, repeatedly. When a better alternative or many better alternatives exist, I see no reason to support such a group

I was recently reminded of this work by Robert A Heinlein. When I first read this, it affected me in the most visceral way. When I read it, it moved me to be actually hopeful for humanity. It still does...the stars, and beyond, carrying with him his honesty, his insatiable curiosity, his unlimited courage --and his noble essential decency. This I believe with all my heart. ©1952 Robert A. Heinlein

Someone on the post-PE support board I'm on asked for some input on a birth-control presentation she wants to do. I am not all anti-BCP now like a lot of the board users (understandably, I suppose) are...if I should locked this so people feel comfortable discussing, or unlock so people can link if they want to...You know, I'm going to unlock it and you can comment anonymously if you need to, OK?

@_@ I put this on da before I went UHHH NOT SOMETHING I WANT ON DEVIANTART. -hyperventilate and DELETE.- So here it is; public since I don't thing theres much to fear of someo- oh who am I kidding I'm...have before- they aren’t leaving me anytime soon. Whether or not I want them here; they’re in it for the long haul.   And for some reason... I’m okay with that.   I’m grateful for that.

SHATTER THE SILENCE I post this not because I think fans and writers of colour need my help, my acknowledgement, my recognition, my approval, my white-assed whatever, in order to declare and celebrate...male cisgendered non-disabled publishers and editors and agents and gatekeepers to know that I want to hear the stories of women and PWD and queers of all kinds. I grew up believing in IDIC. I still do

"I am not going to talk about religious beliefs but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them. I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults, and I know that their virtues...Public Service Medal on October 6, 1988, on the Grand Master's behalf (it was a posthumous award). Mrs. Heinlein received a standing ovation. The Grandmaster may be gone, but his words still ring true

Matt Harding, who did the wonderful videos dancing all over the world (and in the 2008 version , dancing with people in those locations), is the essayist this week for "This I Believe." His essay is "Connecting to a Global Tribe." The YouTube video's had 19.7 million views--I'd say Matt definitely has helped us get a sense of ourselves as a global tribe.

The Internets are talking a lot about racism and science fiction and a host of related concerns these days. There’s even a name for it – RaceFail 09 (aka The Cultural Appropriation Debate of Doom 09,... - - - - - - - - - - Reading and learning: The many links of rydra_wong 50books_poc Supporting: verb_noire fight_derailing