bell Hooks homage on Ms.Blog

Dear Debbie , "Imagine living in a world where there is no domination, where females and males are not alike or even always equal, but where a vision of mutuality is the ethos shaping our interaction." - bell hooks bell hooks changed my life. And if you've encountered her work, it's probably changed yours. Starting TODAY, the Ms. Blog is running a week of essays paying homage to bell hooks. Don't miss it! -In "Teaching to Transgress in High Schools", Ileana Jimenez shares how bell hooks and feminist theory are transforming high school classrooms. -Continuing bell hooks' work of taking love seriously, in "All About Love", Ebony Utley interviews black women about their experiences with love and infidelity. -In "10 Years of 'Feminism is for Everybody'", Audrey Bilger commemorates one of our favorite feminist classics. We'd love for you to come join in the week of commentary and discussion. Hope to see you there! In sisterhood, Jessica -- Jessica Stites Associate Editor Ms. magazine/Ms. Blog ****Audrey Bilger is an amazing Claremont McKenna College professor. (I had the pleasure of taking Feminist Theory with her as an undergraduate)

Anti-War Articles: Stop the War on Muslims, Latinos and other recent immigrants!

http://www.alternet.org/world/148094/america%27s_empire_and_endless_wars_are_destroying_the_world%2C_and_ruining_our_great_country/
then read...
http://www.alternet.org/rights/148063/5_jaw-dropping_stories_in_wikileaks%27_archives_begging_for_national_attention/
then...
http://www.alternet.org/economy/148038/are_we_a_kleptocracy_and_what_does_that_mean_anyway_/
So is 2012 it?
should our generation investigate what to do about the decay of our parent's values and the rise of a kleptocracy?
Do not be a stranger!
Debbie

Anti-War Articles: Stop the War on Drugs!

Sensible policy:
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/148090/in_the_face_of_the_drug_war%27s_total_failure%2C_can_california%27s_legalization_battle_kick-start_a_movement_for_change/
In California: Prop 19
http://www.alternet.org/world/148092/california_pot_legalization_could_stop_the_murderous_drug_cartels_waging_war_in_mexico/

I do not believe in legalization,  but actually in the decriminalization of pot and all mind altering substances.
Thanks for the skepticism.
Debbie

Sound Track of this Blog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGzdJEEAJs
        M.I.A. "10 dollar"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJH38M723aU&ob=av2e
          Shiny Toy Guns "Le Disko"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfHCOE0SLuk
          Control Machete "Amores Perros" (I ignore the video, love the guitar intro)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgH2pO9jE2U
          Daft Punk "We Are Human" is a classic for electronica fans. the paradox is that a robotic voice asserts the fact that we are human.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc
          Oasis "Wonderwall" I think of a wonderwall as somebody that shields me from the hostile environment beckoning me everyday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLRLhV9U0kQ
         Aerosmith "Pink" as in pretty pussy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3i8vtqDpXo
          Jefferson Airplane "High Flyin' Bird" : I got the sit down, can't cry gonna die blues!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an9DoVBHHr8
          The Velvet Underground "I'll be Your Mirror"

My Media Sources (Fuck Fox News!)

• Alternet
• The Huffington Post
• Talking Points Memo
• TPMMuckraker
• Pro Publica
• The Raw Story
• The Plum Line
• Matthew Yglesias
• Small Wars Journal
• Abu Muqawama
• FiveThirtyEight
• Daily Kos
• Open Left
• Think Progress
• Real Clear Politics
• The Big Picture
• Consumerist
• Andrew Sullivan
• Eschaton
• Crooks and Liars
• Grist
• Capital Eye
• Taxpayers for Common Sense
• Open Congress
• Ben Smith
• Michael Calderone
• Political Animal
• Hotline On Call
• racialicious.com
• the loop21.com
• INCITE
• CRitical Resistance
• colorlines
• The Center for Community Alternatives
• Thousand Kites
• California Prison Moratorium
• November Coalition
• FAMM-Families against man mins
• hullabaloo
• GRITtv.org
• the nation.com
• digg
• npr
• TruthOut.org
• aclu report
• the center for american progress
• balloon juice
• the daily kos
• the nation
• nes junkie post
• mother jones
• celebrate the dream-reject the nightmare
• trueMajority
• US Action

M.I.A. -Born Free

Thoughts? Beware this video contains graphic, violent content. Please be advised.
http://vimeo.com/11219730
I will include my comments in another post.
This video is relevant to the past, present and future. If Orwell wrote in the year 2010, maybe this is what he would project into a visual piece.

Rage Against the Corporate Machine!

This space is dedicated in honor and for the use of future discussions that further the production of passion and excitement against a counter-hegemonic struggle beginning in the year 2010. Please use this place for experiments of anti-neocolonialist reflections which border on the artistic, liberated, and creative side of your thoughts. I want to hear you! sincerely, supersonic d

What is the kiss aesthetic?

I am not politically "English Only." I am English Plus. So this is not the "aesthetic kiss" but instead about the kiss that describes the aesthetic. (Adjective and Noun are reversed) Please continue to visit my blog to discover through sight, sound and touch, what exactly is the irony about Kissing the Aesthetic. "Every movement that has attempted to liberate marginalized groups from the oppressions of elision and invisibility has, to all intents and purposes, insisted on having something to say, on having a language to say it in and on having a position from which to speak." (Rogoff, Visual Culture Reader 33)