Category Archives: politics

Harding LGBQT Students Speak Out

I love this: http://huqueerpress.com More than this post will convey. First, it’s a zine! It looks like a zine, it’s written like a zine and it’s just fantastic. Besides throwing bricks through Starbucks windows (Against Me! nod) what’s more punk than a zine?! As an alum of Harding University I’m just absolutely stoked some students [...]

Peace Out Prop 8

My Quick Take on Proposition 8 First and foremost, let’s exclude any moral or religious argument from my position. As far as I understand this law and the allowance of civil unions/marriage by the government it has absolutely nothing to do with a moral/religious position on sexuality. *It’s about taxes, insurance, healthcare, etc. Those things [...]

Conclusion: I Won’t Be Eating Animals (or their products)

Jonathan Safran Foer writes his newest book, Eating Animals, as a narrative of sorts. He’s very focused on story and what kind of story we tell with our food. That being said, I’ll write this post as a story. My Story Prior to college I had probably never heard of PETA. Maybe I had heard [...]

Healthcare and How I See It

I’m not going to recap all I’ve read, it’s not a lot but it’s a good bit. I won’t pretend to understand all of what I’ve read (except the 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services effective July 1, I think we can alllll agree that orange people don’t look natural). I don’t have any [...]

Am I Part of Gen Y?

First off, this is inspired by this tweet, or retweet, whichever @andreasmalec: RT @rebeccawissler The new glass ceiling will be gen Y’s climbing the ladder then waiting for senior mgmt to retire. #lma10 I wikipedia’d gen y and I think I fall under that category? I agree whole heartedly with this tweet. It’s very evident [...]