Category: Analytic Ranting

Who here remembers this nutcase?

Rachel Marsden – Vancouver’s very own girl stalker – now a pundit on right-wing US television. Oh my! Rebecca Traitser’s article on Salon today is a very nice expose on the nuttiness that we Vancouver feminists remember well. As I wrote in the commentary… Continue Reading “Who here remembers this nutcase?”

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The power of protest – revisited.

“….If you were here with me now you would see that all of our struggles have meaning and are relevant not only to our world, but to the sound and humane progress of our planet. This country… is the future of a violent and… Continue Reading “The power of protest – revisited.”

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Breasts are good.

In today’s edition of Salon magazine, writer Wendy Paris decries the “trend” of mannequins with larger bust sizes (and it is barely a trend – she’s seen these clothing-dolls in use in exactly two shops). At first I thought – oh, a trend towards… Continue Reading “Breasts are good.”

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Private Journals – Colombia.

Private Journal – Colombia July 2006 (pdf) Defending Public Services: From Canada to Colombia (July 2006) I am making my private journal from Colombia available here for a few days, for those of you who are interested. When I returned in July, I typed… Continue Reading “Private Journals – Colombia.”

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Prisoners' Justice Day

I wanted to remind everyone that August 10th is Prisoners’ Justice Day – an internationally-observed day started some decades ago by the tireless Canadian prison-abolitionist Claire Culhane. Prisoners’ Justice Day is the day prisoners have set aside as a day to fast and refuse… Continue Reading “Prisoners' Justice Day”

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