I am not Anonymous. I am not legion. I have never participated in the movement's campaigns. But I do believe in the power of the Internet's collective users to create real, offline social change.
Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall separating church and state.
But America’s problem isn’t a breakdown in…
Will it be possible ever again to watch the slow, amazed blink of a newborn gecko in the sun, or whisper back to the marmot who has just whispered in your ear - without thinking of the World Trade Centre and Afghanistan?
-Arundhati Roy, October 22 2001
Beautiful words and a haunting face
Picture of an Arab Man
Started in 2009, the portrait series “Picture an Arab Man” is part of a large body of work capturing semi-nude Arab men of diverse backgrounds. The project is meant to literally picture a new face for Arab males than the one we are so accustomed to perusing in the mainstream media. Breaking down stereotypes as to how Arabs have been represented in the West, as well as in the East, is one of the conceptual aims of this project. I attempt to do so by highlighting the sensual beauty of the Arab man, an unexplored aspect of their identity on the cusp of change in a society that reveres an out-dated form of hyper-masculinity. Moreover, it is an attempt to uncover and break the stereotypes imposed on the Arab male in a post 9/11 world, and provide an alternative visual representation of that identity.Thus far, I have photographed men in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Dubai, Palestine and Canada. They have been Iraqi, Syrian, Palestinian, Lebanese, Egyptian, Sudanese, Emirati, Jordanian, and of mixed heritage. My plan is nowto photograph men from the remaining countries of the Middle Eastto truly represent the diversity of the Arab region. Receiving funding to complete the production of the project will also get me one step closer to my ultimate goal, which is to publish this project as a book. The funds that I am requesting will go toward covering my transportation and accommodation, and for printing of prototypes of the book.
Through “Picture an Arab Man”, I strive to do what I can to redefine the image of the Arab man for an audience so accustomed to one-dimensional stereotypes. Most importantly, I hope to properly represent my subjects as diverse and candid men whose only thing in common is their rich Middle Eastern heritage.
Thank you for your support.
Tamara Abdul Hadi
Photographer
Invisible Children supposedly wants to help those affected by Joseph Kony’s crimes in Uganda. However, IC never asked those who were affected if they appreciated their methods…
And people laugh when I tell them women are still invisible in this world.
Things I did not know, but should.
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They put up some awesome billboards in austin a few months ago showing the signs of a heart attack that women will feel. And I know they were effective because I was in the car when mando saw the billboard and said “Man I had no idea women had different symptoms for heart attacks!”
Way to go city of mine :)
Even better? A woman having all the “classic” (read: male) symptoms of heart attack is more than twice as likely to be sent home from the ER than to be checked out, EKGed, and examined.
Because we’re just hormone-addled hysterics. :-(
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Whoa. This is incredibly useful information.
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Bradley Manning was just nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. Support him! Video Do you think he has a chance?
I don’t know if I actually support Mr. Manning for the prize, since it hasn’t been determined if he actually *did* leak war crimes information. But I like that the representative from Iceland admitted that the nomination is mostly a political move, meant to raise awareness.
The US defence secretary gave this account of events:
“He went out in the early morning and went to these homes and fired on these families. And then at some point after that, came back to the forward operating base and basically turned himself in, told individuals what had happened.”
Pentagon officials said they would not release his name while the investigation was going on.
Wait wait wait… so we’ll protect the name and reputation of a soldier who went on a deadly rampage that will further jeopardize any hope we have for peace in the Middle East, but we jail Bradley Manning for two years and make an example of him for allegedly leaking videos of war crimes? OKAY THAT’S FAIR
I’ll spare y’all a rant about soft warfare engaged by military bases.
(FinalCall.com) - In a bold and unprecedented move, representatives of the Lakota Freedom Delegation recently declared the Lakota Nation is formally and unilaterally withdrawing from all agreements and treaties with the government of the United States.
“We are no longer…
