Category Archives: Floats You Missed

“not warranted based on the particular situations”

Kingkade, Tyler. “Yale Faces $165,000 Clery Act Fine For Failing To Report Sex Offenses On Campus.” HuffPo, 5/15/13. Yale failed to report a total of four forcible sex offenses in its campus crime statistics for 2001 and 2002, according to … Continue reading

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Misogyny Explained, with Ice Cream, in 40 Seconds

from Jezebel: Animator Scott Benson Eviscerates MRA* Arguments with Clever Cartoon, 4/28/13. [MRA = "Men's Rights Activists"]

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Sometimes the Times-Picayune Gets It Right…

    …by accident Wednesday, 4/24/13, 7AM.

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He Was Making a What?

It’s been a difficult-to-absorb couple weeks of news—bombings, suicides, explosions, murders and more murders—and one of those make-you-cringe news stories was this one in North Carolina: For Jordan Arwood, the images return in waves. A wall of dirt collapsing and … Continue reading

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Ooops

When I clicked the Depression and Anxiety page at Black Women’s Health, I got this: May I suggest “page under construction” instead?

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Oh, Yeah—Katrina Cottages. Katrina Cottages?

New report, same outcome—a program meant to help people post-Katrina and -Rita ended up swallowing millions of dollars and helping mostly those who got paid out of those millions: Katrina cottages more expensive than similar housing, plus program took too long, audit says. … Continue reading

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Education Books for Sale

I got all of these used, generally in good condition  If you are interested, email me at the email on the About page and we can negotiate a price/trade: Pedro Noguera. City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of … Continue reading

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Books I Read in 2012

Baker, Dorothy. Cassandra at the Wedding. New York: New York Review Books, 1962, 1990. Vaillant, John. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival. New York: Knopf, 2012. Rock, Peter. My Abandonment. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Condé, Maryse. Desirada: … Continue reading

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A Comment I Read

My policy, reinforced by nola.com and most, if not all, of the rest of the Internet, is to not read comments at all, ever, and to slap myself in the face, twice, if I get sucked in. But this one … Continue reading

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What Happens When G Bitch Gets a Free Subscription to Marie Claire

Oh. Fuck. Where oh where do I start? Can she be any fucking skinnier? What is she, a 4? 6? She can’t be an 8—I’ve been 8 and never looked that much like a plank. How unrealistic is that? Why … Continue reading

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