Archive for 'obama'
Reviving Ophelia: GirlDrive and Feminists for Obama
Hello lovely revolutionaries! Welcome to 2010! ObjectifyThis has recently relocated to New York, delaying posts on this blog in favor of searches for shelter, income, and long-lost friends. However, I’ll be sure to get back atcha as soon as my schedule allows. I look forward to any semblance of monotony, believe me. In the meantime, [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2010 under New York Review of Books, art, clinton, femininity, feminism, obama.
Tags: anne kornblut, balkans, barack, clinton, Columbine, emma bee bernstein, female, femininity, feminism, francesca woodman, gender, geraldine ferraro, hillary, identity, identity politics, interview, journalism, lynyrd skynyrd, nona ellis aronowitz, NPR, obama, photography, politicians, power, presidential election, racism, road trip, romance, sex, suicide, the onion, tom ashbrook
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Muslim Community Liaison Resigns Over Alleged Ties to the Muslim Community
Recently I was listening to this episode of This American Life (Act Two, to be precise) and realized that the American Muslim community is experiencing a frightening witch hunt. In short, Masan Azbahi was an Obama campaign liaison to Chicago’s Muslim community until he was accused of being a terrorist. Why? Because he had once [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under Islam, Media, This American Life, discrimination, irony, media bias, muslim, obama, objectification, religion, religious extremists, terrorism, terrorist, terrorists.
Tags: anti-semitism, chicago, dow jones, fundamentalist, imam, investment, ira glass, irony, Islam, jamal said, masan azbahi, muslim, obama, racism, radical islam, terror, terrorism, wall street journal. this american life, war on terror
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Obama/Biden: United We Sit on Our Dads?
United we lolcatz? Ah well.
Posted: March 2nd, 2009 under obama.
Tags: biden, canihascheeseburger, conflict resolution, interacial, interracial, kids, lolcats, obama, parents, peace
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The Not So Presidential Debate: A Remix
This video is amazing; I hope it will still be as good in two weeks. Mad props to Becky for the hookup.
Posted: October 21st, 2008 under election, har har, mccain, obama, politics.
Tags: Bush, christmas ornaments, debate, election, humor, mccain, not so, obama, pen, presidential, remix, superpowers, threaten
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Onward, Feminist Soldiers: The Battle of . . . Do We Really Want a Battle?
Jessica Lynch “was born in Palestine, West Virginia,” according to the Wikipedia page about her. It continues, “her family could not afford to send her to college; her older brother had to drop out for financial reasons. Searching for a way to pay for the children’s educations, the Lynch family met with an army recruiter [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2008 under discrimination, female, female empowerment, female leader, feminine energy, femininity, feminism, fight, male worldview, maleness, males, man, masculine systems, masculinity, military, military casualties, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, obama, september, september 11, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual dimorphism, sexual inequality, stereotype, stereotypes, terrorism, terrorist, violation, violence, war, war on terror, weapons, women, women in the military, women's liberation, women's movement, women's rights, work, working conditions.
Tags: barack obama, college, community service, congo, Dahomey Amazons, destiny's child, eye of the tiger, fast food, female soldier, feminist, gender, gender blind, gender role, gender stereotype, globalization, hierarchy, inés suarez, infantry, islamic militant, jessica lynch, Joan of Arc, lionesses, masculinity, military, molly pitcher, navy seals, patriarchy, physical strength, pine leaf, power, Qiu Jin, Rani Lakshmibai, rape, sarah palin, self defense, september 11, sex, sexism, sexual dimorphism, sexual power, silver star, special forces, stereotype, strength, survivor, terrorism, test tube babies, violence, war, war on terror, warrior, weakness, women, work, zivildienst
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Speak To Me: David Brooks' Speech to the Delegates
My fellow Americans, it is an honor to address the Democratic National Convention at this defining moment in history. We stand at a crossroads at a pivot point, near a fork in the road on the edge of a precipice in the midst of the most consequential election since last year’s “American Idol.” One path [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2008 under America, American, God, John McCain, M&Ms, Senator, acropolis, american dream, american idol, americans, anteater, ants, barack, biden, boulder, bushmccain, candidate, candidates, coca-cola, coke, coke zero, colony of ants, colorado, crocs, democracy, democrat, democratic, democratic national convention, denver, dnc, election, elizabeth edwards, god bless america, hillary, hillary clinton, human race, joe biden, john edwards, michelle obama, middle class, natural gas, obama, party, patton's army, political, politician, politicians, politics, presidency, president, president bush, presidential, presidential candidate, presidential debate, republican, starbuck's coffee, taxi, wolf blitzer.
Tags: acropolis, America, American, american dream, american idol, americans, anteater, ants, barack, barack obama, boulder, bushmccain, candidate, capital gains, coke, coke zero, colony of ants, colorado, crocs, democratic, democratic national convention, denver, dnc, election, elizabeth edwards, god bless america, hillary clinton, human race, joe biden, john edwards, John McCain, M&Ms, michelle obama, middle class, natural gas, obama, party, patton's army, politics, presidential, republican, Senator, starbuck's coffee, taxi, wolf blitzer
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Take Some Theory and Call Me in the Morning: Obama vs. Foucault
There’s something fishy going on. Tonight, at dinner, through a mouthful of fried fish, my host brother Julio Cesar said that he was surprised that a Black man had gotten so far in elections in the United States. Julio tried to throw it off casually, but the remark perfectly captures what I think is one [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Foucault, american dream, american history, obama, power, power structure, repression, the man, theory.
Tags: american dream, barack obama, black, black people, change, civil rights movement, colombia, dnc, Foucault, history of sexuality, michel foucault, michelle obama, obama, politics, power, power structure, president of the united states, presidential election, repression, the man, the people, theory, transgression, victory
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