Perspective on Election '08

SwirlSpice  May 15 08

"I like pretending that Hillary or Obama in the White House would significantly change my life as a black woman in America."--Brandi Full story...

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SwirlSpice  Jul 06 08

Missy's been on a vegan kick lately. Our diet is nowhere near strictly vegan. But she's been trying to cut out dairy.

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SwirlSpice  Jul 02 08

To: [Erica's email]From: [carljohnson184]Erica,How are you doing? I have been on your website, and read some of your articles, and really liked them.

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SwirlSpice  Jul 02 08

Missy and I celebrated 15 months together last week. Things are better than ever. Somehow, just over the last few weeks, we've made some new breakthroughs.

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SwirlSpice  Jun 30 08

The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder is "the oldest minority owned business in the state of Minnnesota. It is a newspaper committed to meeting the news and information needs of African Americans.

One Hundred Pushups

SwirlSpice  Jun 30 08

Remember when I did that Army PFT thing? My personal push-up best, at that time, was 30 pushups. That's 30 on-your-toes push-ups.

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SwirlSpice  Jun 25 08

I'm by no means a hardcore biker. I'll admit, I've gotten awfully smug about biking, considering I only bike to work once or twice a week (four miles each way), occasionally to run errands, and have only been doing this for about 7 weeks, which does not include any particularly adverse weather.

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SwirlSpice  Jun 13 08

You have the brain of a chemical engineer and the soul of a blogger.--Missy

"I'm not a woman and a person of colour - I'm simultaneously both."

SwirlSpice  Jun 13 08

Any feminist woman of color (and probably a lot of white feminists) can tell you that the feminist and the anti-racist movements have had trouble playing nice, and this juicy Barack Obama vs Hillary Clinton race has brought things to a head in a very publicly visible way.

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SwirlSpice  Jun 09 08

I'm attending the National Conference on Media Reform here in Minneapolis this weekend. There was so much content crammed into this weekend.

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SwirlSpice  Jun 09 08

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