Students Killed by Gunman at Amish Schoolhouse
the second time in a few days that a gunman entered a school, released the boys, and lined up and shot the girls - this is fucking terrifying.

More Macaca-gate: Allens’ racist “wink”?
george allen finds it necessary to wink at his all-white audience during his apology speech

George Allen, Republicans, and Racism towards Indian-Americans
from the same blog, a great piece on attitudes towards Indian-Americans being verbalized in campaign speeches

Yaknow, I really wasn’t that struck by the whole incident. It was terrible, awful, bad, horrible, all that, but it was life. Any non-White immigrant to America can tell you that they’ve heard it before: in forms obvious and subtle, tokenizing and attacking. But the follow-up is disgusting. Disgusting.

Hostage Horror
gunman takes schoolgirls hostage today, kills one

Male Terrorism, Today’s News: Colorado Gunman Wanted the Girls
a blogger on the ordinariness of this killer:

“The fact is, these are everyday acts of everyday terrorism committed
against women by everyday, ordinary men. And so, as women, we are
made to fear men, serve men, we are kept subservient to them.”

“If I had it in me to kill someone/I would kill you./Instead, I’ll curse you./And my curse will haunt you forever./If you ever return, my curse will savage you to death./If you return,/my hate will destroy you./For the rape of a child.” -Antonia’s Line

(thanks to Woman’s Space/The Margins)

Is it Racism, Or Am I Just Paranoid?
what i feel too often.

There are just those days when I wonder - am I even oppressed? A good friend mentioned the Oppression Olympics the other day - the ongoing tensions between communities of color and the underlying dialogue of ‘who’s more oppressed?’. I feel today - as I sit here reciting litanies of racist and sexist incidents that have happened to me - that I’m in the regional qualifying championships, crossing my fingers and hoping my stylistic achievements will compensate for my underwhelming routine. All so I can compete for my team (and who the heck is that?) against others who have been through these grueling years of practice, practice, practice. It shouldn’t have to be like that.

When Is Thin Too Thin?
runway models with eating disorders and the industry’s motivations

Grisly Find Draws Attention to India Fetus Killings
illegal hospital selectively aborting baby girls in India

Friday Patriarchy Check
a little window from Google to the world

Retouching a Woman
a terrifying look into photoshopping a cover model