a good lesson for me

Every so often, I spend an evening wandering through the blogosphere. I usually start on one of the blogs I regularly (or not-so-regularly) read and when I'm done there, I click on one of the links in their blog roll and start my sojourn. I learn all sorts of interesting things when I do this.

Yesterday, I found out about a toaster that will toast an image of Darth Vader into your bread, available in January.

Today, I found the blog Pregnant Drug-Dealing Prostitutes, after cruising over there from Stuff White People Do. The blog's name obviously caught my eye. Here is what the two authors have to say about the content of their blog:

We talk about many topics on here; namely race, discrimination, racism, culture, poverty, education, feminism (whatever that is these days), fatness, fashion, entertainment and sexuality and are happy you’ve come to join us in discussion. (more...)

These are all topics that interest me (well, except maybe fashion and entertainment), not so much because I have any special knowledge of them, but rather because I know I need to know more. Over the years, I have taken way too many things for granted as a well-educated, white woman. I am trying to be more mindful of that fact, which in part is why I am drawn to women's studies courses. Such courses typically explore all forms of oppression, not just sexism.

Anyway, PDDP's most recent article is "Pretty Fat, Pretty Small, Pretty All". For any of you who, like me, have ever hated something (or everything) about your body, read that post. The author may be young enough to be my student, but today she was my teacher.

A little humor to start your week...

I have only recently discovered the fun that is failblog.org and in scrolling through some past entries, I found this one. It was too good not to repost here for your amusement.


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And then I saw this one and had to add it to this post too...


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thanks

I really appreciate all the comments in my prior entry.

Although my sister will be happy to hear that she is now older than me. She may feel like she's still 16, but I feel like I'm stuck at 12 or 13. LOL!

Everytime I think I have my shit figured out...

it turns out I really don't. Maybe I'm no different than anyone else, but it f'ing pisses me off.

I'm an auntie again!

My youngest sister had a baby on Saturday, Nov 1. Her 2nd child, 1st son. His name is Joshua Jason (no word yet on whether J.J. will be an acceptable nickname). I'll get to meet him this weekend and I can't wait. :-)