Rest in Loving Peace B.G.
In honor of my much loved family member, who died today. xoxo

The Beauty of Precision
You know, I’m usually a fan of breaking the rules. I tend to love and adore ballet that is more “post-modern,” if you will. That doesn’t follow strict ballet rules and traditions. And then I saw this. And I now know how a perfectly angled foot can take a person’s breath away. VIDEO: Pas De Deux from the Nutcracker Ballet as danced by Nureyev and a woman whose name I can’t find.

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When you get punished for defending yourself, you don’t even want to fight any more
This thread (which is one of the powerful threads I have ever had the privilege of participating in), makes this article seem very timely. It’s about Sandra Laing, a black girl born to white parents during apartheid in South Africa. Everything was fine for her until she attended school, and then got kicked out because administration said she was clearly black. Her parents fought hard to get her reclassified as white and eventually succeeded–only to have Laing fall in love with a black man and ask to get reca

lifestyle activism
by mai’a aka guerrilla mama when i read this i started laughing out loud.  it took me forever to finish it (and it was definitely worth it to the very last word) because i had tears in my eyes. i spend a lot of time about mainstream progressives and when it comes around to lifestyle activism, i usually bite my tongue.  and shake my head.  i get plenty of looks of surprise when people watch me toss a can in the trash can, leave the water running, run the air conditioning with the windows open, etc. etc. etc.