Bollywood goes gay
Posted by Anupa in Film, Politics on 12. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
It’s pretty common to hear a whispered “Are those dudes gay?” in response to the sight of pinky-linking, hand-holding men sauntering down Indian streets, from Westerners and diasporic Indians alike. Yeah, it’s true, in India men hold hands like teenage Asian girls, but it has nothing to do with homosexuality and more to do with [...]
Why can’t all progressives be this smart?
Posted by jessekg in Politics on 10. Nov, 2010 | 3 Comments
Sure, the guy emptying the garbages in your office right now has the same degree as you, and your buddy who just got his PhD in feminist literature needs to go back to Devry to gain some real world skills, but hey, if they had the time to vote they totally would have voted progressive. [...]
U.N. to elect Iran, Saudi Arabia to board of women’s rights agency
Posted by Simon in Politics on 08. Nov, 2010 | 3 Comments
The U.N. Women’s agency will essentially be for women what UNICEF is for children. This is a major breakthrough long coming for females around the world. So which countries are slated to be elected from the United Nations to the board of this progressive agency? How about Saudi Arabia, Iran, Libya and the Democratic Republic [...]
It also Gets Better in Canada
Posted by Anupa in Canada, Politics, Pop Culture on 03. Nov, 2010 | 6 Comments
Openly gay Canadians like Rick Mercer, Mark Tewksbury, designers David Dixon and Joeffer Caoc as well as Toronto mayoral canadiate (and first openly gay member of the Ontario legislature) George Smitherman are just some of the many voices in this Canadian contribution to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project. Along with all of the positive [...]
The G20 Summit made me hate you
Posted by Anupa in Internet, Politics on 29. Jun, 2010 | 8 Comments
Whether it’s switching allegiance to Twitter, or just logging off completely, a lot’s been said about the end of Facebook. Let’s be realistic: there’s no way I’m going to deprive myself of the pleasure of losing hours flicking through friends of friends of friends photos and stalking hot guys — besides Zuckerberg’s [Ed: changed] already [...]
