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The South Issue
Mosey with us through the South, a region rich with history and culture -- and one that is vital to, but often overlooked in, Asian American history.
Claire Light's posts
Women's History Month Profile: Jane Luu
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Pretty much every kid on the planet, ever, has answered "astronomer" to the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" ... for at least a week after their first visit to a planetarium. Looking at the stars, and knowing what you're seeing, is cool.
But how many of us stick to it long enough to even find out what being an astronomer is about, much less become one?
But how many of us stick to it long enough to even find out what being an astronomer is about, much less become one?
Women's History Month Profile: Anousheh Ansari
Take a close look at this photograph. Look at the woman's necklace. What's it doing? Why's it floating in the air like that?
Yep, that's right, she's in zero G.
Women's History Month Profile: Mary Tape
This pioneering San Franciscan filed a school desegregation lawsuit 70 years before Brown v. Board of Education. She was also an accomplished painter, photographer, and telegrapher.
Women's History Month Profile: Emily Cross
I realize that Emily Cross' superpower would be more useful to the Scarlet Pimpernel or the Three Musketeers than to the constituents of Iron Man or Watchmen. But that's what makes her so cool.
Chi Cheng Med Insurance Cut Off!
Our fucked up healthcare industry strikes again.
I just heard today that comatose Deftones bassist Chi Cheng's insurance company has refused to continue coverage for his treatment. His family has had to set up a website to solicit donations to support his care.
Cheng was in an automobile accident in November, which might have killed him had three off-duty EMTs not happened to drive by with all their gear. I haven't been able to find any information about why Cheng's insurance carrier decided to drop him when he needed them the most, but if you have a moment, try shooting off an email to Obama or your local or state brass asking them to do something about healthcare in our country.
Aside from playing bass for the Deftones, the Buddhist Cheng is a poet and community activist for homeless youth and battered women. He also has a wife and child. Please consider donating; his condition continues to improve.
Women's History Month Profile: Indra Nooyi
The third most powerful woman in the world is Indian American? And she's part of an international conspiracy of the rich and powerful who select politicians and broker wars?
Women's History Month Profile: Sugar Pie DeSanto
Just ... just take a minute, and bliss out on this video, from a performance in England in 1964. Yeah, that's it ... rock me like my back ain't got no bones ...
Women's History Month Profile: Tina Tchen
Though she's not the most powerful Asian American woman in politics, her appointment last week to Obama's new White House Council for Women and Girls may make her the most effective women's advocate in the country.
Women's History Month Profile: Yuri Kochiyama
There are times I feel it's almost pointless to write any more about Yuri Kochiyama, so much has been written about her already.
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