Six-Word Memoirs

Today I have been completely addicted to this thing called “Six-Word Memoirs”, since about the time I got up at 10:30 until now, around 7:30. It’s that amazing. It feels so liberating and so incredible to share things with the world while trying to maintain a 6 word maximum.

SMITHmag.net will take you to the SMITH Magazine home page and across the top there’s a link-bar thing, and you can select “six-words” and go from there.

There’s also a teen one though! Which is also incredible. You can read through the favourites and all the others which is quite interesting, as well as submit your own. So, that’s here.

It’s totally awesome so give it a try or just take a read through it and don’t forget to add your feminist content. If you like.

Protest in Toronto

So I’m not sure if any of our readers are in Toronto, I’m not even sure if we have any readers yet, but if you are, here’s the body of an email that was sent to me. Check it out if you’re around, I so wish I could be there but I’m working. So if you’re not working and you’re in town, please please PLEASE head on out there. There is a facebook thing about it somewhere on the ‘Book.

“Protest against transphobia and sex worker oppression

Time and Place
Start Time:
Friday, August 15, 2008 at 11:00pm

End Time:
Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 3:00am

Street:
Homewood and Maitland

City/Town:
Toronto, ON

The Maitland Homewood Safety Association is waging a campaign to rid their
neighbourhood of trans sex workers. Every Friday and Saturday starting at 11pm
the Association goes out armed with flashlights to harrass the women working in
the neighbourhood. There have been somereports that the members of the
Association have physically assaulted transwomen.

If you care about the rights of trans and sex working women to be free of
harassment and nimbyism (which you should) and are free this Friday, then join
us Friday August 15th at 11pm at Homewood
and Maitland to show our support to
the women in the neighbourhood, as well as to send a clear message to the
Homewood-Maitland Safety Association that violence and harassment against trans
women will not be tolerated.

PLEASE NOTE:
Organizers of this event are being targeted by this group, we need as many
people there as possible to ensure our safety. For more info on the Associations
transphobia please check out
http://splinterjete.livejournal.com/78658.html?view=1036354#t1036354 and
http://spocgirl.braveblog.com/entry/27765“

- Shae

Daily Quickie: Old News Ain’t Cold News

Why did this never make the mainstream news channels? Not only do I not sympathize with the war in Iraq, but it doesn’t seem like they’re really trying to change my mind. With more stories like this, I just might. (AFTER an election.)