Fred got a lot of hate mail. He didn’t agree with his country and he had let them know. Now, people wanted to make him pay. They threatened him. They threw garbage at him. They painted vulgar pictures of his family depicted as devils. When Fred went to church they stood outside the building and… [Read more…]
May 23, 2011
This op-ed, along with an interactive map, were originally published in The DePaulia. After a mass grave’s 218th body was discovered in Mexico on May 15, Americans buzzed over newspapers’ latest headlines: The Terminator’s sex scandal. Violence in Mexico is as energized as ever and Americans have barely batted an eye. It’s their war, not mine.… [Read more…]
May 10, 2011
An English proverb says, “One tongue is enough for a woman.” Women are stigmatized as being overly “chatty” who never give men a turn to speak. In the U.S. there is a proverb that says, “When both husband and wife wear pants it is not difficult to tell them apart – he is the one… [Read more…]
April 25, 2011
I am an atheist and I love Easter. I am single and I love Valentine’s Day. Christmas? Oh your god, do I love Christmas. When it comes to commercialized holidays—you name it, I love it. The meaning of holidays has been lost in translation. We look for reasons behind our celebrations, all while missing the holiday’s true… [Read more…]
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