June 2008
38 posts
America's Child Prisoners →
truthout.org
(via azspot)
“Undocumented children entering the US alone must confront barriers that extend far beyond the border. If apprehended, they’re met with a sometimes-brutal detention period, followed by a trial under a legal system that treats them the same as apprehended adults, according to children’s rights advocates and recent reports by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s Office (OIG) and the Government Accountability Office.”
A genetic theory of homosexuality. →
slate.com
Very interesting article.
Yeah, no kidding. Umm, I guess I should be more fertile than I am, then :( Oh well.
Final Score: Germany 3-2 Turkey →
goal.blogs.nytimes.com
From Wednesday’s semi-final match. (I haven’t been online since.) This was one of the most exciting matches I have seen in years. Truly the stuff great football is made of.
Now, Spain beat Russia yesterday in the other semi-final, which means that Spain will be taking on Germany in the final.
Which also means it’s all-out war in the otherwise peaceful Martinez household tomorrow. We might just have to go to separate locations to watch, and then never speak of the match again in order to preserve our happy union.
Albanian Custom Fades: Woman as Family Man →
nytimes.com
“The sworn virgin was born of social necessity in an agrarian region plagued by war and death. If the family patriarch died with no male heirs, unmarried women in the family could find themselves alone and powerless. By taking an oath of virginity, women could take on the role of men as head of the family, carry a weapon, own property and move freely.
“They dressed like men and spent their lives in the company of other men, even though most kept their female given names. They were not ridiculed, but accepted in public life, even adulated. For some the choice was a way for a woman to assert her autonomy or to avoid an arranged marriage.
“’Stripping off their sexuality by pledging to remain virgins was a way for these women in a male-dominated, segregated society to engage in public life,’ said Linda Gusia, a professor of gender studies at the University of Pristina, in Kosovo. ‘It was about surviving in a world where men rule.’”
Listen
“Two Months Off” by Underworld.
‘Cause that’s what I’ve got now! It’s good to be a teacher.
Lost Loves
Unreal. This is how I feel about Ireland, except I was never able to word it so well. Thank you for putting it together!
02:: I miss Texas and my family in a way that had previously been reserved for old lovers who never quite took.
Euro 2008 -- the UEFA Cup →
msn.foxsports.com
I am an addict.
Go Germany! (See, I can say that here on Tumblr. My Spanish-Argentinian husband is 1. still bitter over Argentina’s loss to Germany in the 2006 World Cup, and 2. of course he wants Spain to win this one. Whatever. Go Germany!)
“Do we really believe that the only thing keeping bosses from paying people more is the presence of low-wage medium semi-skilled labor from South of this artificial border? Is that really what we believe? We know that if that border is closed, it isn’t going to be closed to capital. It isn’t going to closed to goods. If you have a border that can be crossed by capital looking for the highest return on investment, or goods looking for the highest price, but labor is chained to it’s country of origin, how is that going to work to the benefit of working people? By definition it doesn’t. By definition it immiserates the working class. Divide and conquer.”
—Tim Wise Speaks the Truth on White Privilege (via azspot)
El Parlamento Europeo aprueba sin enmiendas la directiva de retorno de 'sin papeles' →
elpais.com.
“Los inmigrantes sin papeles que sean detenidos en suelo europeo podrán pasar hasta 18 meses retenidos en centros de internamiento mientras se tramita su expulsión. Podrán ser detenidos con una mera orden administrativa y una vez expulsados no podrán volver a la UE en cinco años. Los inmigrantes menores de 18 años no acompañados podrán ser repatriados. Así lo ha refrendado el Parlamento Europeo, que ha aprobado sin enmiendas -tal cual le llegó de los ministros de Interior- la llamada directiva de retorno de los inmigrantes, que pretende armonizar las distintas políticas sobre inmigración ilegal de los países miembros.”
Aprueba la UE la ley para expulsar ilegales →
lanacion.com.ar
“Tras casi tres años de debate, el Parlamento europeo aprobó hoy en Francia la polémica ley de expulsión de inmigrantes clandestinos de la Unión Europea (UE) con una confortable mayoría. Las enmiendas propuestas por los opositores del texto fueron rechazadas y el compromiso alcanzado con los 27 Estados miembros de la UE fue aprobado por 367 votos a favor, 206 en contra y 109 abstenciones.”
“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.’”
—Lisa St. Aubin de Teran (via robot-heart)
Homenaje a García Lorca →
lanacion.com.ar
El actor español, [José Sacristán] de paso por Buenos Aires, leyó el Romance de la luna , incluido en Bodas de sangre , y un texto de Miguel Hernández, inspirado en la muerte de García Lorca. Momentos antes de leer, Sacristán recordó que Lorca “murió a los 38 años, fusilado por unos miserables”.
de La Nación
Think the Gender War Is Over? Think Again →
nytimes.com
“FOR months, our political punditry foresaw one, and only one, prospective gender contest looming in the general election: between the first serious female presidential candidate and the Republican male ‘warrior.’ But those who were dreading a plebiscite on sexual politics shouldn’t celebrate just yet. Hillary Clinton may be out of the race, but a Barack Obama versus John McCain match-up still has the makings of an epic American gender showdown.
The question asked by this American Sphinx to all who dared enter the halls of leadership was, ‘Are you man enough?’”
— Susan Faludi, for the New York Times
