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Monthly Archives March 2007

A Girl Like Me – A film by Kiri Davis

Kiri Davis is a young film maker who has already left her mark on the world with her brutally honest film about young Black women and American standards of beauty. Curious about how her peers experience the expectations of conventional beauty, she explores their perspectives on darker versus lighter “black” skin, skin lightening creams, hair [...]

Posted 30 March 2007 † Alarming Female § Teaching ‡ Comments (2) °

Honesty and a few simple answers for the family of Pfc. LaVena Johnson

What’s the whole story here? Nineteen year old Pfc. LaVena Johnson died in Iraq; the Army declared her death a suicide. Her grieving parents want to know why she appeared to have been raped and beaten before being shot with an M-16 that shows no signs she touched it. More than a few of the [...]

Posted 28 March 2007 † Alarming Female § Current Events § Racism ‡ Comments (1) °

Utah welcomes Dick Cheney

What, Bob Jones University doesn’t want him? Brigham Young University does. Vice President Dick Cheney is speaking at the BYU commencement exercises on April 26. Isn’t that special? It doesn’t sound like a slam dunk, however. Even the BYU spokesperson sounded tentative in the Salt Lake Tribune article, “I think he’ll find the audience to [...]

Posted 26 March 2007 † Alarming Female § Religion § Utah ‡ Comments (11) °

Christopher Moore might be a feminist

Christopher Moore, or rather his novels, are one of my guilty pleasures. I discovered him while on a solitary holiday on the Oregon coast in 2001, suggested to me by a bookseller at my second favorite bookstore, Canyon Way Restaurant and Bookstore. The small format mass market volume she slipped into my hand was a [...]

Posted 23 March 2007 † Alarming Female § Feminism ‡ Comments (2) °