harborshore | Entries tagged with social justice

This week, Don't Ask Don't Tell ended, and the state of Georgia executed a man whose case was riddled with holes. Some days it's hard to know what to feel.

Given the devastating outcome of the Troy Davis case, now is perhaps a good time to mention The Innocence Project. The link goes to a list of things you can do to fight the death penalty. (Link via

goshemily.)

Also, fandom is doing a Help Somalia auction for the famine. The auction closes on October 8th. I can't offer anything this round, but I will absolutely bid once my paycheck comes in (and I'm donating again either way, because god, every little bit helps and this is horrible), and hey, go take a look. I know at least one bandom writer is offering.

Today, when at least 84 teenagers and young adults have been killed because they were at the Norwegian Labor Party's youth camp, I'm thinking about what Social Democracy in Scandinavia means, historically and now. Because what we have, Sweden and Norway (and Denmark, though these days they've given in to a right-wing bent in their immigration politics) so often gets cited as unbelievably liberal. And there are people who hate it. I'm going to write about Sweden for some of this, not because I want to "claim" this grief for us in any way, but because we share a historical background and approach. This will probably not be especially coherent, but I needed to write it.

The post includes mentions of two political assassinations as well as this weekend's mass murder, but just mentions, that is, statements of fact: they happened. This isn't a post about political assassinations or murders, this is a post about what inspires the fear and the hate: the unbending belief in a world where everyone has the same rights and the possibility of working towards that world through political change.

( this is something we built and this is something I love )

Support Sex-Positive Sex Education by donating to Scarleteen, one of the best American sexual education sites out there. Notoriously underfunded, they're asking for help to continue the work they do.

And if you haven't sent your Christmas cards yet, Amnesty have a list up of people who could use one. I wrote to all the women on the list, not because the men are less deserving of a Christmas card, but because this year has had me running head-first into a lot of women's rights issues, so it seemed like the right way to close the year. (Thanks to

mahoni for the link.)

I cried on the subway today, smiling so hard through the tears that no one had to ask what was wrong. The fact that I was a shitty math teacher this morning doesn't matter. The fact that I forgot a book at home and had to spend two extra hours on the subway going back and forth to the university doesn't matter. It's a bright, clear, beautiful day, because sometimes the bigots don't win.

261 votes for, 22 against, 16 abstained. Gay marriage is legal in Sweden as of May 1st, 2009.

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the wrong end of the telescope

and I'm walking the firm margin

(we'll fight) a little bit longer, a little bit harder

On being a Social Democrat

two initiatives I wanted to pass on

it's a bright, clear, beautiful day

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