When the recession hit, I got laid off pretty quickly from my college tutoring gig, a job it had taken me forever to land with my fibromyalgia. Okay, I admit that I was kind of glad I wasn’t returning to the gig. Despite being part-time, the job aggravated my fibromyalgia and provided nearly none of… Continue reading The Conversion Recession?
This post from Anti-Racist Parent on the Declaration of Independence set in Colonial Williamsburg and America’s history of slavery just gets you right in the gut where it hurts. We’ve come a long way, baby. Now, where we gonna go?
From New York Magazine: Son says to father: “Where are you getting this racist nonsense?” Father says to son: “On the Internet.” And that is the premise of this piece in The Huffington Post, “The “Post-Racial” Mainstream Media and the New American Racism”, which claims the racism we’re not reading about in our newspapers is… Continue reading Barack Obama and Peace in America
While I was watching Battlestar Galattica with the lovely ladies above, I heard President Barack Obama, who I voted for, had been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. The first thing I said was, “For what?” or maybe I said “What the frack?” (See, I can curse Battlestar Galattica style!) I was just totally freaking shocked.… Continue reading Obama Loses the Olympics and Scores the Nobel Peace Prize. Not a Bad Day at the Office?
Imagine my surprise when I recently heard one convert’s qualms about “Jewish nosiness” (in the words of other converts) diagnosed as “culture shock.” Well, an enormous amount of people seem to be suffering from this “culture shock.” And some of them were born Jewish. They just don’t happen to “look Jewish,” by which of course… Continue reading Diagnosis: Culture Shock
Pictured: Zahara Jolie Pitt (daughter of Brad Pitt and Anjelina Jolie and Johan and Heny Samuel (Seal’s sons with Heidi Klum) Yesterday’s hair post, “My Hair is Not a Wild Animal” comes on the heels of many, many comments that have recently been made about my hair. It seems like the longer I go without… Continue reading Thanks for asking, my hair is fine!
FOR THE RECORD: My hair DOES NOT make me look like: a) a monkey b) a dog c) a duck. d) Or any animal. And anyone who says otherwise is being RACIST even when they think that likening hair like mine to wild animals is funny or “cute.”
Sorry for the late in the afternoon post, it might take me a couple of days to get over jet lag and flying and the resulting pain and fatigue. In the meantime, here’s a little link love for a post, “Apartment Hunting while Jewmaican”, on a cute new Jew of color blog, The Diary of… Continue reading Apartment Hunting While Black (Jew)
If you caught my last couple of Tweets on Twitter, then you know I made the most of flying all day from Los Angeles to New York. Boy, am I pooped and incidently, full of Nutter Butters, potato chips, Chex Mix (what diet?) and fruit (yes, I snuck some in). While I was on the… Continue reading Nothing comes between me and my Nutter Butter…nothing.
Sorry, folks, I am packing, not blogging. Today’s our last day in Los Angeles. The weather’s turned on us so it’s time to go back to New York and hike into our winter coats.
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 