This past week, I joined thousands of people – representatives of governments, international agencies and civil society – at this year’s session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
At the same time, I joined another, somewhat invisible group – all of us who are tweeting the experience. Occasionally, you might notice us, [...]
Bringing Online Relationships to the Real World – At the UN
The U.S. & U.N. Neoliberal Agenda for Haiti.
The earthquake has ostensibly left the Haitian government crippled. What little presence of the government there was before the earthquake for the millions of Haitians etching away in the shambles of indignity was exacerbated to unprecedented levels by the tremors and aftershocks. Even before the earthquake, many Haitians were subsisting on mudcookies that consist of [...]
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Tagged capitalism, earthquake, Haiti, humanitarian issues, Marx, neoliberalism, U.N.
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Letters from Rosie, part two.
Dear Other Parents and also, the UN & IMF,
The other day, I was googling “signs of a troubled teen” to either confirm or deny the seemingly dark path of my 14-year-old daughter, Lucy (she is proving to be a real nightmare at school and in the community). ADDITIONALLY, I just returned to my home after [...]
Population: The Sky is the Limit.
The fact that our earth will soon almost have seven billion people scares me. To any rational person, a rare find among the general population, the enormity of consumption and waste that seven billion of us produce is terrifying. On top of this, it isn’t just that there and more and more of us but [...]
The Case of American Missionaries in Haiti
In the fall of 2005, only a couple of weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the city of New Orleans leaving 1,500 people dead and 80% of the city under water, a group of Canadian missionaries were stopped on the U.S./Canadian border with 30 undocumented children in their bus. The children were between the ages of [...]
Media in the Age of Obama
On February 19, 2010, GPIA and the Media and Culture concentration hosted a conversation with Gary Younge and Ian Buruma (bios pasted below) on Media in the Age of Obama. If you missed it, you can now watch the event in its entirety here:
Gary Younge is a Guardian columnist and feature writer based in the US. [...]
Israel’s Best Hope: Sexual Innuendo
From Birthright Israel videos featuring Lil’ Jon (yes, I’m serious, watch it for yourself), to the infamous Maxim spread that featured female Israeli soldiers, or this insanely misogynistic ad, it is no secret that Israel has struggled for years (sometimes in these bizarre ways) to boost its image as a country that is safe to visit [...]
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Tagged Gaza, IDF, Israel, Maxim, Misogyny, Public Relations, Sexism, Size Doesn't Matter, Tourism
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African Comedy Wins Hearts and Minds While Carrying Kit Kat and Stick
Playground Politics-Africa (This link, brought to you by YouTube, will enhance your reading pleasure. Otherwise, you’ll have no clue what’s going on in the word portion of this blog. It is 57 seconds long and you’ll LOL…)
This riveting new film showcases three actors who portray three distinct stories in that rare cinematic triumvirate: laughs, tears, [...]
Hideout to Stronghold
There has been quite a bit of news recently related to the Taliban. As many of you may have heard, the marines are leading a NATO coalition offensive in the rural town of Marjeh, a Taliban stronghold in the province of Helmand. Helmand is in southern Afghanistan and notorious for its poppy agriculture.
While this has [...]
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