When people meet me, even here in South Carolina, they almost always are surprised to learn that I am from the South. I don’t have much of a Southern accent and I am not demure or interested in playing dumb. There is, unfortunately, a prejudice that exists, even in the South itself, against people who …
Tag Archive: occupy wall street
Nov 25 2011
Hey, National News, That’s a Picture of Me!
I go to one protest and I get in the national news: Result! I’m not sure why I looked so sad at that particular moment. I’m going to say it’s because that’s how much I care about the First Amendment. You all going to go along with that? Excellent.
Nov 19 2011
UC Davis Students versus Chancellor Katehi
Someone came here and didn’t know what this was all about. So, on Friday the Chancellor of UC Davis had the police break up a protest on the quad. They did so with unreasonable force, spraying protesters who were sitting down quietly in the face with pepper spray, sending two of them to the hospital. …
Nov 17 2011
Stunning and Horrible Footage of Journalist Arrested in NY
This is footage that the world needs to see. Faith Laugier, a journalist, being arrested in NY today.
Nov 16 2011
Occupy Columbia: Evicted and Arrested
Nikki Haley ordered the Occupy Movement off the state house grounds today — she gave the word at 4:30 and they had until 6pm to leave. Peaceful protesters were then arrested, 23 is the number currently being reported. They removed all of their overnight stuff but were still arrested for being on the grounds after …
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Kate Donovan
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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