Crucial Minutiae

Smoking Crack And Killing People

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Healthy Teen Sexuality in Texas

Last Wednesday, I stood at the back of a cafetorium while 100+ teens clustered around the B-boy City Dance Crew, who showed off their moves to Busta Rhymes. The crew called for dancers from the audience, and a group of girls near me nudged and shoved their friend toward the ...

How Much is that Hot Dog in the Window?

"Ma'am. Is it true Missouri girls are crazy?" I had just grabbed a bite while my flight was delayed. I looked down at my eight and a half months pregnant belly while I swallowed and then glanced back up to see the National Guardsman who had directed ...

She Writes

Don't miss She Writes, Deborah Siegel and Kamy Wicoff's awesome new social networking site for lady penners. You can start discussion threads, join groups, learn about upcoming classes, and blog about your literary adventures. A great new resource.

Brag Round-Up for Monday, July 6

Courtney Martin Check out Courtney's new website! "Life and Death in the Climate Change Debate" on The American Prospect Online.

A Displaced Person?

As my friend Eric puts the final touches on an electric fence for his six lambs, a ratty old blue Honda bumbles down the dirt road. It's Eric's neighbor, the woman he calls "crazy Jane." We're in Barnet, Vermont. She's a New Yorker who moved here two decades ago. She's ...

Subway Music

I love when I'm forced to take off my headphones and take in what's actually happening around me. Sometimes what's actually happening isn't that fun. Sometimes it is. In this case, it was, and I was happy to experience and capture the moment. [video]mYr81A1HFbY[/video] ______ Kimmi Therapy Thursdays

True/Slant

Everyone knows it's not the most secure time to be a writer. There's a lot of doomsday rhetoric out there, which I really try to stay away from. I believe that people will always be hungry for stories--well-crafted, beautifully told, reflective. Those take time and, therefore, money, to create. Twitter, ...

Brag Round-Up for Monday, June 29

Courtney Martin This Thursday, July 3rd, Courtney will speak at the National Youth Leadership Forum in Washington D.C. "Was the Economic Meltdown a Crisis of Masculinity Run Amuck?" on AlterNet.

Thoughts of a Child

A bag of blood hung from a pole. "It's not my type," the eleven year old informed the nurse, spurring a lecture on the capabilities of a universal donor. BET played "Thriller," which she and the nurse watched on the small television hanging over her chair. "This video used ...