think on this.

dr drew just told me there’s going to be another...

Mar 4th

Mamita Mala: Porque No Somos Rihanna

Mar 4th

“Don’t start the “hang time” clock when the...”
— a tpm reader debating the most...

Mar 4th

IF RIHANNA AND CHRIS BROWN GET BACK...

urg: From Ezra: So, reports are everywhere that Chris Brown and Rihanna are getting back...

Mar 4th

538.com looks at votes by state for upper, middle, and lower...

Mar 4th

“This is a reminder that nonprofits have an unfortunately...”
— yglesias, looking at how...

Mar 4th

To withdraw, perchance to dream

Mar 4th

i wish i had telepyrokinesis powers.

Mar 3rd

via ezra, who comments “What we had is less a...

Mar 3rd

becoming a black woman

Mar 3rd

deep thought

if i publicly talk bad about rush limbaugh and his show and his politics and then do not apologize,...

Mar 3rd

being an ally is not who you are its...

and in that spirit, i’ll be making more of an effort to focus on other voices. with the...

Mar 3rd

i’d heard recently that annie liebowitz is having significant financial problems, but not...

Mar 3rd

Have you ever read a book and realized...

katoleary: That is what happened to me with Jennifer Egan’s The Keep. that book is amazing! my...

Mar 3rd

“I think closeted atheists who participate in other religious...”
— boingboing

Mar 3rd

happy dr seuss birthday!

Mar 3rd

quoted for truth

“I think we need to get away from the idea that an ally is an identity and think of it as...

Mar 3rd

“There seems to be a fundamental lack of understanding that...”
— latoya peterson quoted at...

Mar 3rd

remember to vote!

there’s an LA election. check out my recommendations and a roundup of voter guides. there may...

Mar 3rd

via sociological images, an ad from maxim magazine....

Mar 3rd

fetishes

via sociological images, an onion article that’s a “great example of how humor can be...

Mar 3rd

Watch

great video on iranian bloggers - a good reminder to keep looking for blogs with foreign voices....

Mar 3rd

How Rural Poverty Fuels Instability in...

Mar 2nd

gauntlet: claudia: Via Jezebel - Vanity Fair :...

Mar 2nd

notemily: sexartandpolitics: switchblades: Head ->...

Mar 2nd

the quick brown fox

a) great title b) clear simple website tracking changes/edits in fox news headlines. fascinating. ...

Mar 2nd

differences in a spanish and english prenatal...

Mar 2nd

Watch

amanda palmer - oasis mtv won’t play this video. because it is, in their eyes, “making...

Mar 2nd

via yglesias, who comments: “Basically, the prison...

Mar 2nd

spirit of service #6 (i think) there are a lot of homeless...

Mar 2nd

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-1)

Mar 2nd

explicit content only. (ni9e)

Mar 2nd

polarclock: best screensaver ever. (if you switch the...

Mar 2nd

“Barack Obama has proposed a budget that, among other things,...”
— yglesias on media coverage of...

Mar 2nd

i’m late on this, but YAY for terry pratchett getting...

Mar 2nd

sebelius at hhs

a few notes from ezra: Sebelius is well-liked by the activist community and broadly respected for...

Mar 2nd

i'm just going to say

rihanna meeting with chris brown in miami does not mean she’s “forgiven him” or...

Mar 1st

more progressive values framed in fiscal terms - this is the...

Mar 1st

Listen

you only call when i’m alone

Mar 1st

Watch

don’t get paranoid with me

Mar 1st

my cat keeps asking for these catnip eyeballs. should i be...

Mar 1st

best of february yeah yeah yeahs - heads will roll pet...

Mar 1st

Just took a practice LSAT cold, no prep

I scored a 170. Don’t ask me why I’m taking a practice LSAT cold sitting at home alone on a...

Mar 1st

Facebook’s latest attempt at “friendliness” «...

Mar 1st

Transgender in Iran

Mar 1st

text: “A pretty girl knows how to succeed with boys...

Feb 28th

i think i am dying of laughing.

Feb 28th

Xzibit vs. Carles. There can be no winner here. ...

Feb 28th

i am so busted. i still think this is funny… —...

Feb 28th

daily news headline, via feministing. well, i certainly...

Feb 28th

*really*, tumblr?

i get a whole huge pile of new followers for bitching at brianvan. but all my posts about feminism,...

Feb 27th

“By August 31, 2010, Our Combat Mission in Iraq WIll End”
— obama, in a speech today....

Feb 27th

via postbourgie, who remarks: “I wonder how people are...

Feb 27th

obama administration is starting the process to rescind the last minute “right of...

Feb 27th

urg: icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse: And I’m going to go...

Feb 27th

SurpriseIndustries.com

Feb 27th

is there *anything* law school did not...

comes a query from a friend: I was just watching The Andy Griffith Show, one of the blandest, most...

Feb 27th

“Which of these things is not like the other? Putting...

Feb 27th

“The trio of officers was involved in a Nov. 21, 2006, drug...”
— or, as the original headline...

Feb 27th

i talk a lot about people who are in the country without legal immigration status. (you may alos...

Feb 27th

modern slavery

this is among tomato pickers in florida (via boingboing), but i can guarantee it goes on in some...

Feb 27th

brianvan: None of this would get an anonyblog shutdown on its own, but could an individual use...

Feb 26th

via feministing, this is cerrie burnell, host of the...

Feb 26th

brianvan: The more serious cases of harassment are probably fit for the courts at this point. I’m...

Feb 26th

“Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women...”
— rush limbaugh, who is now...

Feb 26th

“From the looks of that bikini picture, RiRi is suffering...”
— bossip, on a photo of rihanna...

Feb 26th

education for students with disabilities

i just got an email from a local disability right legal center expressing their enthusiasm over...

Feb 26th

is this what it's like to be stupid?

i can’t read anything longer than a paragraph or so without getting lost. big words are hard...

Feb 26th

anyone in LA want free tix to dead...

lemme know. abby jean at gmail

Feb 26th

i either have a sinus infection or am being stabbed repeatedly in the forehead with ice picks. ...

Feb 25th

what is that silver napkin holder thingie on the desk in front of nancy pelosi? does the...

Feb 25th

YAY

hilda solis FINALLY approved as labor sec.

Feb 25th

how not to apologize, part 2 in what...

As the chairman of The New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its...

Feb 24th

this map shows concentrations of rural poverty - more than...

Feb 24th

How much is your moral outrage worth to...

Three of the most archaic laws still on the books come with substantial opportunity costs...

Feb 24th

What a Black Armband Means, Forty Years...

Feb 24th

“By providing millions of young and low-income women access...”
— from a press release from the...

Feb 24th

In the United States, the phenomenon of children taking care of adults is on the rise, due to a...

Feb 24th

Bikini dancer recovering slowly from fiery...

Feb 24th

Watch

typographic video for ‘brooklyn we go hard’ by eric roth, with whom i am now obsessed.

Feb 24th

Watch

WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THERE BEING A SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE IN AUSTRALIA THAT I AM NOT ALLOWED TO...

Feb 24th

these stickers are an art piece by eric roth - he apparently...

Feb 24th

promo for the upcoming watchmen movie. via bitch blog, which...

Feb 24th

via 538 with these caveats: “Firstly, although support...

Feb 24th

The War on Drugs Is a Failure - WSJ.com

Feb 24th

“To target child prostitution and trafficking is one thing....”
— 44 arrested in FBI sting...

Feb 24th

who is buying me this chandelier? (kanye)

Feb 24th

the alt-text on this xkcd says something like...

Feb 24th

“Civil disobedience, that’s not our problem. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the...

Feb 24th

“Her twin sisters were killed trying to flee Falluja in 2004....”
— nytimes

Feb 23rd

Some Post-Oscar Thoughts on Forecasting

Feb 23rd

“Often when we begin to think about uplifting black people...”
— womanist musings responding to...

Feb 23rd

Iraq gives glimpse of looted National Museum

Feb 23rd

(boingboing)

Feb 23rd

is there some sort of event going on in hollywood that...

Feb 23rd

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-22)

Feb 23rd

“The gossip outlet, which pays for stories and likely shelled...”
— the smoking gun, via...

Feb 21st

I am out to dinner with a friend who is relatively unsophisticated internetwise and he just told me...

Feb 21st

“Unauthorized Release of Photograph Los Angeles: The...”
— you know what, LAPD? maybe you...

Feb 20th

awesome font (design notes)

Feb 20th

this is going to be the best training ever.

Feb 20th

the photo of rihanna post-assault is now out. i’m not posting it, i’m not linking to it...

Feb 20th

i am using powerpoint to write a jeopardy game to enliven a training i’m doing tomorrow on the...

Feb 20th

what do you do that's inconsistent with...

inspired by a post at feministing, i started thinking about the things i do that are less than 100%...

Feb 20th

Six ways to be an ally

Feb 20th

Op-Ed Contributors - Soup-Kitchen Accounting...

Feb 20th

California Legislature finally approves new...

Feb 20th

this is the brilliant idea concocted by the super smart...

Feb 19th

Neighborhoods - Mapping L.A. - Data Desk -...

Feb 19th

sociological images, from a post talking about the casual...

Feb 19th

so hood. (woostercollective)

Feb 19th

“Last week two judges pled guilty to fraud, having accepted...”
— shakesville

Feb 19th

foreclosure plans

so the obama administration unveiled a new plan to help homeowners in danger of foreclosure. more...

Feb 19th

how cute is this: the one and only taco truck in london....

Feb 18th

“It’s an indicator of how male-dominated our society is that...”
— From here (via gauntlet)

Feb 18th

“The constant paranoia that women are made to feel for...

Feb 18th

“Years of neglect, followed by economic disaster — and with...”
— krugman on the CA budget...

Feb 18th

CA budget problems

here’s the basic deal: After negotiating nonstop from Saturday afternoon until late Sunday...

Feb 18th

can we please have a state budget? please?

Feb 18th

“Fifty years ago, the civil-rights movement understood that...”
— hertzberg, via ta-nehisi...

Feb 18th

this was in the ny post today. how is this in any way...

Feb 18th

Watch

“For people with criminal records, the prospects of inclusion in the national recovery are...

Feb 18th

Watch

ha ha puns! (boingboing)

Feb 18th

corruption in iraqi goverment "worse...

mission accomplished! (progressive realist)

Feb 18th

“As the state of California slides into financial apocalypse...”
— ygelsias speaks truth, even...

Feb 17th

“In NIN world, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of our first...”
— trent reznor at nin.com. i...

Feb 17th

Regarding questions we’ve received about five accounts that were suspended yesterday: These...

Feb 17th

“It may seem odd that one of the most contentious issues in...”
— ezra on the census fights.

Feb 17th

a good reminder that things could be...

“Child labor remains widespread in Angola where many families struggling to make a living...

Feb 17th

i’m working on an art installation piece. i’m...

Feb 17th

Watch

“we as humans spend our lives giving form to information.” (infoaesthetics)

Feb 17th

Watch

kittens inspired by kittens after the dentist (yo dawg i heard you like kittens in yr memes about...

Feb 16th

Watch

i’m not a regular flight of the concords watcher - it’s funny, i like it, but not enough...

Feb 16th

Watch

shaq performing with the jabbawokeez at the all star game. i thought this was a joke when he tweeted...

Feb 16th

yglesias shows us that america is not so anti socialist.

Feb 16th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-15)

Feb 16th

“Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am...”
— official chris brown...

Feb 16th

“Ahmet Çelik seni Facebook’ta arkadaşı olarak...”
— … what??

Feb 16th

i made you a human heart out of necco conversation hearts!...

Feb 15th

Referencing The Styleguides On The Terms...

Feb 15th

Listen

happy valentine’s day!

Feb 15th

Watch

j smooth interviews elizabeth mendez berry, the author of the 2005 vibe magazine article about...

Feb 14th

Reggaeton > Ragetoons > Fuckyeasharks >...

Let’s get this straight. (alexblagg)

Feb 14th

being a slut means you can't be raped

so say an abstinence only education program in ohio, which is receiving $600,000 annually of federal...

Feb 13th

friggatriskaidekaphobia

triskaidekaphobia - derived from a greek phrase meaning “fear of the number 13” frigga...

Feb 13th

“The first thing I did when they asked me to do this gig, I...”
— wanda sykes on being asked to...

Feb 13th

wooster collective

Feb 13th

the desperate search for a lady to blame

now there’s a hunt on to figure out who texted chris brown, prompting the domestic violence...

Feb 13th

Talking Back: Rihanna's Guide To The Criminal...

Feb 13th

get off my back, tumblr.

Feb 13th

Australian man arrested over deadly...

Feb 13th

here's a hint that you are probably...

you refer to a minority group as “those people”

Feb 13th

margaret cho on the miley cyrus racism...

Miley Cyrus made some chinky eyes Standing behind an Asian guy I don’t know if this should fly As...

Feb 13th

WHERE DO I GET THIS SHIRT

Feb 13th

Feb 12th

this feels weird. it feels like a publicity stunt by a radio...

Feb 12th

Ore. Guard tells of possible chemical...

Feb 12th

r.i.p. lawrence king

One year ago today, Lawrence “Larry” King, a 15-year-old student at E.O. Green Junior High School...

Feb 12th

i love post-racial america! (sociological images)

Feb 12th

5 found guilty of forcing women into...

Feb 12th

Sabotaged By the System: Foster Children...

Feb 12th

i’m getting this installed soon. to really mess with...

Feb 12th

things not to twitter

Yesterday the Virginia GOP came very close to taking control of the state Senate, nearly luring a...

Feb 12th

spirit of service #4

unions are great - they raise wages not only for member employees, but for all workers. they improve...

Feb 12th

Watch

kittens! inspired by kittens! via boingboing, who correctly calls it “the best internet video...

Feb 12th

so i’m trying to figure out a legal issue around eligibility for FEMA benefits. unfortunately,...

Feb 12th

that’s a heart made of condoms in the window of an...

Feb 12th

thedisgracebook: Media Take Out has discovered a peculiar...

Feb 11th

speaking of - is there a reason this hasn’t yet been...

Feb 11th

Sex Education | Bitch Magazine

Feb 11th

“While [CA state] budget negotiations remain under the cone...”
— ca budget project blog.

Feb 11th

luchadora kitty! (co)

Feb 11th

Town Hall: House Offered to Homeless Woman Senator Nick...

Feb 11th

local homeless proposals

special parking zones in venice for people who live in their cars: Tough economic times have spilled...

Feb 11th

Julio Osequeda, FL College Student, Rules...

Feb 11th

szymon: Loving the snow? Try sleeping in it.

Feb 11th

The two people suspected of torching a bikini dancer outside a Tarzana nightclub were arrested...

Feb 11th

did i mention that CA is screwed?

Federal judges tentatively ruled on Monday that California must reduce the number of inmates in...

Feb 11th

Watch

finally - a professional role model to look up to! (DIDDY IS A LAWYER! via alexblagg)

Feb 10th

more uplifting news

from the la county children’s scorecard (pdf) from the children’s council of LA county: ...

Feb 10th

Listen

you know me - i hate everyone

Feb 10th

Feb 10th

i'm aware this has got me spinning out

R&B star Rihanna is cooperating with investigators building a domestic violence case against...

Feb 10th

Fund For Exotic Dancer's Children

Feb 10th

“[Showing “How’s Your News?”] on a network like MTV, where is...”
— asks sociological images....

Feb 10th

azizisbored: SWAGGA ON A HUNDRED THOUSAND TRILLION!!! ...

Feb 10th

Watch

baby elephant playing with a ball break! i was literally clapping my hands in delight at this....

Feb 10th

baby gorilla break! (apsies: ohfortheloveofdog)

Feb 10th

chris brown update

1. that silver lambo they were in - now impounded as evidence for an unknown period of time - is...

Feb 10th

how not to apologize

via lgm, if you are florida republican state committeewoman carol carter of hillsborough county and...

Feb 10th

so i was at the supermarket with shenae grimes yesterday. i...

Feb 9th

“The welfare reform of 1996 ended the idea of welfare as an...”
— nytimes editorial. Civilized...

Feb 9th

I thought this would be fair use of the Associated Press...

Feb 9th

so

am i really supposed to get work done today with this chris brown/rihanna controversy going on? ...

Feb 9th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-8)

Feb 9th

“California effectively has four branches of government: The...”
— ezra on what’s the...

Feb 9th

Honestly

apsies: katoleary: it seems like people think the herpes angle is so hilarious as to negate the...

Feb 9th

GOD DAMN. (urg: thedailywhat)

Feb 9th

i don’t know what happened, but i hope this isn’t what the blogs are saying it might...

Feb 9th

DO IT MIA!!! (bossip)

Feb 9th

But I think a bit about the lady who lived next to me [by herself and was recently found dead]....

Feb 9th

this is the new public art at 5th and main. it replaced the...

Feb 9th

mantra for the week (from a great series of street art...

Feb 9th

Wm. Shakespeare's Five and Twenty Random...

Feb 9th

see - it’s not just me. (socialogical images)

Feb 8th

Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to...

Feb 8th

SPENDING THIS MONEY ON THE IRAQ WAR IS ESSENTIAL UNLESS YOU...

Feb 7th

news break continues for obvious reasons. (poverty)

Feb 7th

pretty loaded

Feb 7th

best of jan 09

in my opinion jay-z - my president is black wale - ridin in that black joint the game - camera...

Feb 7th

rest in peace, sunny.

Feb 7th

alright - substantive post, just because i can’t stop...

Feb 7th

Jessica Simpson Tells Fans She's Had a 'Rough...

Feb 6th

also not a drag queen despite allegations to the contrary

Feb 6th

also not a drag queen

Feb 6th

one of my bffs is the co-exec producer for the tv show...

Feb 6th

ad for the Peninsula School Feeding Association, via street...

Feb 6th

pink is the new blog is speculating that annalynne mccord,...

Feb 6th

no news friday

so yesterday pretty much sucked. in the interest of staving off despair, i’m taking a news...

Feb 6th

Watch

perpetua: Lil’ Wayne, nominated in the category of “Littlest Wayne” at this year’s Grammy Awards,...

Feb 6th

Watch

this song is the jump off

Feb 6th

more details on the awful

Several weeks ago, Rianne Celine Theriault-Odom applied for a job at Babes & Beer, a sports bar...

Feb 6th

i bet you can guess what i think of this

Michael Phelps has been suspended for three months by USA Swimming after the whole bong thing. The...

Feb 6th

“A ruling by Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the 9th U.S. Circuit...”
— via pam’s. see also the...

Feb 6th

it’s grey and pouring down rain. feels about right...

Feb 6th

In 1985, Timothy Cole was a student in Lubbock when he was arrested and accused of being the Texas...

Feb 6th

REVOLTING

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., 22-year-old Nathaniel Petrillo and 27-year-old Rianne Therialut-Odom...

Feb 6th

look! pro-life incrementalism in SD!

via the curvature: Making doctors who perform abortions in South Dakota meet with their patients a...

Feb 5th

pro-life incrementalism matters

over at yglesias, kay steiger talks about a north carolina state fund established to set aside money...

Feb 5th

This is the percentage of articles in Yahoo! News that when...

Feb 5th

“Now, this is not who we are. We’re not a nation that...”
— from obama’s remarks on...

Feb 5th

“You guys know your president, right? You know, the one with...”
— etta james at a recent seattle...

Feb 5th

from a new website, Make Love not Porn, created because...

Feb 5th

spirit of service #3

this one isn’t an online thing - it’s a way to get out into the community and work on...

Feb 5th

the internet is an amazing place

Marinade on this: a Trinidadian, Puerto Rican living in NYC, Argentinian living in Canada, Malagasy...

Feb 5th

squatting - it's back!

The trend in South Florida is this… homeless people are quietly taking up residency in empty,...

Feb 5th

disaster brewing at increasing rate

Riverside County [California] supervisors voted Tuesday to sue the state to compel it to pay...

Feb 5th

Amerie is trying to do tha damn thing. She refurbished her...

Feb 5th

feministing

Feb 4th

“But let’s also not forget that Judd Gregg, who has been...”
— ryan avent at yglesias.

Feb 4th

i had a dream last night about my high school reunion, which was inexplicably being held on a...

Feb 4th

does this count as my new thing learned...

tip for the workplace: if you have a meeting with someone who is technically a co-worker but is less...

Feb 4th

wait, what?

kelly clarkson, in an interview: Do you consider the record industry to be a boys’ club? I...

Feb 4th

um, we have a disaster brewing

Los Angeles County supervisors threatened Tuesday to withhold county revenues from the state to...

Feb 4th

via rapvsweden

Feb 4th

“Also lost in the wrangling over the huge House economic...”
— nytimes editorial board. this...

Feb 4th

per bossip, SMH

The problem with the [Ledbetter Act] legislation that was signed yesterday, is that we don’t know...

Feb 4th

“At no time throughout the month will you find a post...”
— a contrasting viewpoint on...

Feb 4th

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was...

Feb 4th

Watch

obama! picked to live in the white house! find out what happens when he stops being polites and...

Feb 4th

the greatest snack food stadium ever built (holy taco): ...

Feb 4th

a) this is the silliest looking SWAT team i’ve ever...

Feb 3rd

The Letter Michael Phelps Should Have Written

Feb 3rd

Watch

interesting video on banks, check cashing outlets, and debt in the urban poor. (poverty blog)

Feb 3rd

arts as economic stimulus

some people (read: republicans) have been snarking about most every part of the stimulus bill,...

Feb 3rd

“Individually, each charge [against Daschle] might be seen as...”
— tpmmuckraker

Feb 3rd

i’ll (probably) stop talking about pot soon, really....

Feb 3rd

hows yr war on drugz, part 2

Tougher Border Security Can’t Stop Mexico Marijuana Cartels (nytimes) Despite huge...

Feb 2nd

hows yr war on drugz, part 1

“Obama and Phelps do have one other thing in common besides media obsession and lankiness....

Feb 2nd

at first glance, you might find this image offensive. (if...

Feb 2nd

California jobless benefit appeals pile up

Feb 2nd

juxtapoz

Feb 2nd

this is the awesomest thing i’ve seen all day....

Feb 2nd

let's all recognize...

… “that the Iraqi elections seem to have gone off without major violence, corruption or...

Feb 2nd

Television Review | 'RuPaul's Drag Race'

Feb 2nd

Watch

A Perfect Day Elise by P.J. Harvey (clothedinsky: zoebowie: apartyinmyhead)

Feb 2nd

starbucks is meh and has issues, but i really like the...

Feb 2nd

more stimulus action ahead

per ryan avent at yglesias: Who knows whether Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is blowing...

Feb 2nd

i’m not totally sure how the u of chicago people...

Feb 2nd

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-1)

Feb 1st

so i hear there’s some kind of sporting event today?

Feb 1st