Ah, Wasilla. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Wasilla?

In addition, these procedures have a vast span from a ceremonial nicking all the way to removal of the clitoris and labia. It's not as if women in these countries aren't actively working on their own to better the circumstances, Westerners need to step back and realize that we have to listen to these women and what…

The News Hour did a report on the change strategies that are getting these results. As the leadership switched from Jezebel type crusaders to public health professional, the focus of the interventions shifted from presenting the social norms of people the target population doesn't give a flying fuck about (white…

Yes they are. That and the 5 bazillion ways to gross out your friends with poop stories. All starting with our PCMO wearing a condom hat and singing the diarrhea song on the first day in country.

When I was in Peace Corps I saw one of our most misogynistic local cowboys wearing a pro-feminist t-shirt. I died of irony on the spot.

I've worked in Haiti and rural Kenya and it's the same. I don't get the collective pity-party. It smacks of othering. Plenty of poor people in the US have no choice but to wear used donated clothes too!

I've worked in Haiti a bit. Was just there a couple of weeks ago, in fact. This article/project is interesting, but I think it really emphasizes othering and further disempowering people in 'developing' countries. At the end of the day what's so wrong with people wearing second hand shirts that would have otherwise…

Jesus Christmas. Are you always that melodramatic? You see all those things? I see a woman wearing a used t-shirt. And she appears quite comfortable.

The same sort of 'charity' ruined any chance of there being an African apparel industry. Bales and bales of donated cholthing is distributed all over Africa through many different charities. They start out as free at the distribution point and increase in cost as the clothing migrates outward. It is like the US food…

Agreed. And I think they also perpetuate the idea that these technologies are perfect (or near perfect) and will essentially make a child "hearing," when in fact they come with their own issues. A study actually came out recently that concluded that deaf/hh kids have the best outcomes when supported by the…

I saw this video earlier.. and IDK. These videos make me uncomfortable, because while sweet, they reinforce the idea that deaf or hard-of-hearing people are broken. IDK.

Finally, a politician from my home state takes the day off from embarrassing me.

This is going to come out clunky but bear with me. I'm not here for this article. Because in the rush to normalize and accept lgbtq people (which we absolutely should), there is thing that's been happening where white people and their minions are coding lgbtq as white. And with that putting homophobia solely on POC.…