The Bible

My Bible arrived today, in the form of a beautiful, feminism critiquing-filled magazine. I have four favorite times of year, and those are my quarterly Bitch arrivals. They are fighting budget problems just like the rest of the world, which is why you'll now find more on their site than in the actual mag, so check them out. Amazing. Even my onerepublicanfriend will most likely find something ze likes.
(See, I used ze so no one knows how you identify, ORF, therefore protecting your anonymity even more.)
I think I feel in love (again) today when reading their responses to letters and comments on last quarter's issue. Last issue was the Noir issue, and featured comics by progressive artists, many that dealt with body issues and pasts full of sexual violence. Lots of readers wrote in about their disgust at a certain comic, calling Bitch out for their supposed "safe-space" place in the publishing world. The editors responded by apologizing, but then also explaining that Bitch was never and is not now meant to be a "safe-space", as it is a place for critical review of a variety of pop culture media. They emphasized the fact that publishing something is not an automatic endorsement, and, duh, feminism encompasses a WIDE range of views, an idea that once the entire movement embraces, we will see more willing to [explicitly] identify as feminists.
I also agree with this since I hate the term "safe-space". To me, that term implies being able to create a space, ideal, or thought with which a multitude of people completely agree, which seems impossible to me and also leads to complacency and lack of critical thinking. Agreeing to disagree is the foundation of intelligent discourse, right ORF?

more tennis

Just a short post to add to the comment stream from ap's tennis write-up because I think everyone should see the latest cover of Ebony.
Serena is bangin'.

obies in the news

Ok, well, maybe not in the actual news, but after they blow up from being on our blog, they probably will be in national media outlets.
A former teammate of mine and ap's has created a magazine with two other Oberlin students. I was really impressed when MDH gave me a copy of the first edition, and just wanted to share the online version with others. Keep in mind this was all created while taking a full semester of classes!