It was a very copful weekend. In addition to riding in Critical Mass and getting a ticket for doing so on Friday night, I participated in the Radical Homosexual Agenda's Parade without a Permit on Saturday evening, and on Sunday, hung out with Eric's uncle, a retired Atlanta police officer.
I am involved with TWO zine readings this month in NYC!
Wednesday, October 10, 8-10pm at Think Coffee, 248 Mercer Street http://barnardzines.livejournal.com/17695.html
Thursday, October 18, 7-9pm at ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington Street http://barnardzines.livejournal.com/17514.html
Just when you thought it was safe to ride your bike again...
After a few months of riding free, Critical Mass NYC was once again harassed by the police last night. I was very nearly arrested and in the end given a ticket (for not riding in a bike lane--that wasn't there). The arrest threat was due to my not having ID. I'd left my wallet home by mistake. Seriously. ...
As I said in my long Progressive Library Skillshare report back, the AIDS Library del.icio.us project deserves its own post...
It's now been three weeks since the Progressive Library Skillshare in Pittsburgh, so my report back will not do justice to the event, I'm afraid. I'm just going to list the highlights, since too much time has passed for me to produce a thoughtful narrative.
The 12 White Steps: The first step is admitting you have a race from Damali Ayo of How to Rent a Negro fame has come up with a 12 step program for whites to deal with their privilege and racism.
I say right on my about page that LOLcats are one of my interests, so please don't judge me too harshly for the unlibrarianly frivolity of this and other cat macro posts.
Gashlycrumb Kitties! I'd say that's someone with just enough time on her hands.
There's been some talk on the Progressive Librarians Guild discussion list about the Wyoming Libraries publicity campaign's mudflap girl.
The Organic Internet: Organizing History's Largest Social Movement is a book available as a free download or in print for 7 measly dollars. It's an "internet for activists" kind of thing, whose contributors include my spouse, Eric Goldhagen and several other people I like and respect.
There's an awesome "ceiling cat" meme going on right now on the LJ cat macros community.
