Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Bryan Sanders, who was punched in the face at Donald Trump's Tucson rally earlier this month, writes in The Guardian about why he was protesting The Donald:
People have asked me: why did you go down there and disrupt their rally? Don’t they have the right to meet and talk about anything they want? But sometimes, when you have someone who is trying to grab power for themselves, you have to look them in the eye and call them a liar – that’s what I did.Read the whole thing here.
I hesitate to think – it’s a thought that comes from the darkest part of my psyche – that the place was teeming with people who wanted to beat me. Most people aren’t violent. Trump supporters are good people; This is not a me vs them thing – it’s a me vs fascism thing.
I don’t want to be an angry person. But nobody deserves having a violent attack on them because of a political protest. Nobody should have to deal with that; none of us. This is America. That’s not how we roll.
But people are going to have to make themselves heard. It’s not enough just to vote. I feel it’s important for people to make their voice heard peacefully through protest – always peacefully. Donald Trump’s supporters are very motivated. To those of us that are afraid of what his presidency might portend, I suggest that we start taking him as seriously as he himself does – which is very seriously indeed.
The topics discussed by Baby Boomer, Gen X and Millennial women and men last night at the UA's VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood's "Multi-generational Feminism" chat at Revolutionary Grounds debunked the idea of these standards, though. Through discussing five intersectional feminist themes, participators supported the idea that a social movement as complex as feminism can't really require with a set of rules for inclusion. The five themes in questions:
Tags: university of arizona , VOX , voices for planned parenthood , multi-generational feminism , feminism , feminism discussions
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Today, Saguaro National Park put out a call for artists ages 18-25 to participate in their 1st Annual Centennial Youth Art Show.
The park hasn't released details about the actual event yet, but they did post some information to entice artists to get in touch:
Creative Tucson youth, ages 18-25Email [email protected] for submission instructions and details—the submission deadline is April 14.
Artists will be selected to exhibit & sell their work to the public June 3-4 at the Tucson Mountain District Visitor Center
1st & 2nd place prizes include:
- participation in the Friends of Saguaro professional art auction
- 1 year national park pass
Extended display time & recognition
Turkish writer-director Can Evrenol goes for the total bloody freak-out and succeeds as a group of cops respond to a call, get in a strange car crash, and wind up going through the doorway to Hell after entering an abandoned building. While on their way to Hell, they are disemboweled, blinded, forced to do things with masked monsters, and generally not treated well.
I can only recommend this movie to the most hardcore of horror fans. It’s as blood soaked and nightmarish as these things get, and will screw with your mind and your sense of well-being. It will make you feel just a little scared about watching a horror movie again in that you will now be reminded that some directors out there have the key to what scares people the most.
I have nothing but respect for a movie that can scare the crap out of me like this one did, but it’s probably going to be a while until I dare to watch it again.
Unless you count the parts of it that I will see after I go to sleep tonight and have nightmares about it. Damn you, Can Evrenol!!!
So what do you do if you're a Republican and don't have a salable reason for a bill other than "When I was a boy/girl, we did it that way"? You make shit up. In this case, the made-up reasons revolve around what's best for kids and their grandmas.
Let's start with the "grandma" idea, which is two giant leaps beyond ridiculous.
“Are we really wanting to dumb down our students to the point where they can’t even read a card in the mail from grandma written in cursive?” asked Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa.I love that. A curriculum without cursive is dumbed down, according to Townsend. You know who Townsend is really calling dumb? Grandma. If she wants to send cards to her grandkids and they haven't learned cursive in school, PRINT! In big block letters when they're young, then in caps and lower case when they're older. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! How hard is that? Grandma knows how to print, right?
Tags: Teaching cursive , Rep. Kelly Townsend , Rep. Brenda Barton , Steve Graham
Monday, March 28, 2016
The Arizona Department of Health Services and the Maricopa County Department of Public Health have reported the state's first case of Zika virus.
Both agencies confirmed today that an older woman, who traveled to an undisclosed region affected by the virus, has symptoms of the illness, a press release from ADHS said.
"We have been expecting a travel associated case of Zika virus and we believe more infections are likely as people travel to and from areas where the disease is currently being transmitted," said Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, in a statement for the media. "While this is a first, the risk of this virus spreading throughout Arizona is very low. Arizona's public health system has a plan in place and we are ready to rapidly respond."
Zika virus is a type of flavivirus, primarily transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. There is a link between the virus and birth defects among babies of infected mothers, the release says.
Tags: zika virus , arizona department of health services , Maricopa County Department of Public Health , maricopa county department of environmental services , centers for disease control , el salvador , brazil
Take a look for yourself:
1. Hub at Tucson, Sol Building and Luna Building at Speedway Boulevard and Euclid Avenue
Tags: transformation , skyline , apartment , government building , housing , tucson , change , Video
Hi I'm Shrimpie!
I'm a 1.5 year old female dog who was found as a stray.
If you see me in the shelter I might look a little scared but I warm up to people and love to be pet.
I get passed over in my kennel because I'm a pit bull but I think I deserve a home just as much as any other dog.
If you're looking for a loyal and gentle dog please consider opening your heart and home to me.
Lots of love from the Humane Society of Southern Arizona,
Shrimpie (822145)
Tags: adopt a dog , pit bull , adopt don't shop , tucson animal adoptions , tucson dogs
Native Arizona bands Asian Fred, decker. and Steff and the Articles performed a free show at the Flycatcher on Friday, March 25.
Tags: Steff and the Articles , Asian Fred , decker. , The Flycatcher , 4th Ave , bands , music , concert , show , Slideshow
Intriguingly floral and bright, once you taste your first cholla bud, you'll be hooked. This native treat has been harvested in the area for millennia, and you can join in on the very Sonoran practice of cholla bud harvesting by learning from a master.
This year, cholla bud season came early, and ethnobotanist Martha Ames Burgess will be leading a class at the Mission Garden (929 Mission Lane) to show just how cholla buds were traditionally harvested and utilized in cuisine. Having learned from Tohono O’odham Elders, Ames Burgess is passing on what she knows, not only about carefully harvesting the thorny cactus flower bud, but also the ecology, taxonomy, nutrition, archaeology and traditional cultural ways to prepare and store them. The class will feature hands-on harvesting, as well as cooking in both traditional and modern methods.
The cholla bud harvesting workshop, which is sponsored by the nonprofit Friends of Tucson's Birthplace, takes place on Saturday, April 2, beginning at 8 a.m. Attendees are asked to wear a hat, long pants, closed toe shoes and your own filled water bottle. Tools will be supplied and those that join the class will get to take home their own modest stockpile of cholla buds. The class is $50, which includes instruction, informational guides, recipes and tools. Registration is required in advance and can be done so by calling 777-9270 or visiting the Friends of Tucson's Birthplace website.
Tags: cholla bud , harvesting , class , tucson , event , mission garden , friends of tucson birthplace , martha ames burgess
