Amanda apologizes. Racist images will, at the very least, be removed from future printings of the book. I am glad to employ my “Good News” tag today as well. It needed to be dusted off. Should I even use the word “healing” at this point? Well, is it my place to do so? No. ButContinue reading “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?”
Daily Archives: April 25, 2008
Is that an anti-Ukrainian propaganda piece in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
The original text of this piece has been removed. I am not usually in the habit of sweeping my screw-ups under the carpet, but I didn’t want it to generate Google hits that would, once again, paint Ukraine as a country of evil barbarians. In the original piece, I was expressing outrage that Hitler toysContinue reading “Is that an anti-Ukrainian propaganda piece in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”
Since I’m abroad, I was, in fact, thinking about ordering “It’s A Jungle Out There”
… And then I saw this on the “Dear White Feminists” blog whose sub-headline reads, appropriately, “Quit goddamn fucking up.” I think my occipital lobe just broke. Jonathan Swift this ain’t. The images are racist and both author and publisher ought to have realized that. I sincerely hope that they will engage people on thisContinue reading “Since I’m abroad, I was, in fact, thinking about ordering “It’s A Jungle Out There””
Natalia A. 