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“Bow to the woman,” or Revisiting the racism of white feminism. | Fighting Words.

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8220;Bow to the woman,” or Revisiting the racism of white feminism. Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 10:40 pm ( Blogroll. I’ve been told that my post yesterday. Which also appeared on my Livejournal. Quoting from writings and speeches by Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton was “a cheap shot” and “ineffectual.” Apparently there are no connections. Women were, of course, not even on the table. Just ask Sojourner Truth. Ain’t she a woman? And most recently Geraldine Ferraro. Several years ago, one youn...

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Sundowning. | Fighting Words.

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Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 9:18 pm ( Blogroll. She says she’s tired. That’s the first thing she says. When we arrive and she’s lying. In a hospital bed hooked up. To the dialysis machine. Her hands, gnarled from years. Of cleaning and cooking,. Hands that held me when I was small,. Smaller than she is now,. Reach out for something invisible. Her eyes are closed,. That’s the only thing lucid. She says in the time we sit with her,. After they’ve brought her back. To her own bed in her own room,. He’ll come...

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Edgerly out? – FutureOakland

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Rumors are flying fast and furious around City Hall this evening that there is a major personnel shakeup in the works. A new Trib article hints at the probable target. City Administrator Deborah Edgerly. If she is demoted or retires, the standard practice would be to perform a nationwide search for Oakland’s chief executive. Ms. Edgerly is not the product of such a search, but was promoted from within the city bureaucracy (she was budget director). June 18, 2008. Feed for comments on this post. The Debor...

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Downtown Lake Merritt Neighbohood Group: Social Activities

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Downtown Lake Merritt Neighbohood Group. Monday, January 28, 2008. Post here any ideas for neighborhood social events or if you would like to organize an activity yourself, such as a party, BBQ, movie night, or other activity. Posted by Zach Seal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group (DLMNG) Links:. DLMNG Neighborhood Improvement Committees. Downtown Lake Merritt Boundary. Emerald Views/Schilling Gardens Residential Project Blog. 17th between Jackson and Madison.

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Downtown Lake Merritt Neighbohood Group: Emerald Views High-Rise Residential Project Blog

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Downtown Lake Merritt Neighbohood Group. Sunday, February 3, 2008. Emerald Views High-Rise Residential Project Blog. To visit the DLMNG blog for the Emerald Views/Schilling Gardens high-rise residential project. Posted by Zach Seal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group (DLMNG) Links:. DLMNG Neighborhood Improvement Committees. Downtown Lake Merritt Boundary. Emerald Views/Schilling Gardens Residential Project Blog. 17th between Jackson and Madison. Lakeside Apartme...

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Downtown Lake Merritt Neighbohood Group: Neighborhood Photographs

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Downtown Lake Merritt Neighbohood Group. Monday, January 28, 2008. To view or post photographs of our neighborhood, go to the Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group listserv. If you are not already a member of the listserv, you will need to click "Join This Group" before you can view and post photographs. Then, click on "Photos" on the left hand column. Posted by Zach Seal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group (DLMNG) Links:. Downtown Lake Merritt Boundary. Finis...

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Downtown Lake Merritt Neighbohood Group: Buy/Sell Items from Your Neighborhors

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Downtown Lake Merritt Neighbohood Group. Monday, January 28, 2008. Buy/Sell Items from Your Neighborhors. Post here if you have items you would to buy or sell from other Downtown Lake Merritt residents. Residents from nearby neighborhoods are also welcome to post. Posted by Zach Seal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group (DLMNG) Links:. DLMNG Neighborhood Improvement Committees. Downtown Lake Merritt Boundary. Emerald Views/Schilling Gardens Residential Project Blog.

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Bail out my ass. | Fighting Words.

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Bail out my ass. Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 11:04 am ( Blogroll. Monday, I used my new-to-me car Sputnik to drive to East Oakland and pick up a woman named Joyce from her housing project. We then went to the Oakland Housing Authority’s headquarters downtown for a press conference before the meeting of OHA’s Board of Commissioners wherein they would be discussing their disposition plan–a plan to dispose of 1,615 public housing units in the city, half of all such units. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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Close to home. | Fighting Words.

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Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 10:54 pm ( Blogroll. Of course, there is never an end to the tribulations we Bay Area renters face. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the property owners who got Proposition 13 passed in 1978, thereby slashing property taxes statewide and virtually bankrupting California schools, is at it again. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. All w...

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How is Oakland planned? – FutureOakland

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How is Oakland planned? Fundamentally, cities use their police power over land to zone the entire city, designating parcels (the building blocks of property) to define their desired use. Zoning. Density can mean many things, but here it reflects the intensity of use of a piece of land. Construction density is set by FAR (Floor Area Ratio). Typical zones outside of downtown are R-40 (Garden Apartment Residential), C-40 (Thoroughfare Commercial), and M-30 (General Industrial). There are also combining ...