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17 June 2016 | CCWP
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ICANN 55: Marrakech 5 - 10 March
NCSG-CCWP ICANN and Human Rights (agenda | transcript | audio stream)
NCSG-CCWP ICANNs Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights working session (agenda | transcript | audio stream | virtual room stream)
GAC HRIL and CCWP on ICANN's Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights (transcript | virtual meeting room)
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27 Nov 2015 | CCWP
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21 Oct 2015 | ICANN 54 | Morning Session
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21 Oct 2015 | ICANN 54 | Working session
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21 Sep 2015 | CCWP
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|17 Aug 2015
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3. CCWG accountability & human rights
4. Other issues
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Maryam Bakoshi:Dear all, welcome to the CCWP on ICANN & HR call on Monday, 17th Aug 2015 at 13:00 UTC
Maryam Bakoshi:Megan Richards & Sara Bockey have joined the meeting
Maryam Bakoshi:Rafik Dammak has joined
Maryam Bakoshi:Niels has joined
matthew shears:hello
Maryam Bakoshi:Matthew SHears and marilia Marciel have joined
Maryam Bakoshi:Tatiana Tropina has joined
Marilia Maciel:Hello all!
Megan Richards, European Commission:much better !
Marilia Maciel:Sure.
Tatiana Tropina:Hi everyone!
Marilia Maciel:Yes
Marilia Maciel:Maybe we can see the agenda on screen?
Niels ten Oever - Article19:1. Short evaluation ICANN2. Works as agreed. 1. chart 2. legal 3. administrivia3. CCWG accountability & human rights4. other issues
Marilia Maciel:Perfect
Marilia Maciel:Lost audio, Niels
Megan Richards, European Commission:we have lost your voice Niels !
Maryam Bakoshi:Alexandra, Avri Doria, Stephanie Perrin & Farzaneh have joined
Maryam Bakoshi:Niles will rejoin soon
matthew shears:seem to have audio issues
Maryam Bakoshi:We are calling him now
Marilia Maciel:Ok, thanks, Maryam
Maryam Bakoshi:We are working to get Niels back on the line
Niels ten Oever - Article19:yyou lost me?
Maryam Bakoshi:Yes
Niels ten Oever - Article19:aii
Marilia Maciel:Yes, no audio
Maryam Bakoshi:The operator has been trying to call you
Niels ten Oever - Article19:can you call me again?
Niels ten Oever - Article19:I just hung up now
Niels ten Oever - Article19:pls call me again
Niels ten Oever - Article19:where did you lose me?
matthew shears:I am here (I think)
Megan Richards, European Commission:at the beginning !!
Tatiana Tropina:can you hear me?
Niels ten Oever - Article19:No we cannot hear you
Maryam Bakoshi:No
Tatiana Tropina:too bad
Maryam Bakoshi:Tatiana do you have a number we can sial out to
Maryam Bakoshi:*dial
Tatiana Tropina:+4917635423791
Maryam Bakoshi:Amr Elsadr has joined
Maryam Bakoshi:@Tatiana - calling you now
Marilia Maciel:Vacations for you guys, in Europe I think :)
Maryam Bakoshi:Yes Tatiana is on the line
Marilia Maciel:Avri? Matt? :)
matthew shears:I think that the accountabillity proposal is also asking for input from commenters on the issue of human rights in the bylaws in parallel
Megan Richards, European Commission:this is what the report seems to say but perhaps this is evolving: • Work plan for Work Stream 2 to: o Enhance diversity and the culture of transparency within ICANNo Further address concerns about community accountability. The 2nd Draft Report includes a recommendation for regular structural reviews of SOs and ACs to assess their accountability towards their participants as well as towards the stakeholders they are designed to represent.o Elaborate on a Commitment to human rights in the ICANN Bylaws.• Details on an implementation plan for Work Stream 1, including a Bylaws drafting process.
Megan Richards, European Commission:sorry - wrong cut and paste !! apologies
matthew shears:in terms of strategy it will be important for a number of diverse entities to input on this in the publoc consultation - the comment revirew process does not weight the inputs so more inputs on issues of concernsuch as HR is important
Avri Doria:i plan to put in my own comment on the issue.
Avri Doria:both HR related and other.
matthew shears:+ 1
matthew shears:I think we have to leave a lot of this to WS2. If we start to get into the detail the bylaw may get very long and cumbersome
Tatiana Tropina:I think it is better to avoid detailing bylaws in order to avoid long legal debates which can get us to nowhere and delay the changes we want
matthew shears:yep
Tatiana Tropina:*again I don't know how far this discussion went before, may be I am just repeating what has already been discussed many times
Megan Richards, European Commission:perhaps its a problem with the mike - in a nutshell I agree with marilia's comment
Maryam Bakoshi:Hi Megan, please could you provide your number for dial out
Amr Elsadr:@Matt: RE: HRs in WS2, that sounds logical to me, so +1. For now, some form of commitment from the CCWG to include HR issues in WS2 wouldn't be such a bad thing though.
Megan Richards, European Commission:My number is +322 2962443 but marilia said exactly what I was going to say -
Avri Doria:The Corporation shall operate for the benefit of the Internet community as a whole, carrying out its activities in conformity with relevant principles of international law and applicable international conventions and local law and, to the extent appropriate and consistent with these Articles and its Bylaws, through open and transparent processes that enable competition and open entry in Internet-related markets. To this effect, the Corporation shall cooperate as appropriate with relevant international organizations
matthew shears:shame we can't just asterisk the bylaw above after the word conventions and add if need be UDHR and ICCPR
Tatiana Tropina:@Matthew, it's articles of incorporation I think :)
matthew shears:thanks
Megan Richards, European Commission:the articles of incorporation cover all
Avri Doria:... coverl all that are relevant ... applicable ... and to the extent apprpproprote consistent with the bylaws.
Tatiana Tropina:Yes, in a general way
Megan Richards, European Commission:the Articles take precedence over the bylaws - the bylaws can limit the application or clarify the specific provisions
Tatiana Tropina:+1 to Megan. I see any changes made to bylaws as clarification of this general commitment
Megan Richards, European Commission:ICANN has agreed to apply the applicable and relevant provisions by virtue of the provisions of its ARticles of incorporation - public international law and its application is a separate issue and not what we should be discussing here
matthew shears:agree with simple phrasing for bylaws
Avri Doria:those are not my concerns, as much as the concerns of tothers. i support the most general language.
Tatiana Tropina:I actually don't see any way to make other than simple wording of bylaws
Megan Richards, European Commission:am responding in the chat then
Megan Richards, European Commission:we should ensure that the work is not duplicating that done in GAC HR wg and other fora
matthew shears:good point - have the GAC discussions evolved since the meeting in BA?
Megan Richards, European Commission:not yet but would be a pity if the various groups were to either duplicate or heavens forbid contradict that of each other
Avri Doria:Isn't the GAC having a simlar definitional issues as the WP4 is having
Megan Richards, European Commission:thanks and apologies for no voice :-)
matthew shears:thanks Niels, all
Tatiana Tropina:thanks !
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Thanks all!
Maryam Bakoshi:Thank you all
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|29 May 2015
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- - Introductions
- - Report
- Comments?
- Issue on behalf of who?
- Approval procedure
- - Sessions in BA
- - Update on other community activities
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Maryam Bakoshi:Dear all, welcome to the ICANN and HR call on Friday 29th May 2015
Maryam Bakoshi:Rafik Dammak and Niels Ten Oever have joined the meeting
Maryam Bakoshi:Welcome
Marilia Maciel:Hello all!
Maryam Bakoshi:Welcome Marilia
Maryam Bakoshi:Monika has joined
rafik:maybe she is shy :)
Monika Zalnieriute:xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Monika Zalnieriute:I also right it here:)
Monika Zalnieriute:haha, I read that I am shy here:)
Monika Zalnieriute:ok, I wait for the call then!
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Monika, can you pick up?
Monika Zalnieriute:I still did not get a call
rafik:who joined?
Maryam Bakoshi: Pranesh Prakash
Monika Zalnieriute:but I can hear You though,
Maryam Bakoshi:Vipul Karbhanda
Maryam Bakoshi:have both joined
Monika Zalnieriute:mayeb someone know, what I should click to make my mic work?
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Clicl on the mic Monika
Maryam Bakoshi:Alexandra please could you state your full name for record purposes. Thank you
Alexandra:Maryam, it's Alexandra Kulikova
Marilia Maciel:Please start the recording
Monika Zalnieriute:yes, I can,
Marilia Maciel:Please, can we let the ppl on the phone introduce themselves?
Alexandra:i'm not sure I won't be able to speak though unfortunately(
Marilia Maciel:Please, mute your mics
rafik:niels shoulds disable the mic for his adobe connect :)
Marianne F:Hi all , there is feedback so we are hearing Niels twice
Marianne F:You're welcom Monika, apologies for the lengthy email nonetheless! :)
Marilia Maciel:What is the deadline to comment?
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Depends if we want to print it nicely
Niels ten Oever - Article19:If we want it to be gone via editor, design and print, we will need to have it done by Monday
rafik:@Niels it is a working document for CCWP to continue the discussion, expecting the CCWP to produce its first delvierable
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Indeed, so we need to agree on a approval procedure (point 1.3 :) )
rafik:I would see it as an "issue report" not necessarily needed an approval , it is more research work to give input
Niels ten Oever - Article19:let's discuss this under the next point
Pranesh Prakash:If we don't make a strong defence of HR, who will? :-) Having said that I don't think there's a need to establish a duty to protect on ICANN's part.
Marianne F:OF course, they do have this responsibility just we need to proceed step by step. So if the point is made in a note then it is there on the record to be used and referred to later if need be (just reiterating verbal point in writing)
Niels ten Oever - Article19:+1
Pranesh Prakash:+1
Maryam Bakoshi:Nigel Hickson has joined
Marilia Maciel:Audio issues here. Will have to go out and enter again, sorry
Marianne F:+1 from me for leaving it in as example; just to edit and tighten up for now and indicate there option of more detailed analysis later
Pranesh Prakash:+1 to Marianne
Monika Zalnieriute:Guys, I agree to have it as an example: would You like to have it a shorter part though for now?
Monika Zalnieriute:in this particular report?
Monika Zalnieriute:+ Lee; it might be too much stuff.
Monika Zalnieriute:All at once.
Marianne F:Hi, if the feeling is to keep it in then perhaps as a note? But Lee is pointing out the timing issue so I would defer to those who know ICANN better than I do
Marianne F:Please mute mics when typing! :)
Marianne F:If in doubt leave it out
Alexandra:Agree that the UDRP part might draw attention from the substantial issues int he first partin the shape it is now
Alexandra:I might have missed it - could smb please remind again how GAC is going to be engaged?
Pranesh Prakash:Apologies. I have to leave now. But would just like to reiterate that we mustI (strategically) bear the burden of being the people who take positions on sensitive commercial issues. If we don't, no one else will. We can build bridges after we have some rough position.
Marianne F:+1 from me Pranesh; point well taken, cheerio!
rafik:@Alexandra we have some GAC members in the CCWP, it has its own working group and Lee is basically doing the liaison. maybe Lee can elaborate here
Marilia Maciel:Maybe we could move to the session in BA?
Monika Zalnieriute:So I would like to get the idea what do we do?: please type in here, so I could briefly have an idea who is for LEAVING the UDRP and who is for TAKING OUT
Niels ten Oever - Article19:The consensus seems to be that it could be mentioned as an short example, but we leave ourt the longer expose.
Marilia Maciel:Yes, that is my feeling too
Alexandra:I'll type
rafik:@monika in few words more coming work for you :)
Monika Zalnieriute:Ok, how long - and how detailed - simply a page or so or approx how long?
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Shorter
Marianne F:Mention it, keep it short as a concrete example vs. a full expose.
Monika Zalnieriute:yes, yes, so simply a single refernece, You mean - thats it?
Monika Zalnieriute:shorter than a page, You mean?
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Yes
Monika Zalnieriute:simply like an example mentione, in a sentence?:)
Alexandra:guys, just a quick comment/observation: an elaborate description of this one case study now will definitely attract criticism from Russian GAC representatives - as at the Signapore meeting they were very vocal on the Crimean domains issue from the HR perspective. It's a very debateable issue in terms of how exactly that relates to the ICANN remit, but if the HRtalk starts with UDRP in detail I can expect the reaction :) what I mean is that there seems to be a strong link for them berween ICANN and that incidet in the HR context. I can expect there will be efforts to stick it in
Marianne F:.. I see your point but won't there be this sort of push back anyway? If this example really could become a red herring (forgive the pun) then leave it out for now. We can always put it back in...
Alexandra:yeah I guess you're right.. But it would be good to at least formulate some stance on the issue from the group? or have a longer least of potential case studies for future
rafik:there will be pish back for many topics, that is why we have to work on consensus and "educate"
Marilia Maciel:Yes, open to collaboration/endorsements
rafik:we need to get CCWP to have ownership on itw own deliverable
Marianne F:I agree; send the final version of the report to the CCWP for comments. People comment best when there is something concrete to comment on.
rafik:the public session is not clashing with important sessions
rafik:kathy is not coming to BA
Marilia Maciel:I would go bit further and ask them for their aseesment
Marilia Maciel:some sort of responsibility to speak
Marilia Maciel:great
Marilia Maciel:Perfect
Alexandra:thanks Niels
Marianne F:Thanks Niels, thanks all for a great meeting
Marilia Maciel:Thanks all
Marilia Maciel:Bye all!
Alexandra:thanks everyone and bye!
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|30 Mar 2015
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Maryam Bakoshi:Dear all, welcome to the ICANN and Human Rights Call on Monday, 30th March 2015
Benjamin Akinmoyeje:Hello Maryam
Maryam Bakoshi:Dear all, please kindly state your name and organization in the chat windon for record purposes
Maryam Bakoshi:*window
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Tentative agenda is here:
Niels ten Oever - Article19:1. Introductions
Niels ten Oever - Article19:2. Discussion or objective and scope of the CCWP
Niels ten Oever - Article19:3. Discussion of potential research topics
Niels ten Oever - Article19:4. Update on related work in other constituencies and workstreams
Niels ten Oever - Article19:5. Outreach
jorge cancio GAC-Switzerland:Hi all, I'm Jorge Cancio, GAC-Rep for Switzerland
Chris LaHatte:good morning/evening
nigel hickson:Good afternoon from Geneva
HR:good afternoon from Brussels - I will unfortunately have to leave about 14:15 - apologies
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Just to make sure everyone has the text of the CCWP draft charter: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/icannhrdraft
rafik:how is HR?
matthew shears:hello
Marilia Maciel:here until the window of the plane closes
Marilia Maciel:no sound though
HR:I am also here - Megan Richards (European Commission) - my name comes up as HR - I guesss the signin rather than name
Amr Elsadr:Hi Megan..., if you like, you can edit your info using the menu at the top-right of the AC window.
jorge cancio GAC-Switzerland:the content of the chat just disappeared...
Niels ten Oever - Article19: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/icannhrdraft
jorge cancio GAC-Switzerland:thanks
rafik:Hi Megan, you are welcome :)
Niels ten Oever - Article19: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/icannhrdraft
Amr Elsadr:Archives of the email list are here: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cc-humanrights/
Alexandra:Hi everyone, in listening only mode unfortunately
Amr Elsadr:This AC room is audio enabled, so you can use it to speak without dialling into the conference.
matthew shears:Is there a ICANN WP template?
matthew shears:when we were doing the Charter for the CCWG Accountbaility there was a template - granted it is a WG not WP but just wondered
Amr Elsadr:Great. Thanks.
Amr Elsadr:Bringing in/recruiting the expertise would be fantastic.
jorge cancio GAC-Switzerland:As information under 4: GAC agreed in Singapore to form a working group on human rights and international law
jorge cancio GAC-Switzerland:It is now being constituted, with a large number of interested GAC members, and with the work being lead by Peru
Amr Elsadr:@Jorge: That's wonderful. Looking fwd to seeing what this WG comes up with. Thanks.
matthew shears:i think it will be important to ensure linkages betwen the WP and the WG - maybe it should be written into the charter
Amr Elsadr:I see this now in the text on the etherpad, which answers my earlier question: To propose procedures and mechanisms with the aim of producingassessments on if and how policies and procedures under developedand/or being implemented may impact on human rights.
Monika Zalnieriute:I am here, I can hear everything, but I am not sure I can speak.
Monika Zalnieriute:Do You hear me?
Amr Elsadr:@Monika: Click on the phone icon on the top left of the screen.
matthew shears:I like the idea of looking at HR in the broader framing of CSR - it might be easier for the SOs and ACs to understand (and be open to)
Maryam Bakoshi:@Monika, please give me your number and I will dial out to you
Monika Zalnieriute:Ok, I have turned my mic, it should work,
Monika Zalnieriute:aha, ok, my phone no xxxxxxxxxxxx
Maryam Bakoshi:Dialling out to you now
Maryam Bakoshi:Yes we can
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Yes we can
Niels ten Oever - Article19:go ahead
Monika Zalnieriute:Ok, so do I speak now?
Niels ten Oever - Article19:Yes, pls go ahead
Niels ten Oever - Article19:We still don't hear you Monika
Monika Zalnieriute:Cool, I hear everything, and I think I agree with Niels
matthew shears:aree Niels - we should focus where we add value and focus - for for example on CSR
Monika Zalnieriute:I see its pretty much clear that we should focus most of our attention on CSR,
Alexandra:It might be useful to look at the Global Network Initiative experience in HR audit
Amr Elsadr:@Monika: I'm not entirely convinced that CSR should be the focus. The real need of HR consideration in ICANN is on how the policies affect domain name holders. This is done using the governance mechanisms via the contracts between ICANN and the registries and registrars, as well as the contracts between the registrars and the registrants.
Amr Elsadr:I'm not sayin that CSR should be excluded, but it shouldn't dominate the focus of the group.
Avri Doria:aplogies for being late. i thought it was later.
matthew shears:business responsibility to respect HR: http://www.ihrb.org/pdf/state-of-play/State-of-Play-Full-Report.pdf
nigel hickson:Assume Lee can talk on COE work?
matthew shears:@ Amr - understand your point re CSR - but I guess my feeling is that using that approach as an umbrella may make the issue for palatable
Amr Elsadr:@Matt: Looks interesting. Will have to put a couple of hours aside to go through it. :)
matthew shears:has this been circulated more broadly Lee?
jorge cancio GAC-Switzerland:will a short summary of this call be circulated?
matthew shears:I think it will be very important going forward that this WP has the fullest visibility of what is going on vis-a-vis ICANN and HR bpoth inside and outsdide ICANN
Amr Elsadr:Thanks all. Bye.
matthew shears:thanks Niels all
Chris LaHatte:thanks
Maryam Bakoshi:Thank you all
jorge cancio GAC-Switzerland:thanks
Anri vd Spuy:Thanks.
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Niel Ten Oever, Rafik Dammak, Amr Elsadr, Marilia Marciel, Benjamin Akinmoyeje, Jorge Cancio, Concettina Cassa, Chris Lahatte, Nigel Hickson, Alexandra, Lee Hibbard, Matthew Shears, Monika Zalnieruite, Megan Richards, Jean-Jacques Sahel, Stephania Milan, Avri Doria


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A Petco store in Johnson City New York allowed many of their animals to die because they didn't want to give them away to people willing to take them while preparing for a major flood. Despite warnings all over the news Petco claims it had no reason to believe the store would be impacted, even though the river is only a short distance away. Residents in the area offered to take the pets, but Petco refused, one resident claiming that they overheard the manager saying they can't give the pets away as they won't be covered in an insurance claim if they do.
This type of behavior from a large corporation is absolutely unacceptable if it is true. Petco is denying any wrong doing, and deleting coments from their facebook from people who where there and offered to take the pets.
WBNG Action news reported on this locally: http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Saturday–Petco-129586498.html and this redit post from a consumer that was there onsite is also available here: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kbfwd/so_im_in_an_area_that_flooded_the_local_petco/
I won't be shopping at Petco anymore. How about you?


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The tech and media savvy hipsters currently at SXSW could very well be a snapshot of things to come. The conference is chock full of smartphones, but there's nary a notebook (or netbook) in sight.
It's anecdotal evidence, sure, but these folks are undoubtedly ahead of the curve on technology. And what they're saying is they're more comfortable using mobile devices as a primary computing and communications tool than they are with notebooks, or even netbooks.
[Notebooks are]still here, but are far fewer. Right now I can see several open tables and an entire open outlet. Instead people are clustered around mobile phones, showing off applications, photos or videos. You can see little clusters of them dotting the halls, like this group I photographed here. I've even seen one or two people charging their iPhones, rather than charging notebooks, in an outlet. As for netbooks, I haven't seen many at all. - Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOM
GigaOM notes, and I agree, that this is not the End Times for notebooks. It just means people are much more comfortable with using their phone as a computing/communication tool than they were the year before. Expect that to continue as phones get even more robust and the networks get faster.
Update: Well, people were using smartphones en masse at SXSW, so long as they were not iPhones. At&t apparently dropped the ball in Austin. [GigaOM]


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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Lawyers filed a lawsuit Friday against some of Puerto Rico's top police officials, accusing them of discriminating against an officer for being an atheist and not adhering to the separation of church and state.
It is one of the first cases of its kind filed in the deeply religious U.S. territory, where 85 percent of the people consider themselves Roman Catholic and a large minority is Protestant.
The lawsuit names the island's police chief and three supervisors. It was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in Puerto Rico and the Washington-based ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief.
The case involves police officer Alvin Marrero Mendez, 38, who repeatedly refused to participate in Christian prayers held at his precinct because he is an atheist.
In one case, attorneys say his supervisors held a prayer in the parking lot of a shopping mall prior to an intervention. Marrero objected and his supervisors ordered him to abandon the formation, yelling, "He is standing there because he doesn't believe in what we believe in," the lawsuit states.
After Marrero filed a complaint, lawyers said, supervisors demoted the 14-year veteran, stripped him of his gun and made him wash patrol cars and act as a messenger.
The ACLU is seeking a court judgment stating that forced prayer in a government workplace violates the doctrine of separation of church and state as well as the officer's freedom. Puerto Rico's constitution specifically states there needs to be complete separation of church and state.
The ACLU also requested a court order to stop the alleged retaliation.
"Government employees should never be forced to pray with the boss," said Daniel Mach, director of the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief.
Michelle Franco, a spokeswoman for Puerto Rico's police chief, Hector Pesquera, did not respond to a request for comment.
One of the supervisors named in the lawsuit, Guillermo Calixto Rodriguez, was appointed police chief for the capital of San Juan in January. He could not be reached for comment.
The lawsuit highlights how church and state are often intertwined in Puerto Rico, a conservative island of 3.7 million people.
A couple years ago, officials with the Treasury Department organized a Catholic Mass in the building's lobby, complete with an altar.
Prayer circles have been held at the Supreme Court.
And in March 2012, former Police Chief Emilio Diaz Colon promoted more than 470 officers at a ceremony held at a church, saying at the time, "We are very grateful that God is with us at the Puerto Rico Police Department."
Diaz was criticized at the time for his comments and for using the church, but he said the location was provided at no cost and was large enough to accommodate everyone who attended.
"This has always been a problem in Puerto Rico," said William Ramirez, the ACLU's local director. "It's very divisive and it's unconstitutional. … Government is sending a message, 'This is what we believe, and we believe you should be believing.'"


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FRIANT, Calif. Two cowboys on horses pushed cattle across an expanse of golden hills overgrown with tall grasses and oak trees, up an unpaved road toward another pasture.
From the Sierra Nevada foothills, the cattle will be sent for processing into beef, prized by consumers looking for locally raised, grass-fed meat in Californias Central Valley.
But this isnt a ranch. Its a nature preserve managed by the Sierra Foothill Conservancy, a Fresno-area land trust that protects ecosystems. The Conservancy says it is breaking new ground by raising its own beef herd, using cattle to benefit the environment and to improve its bottom line.
The beef operation is one of several novel approaches cost-effective, though paradoxical that marry conservation work with industries often held in low esteem by environmentalists.
Across the nation, conservation groups in partnership with ranchers are using cattle to restore native plant species by grazing invasive grasses. Other groups are working with fishermen to fish sustainably, and using logging and mining profits to pave way for forest and salmon restoration.
Theres been a shift to working more with industries, said Lynn Huntsinger, professor of rangeland ecology at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a human landscape. We need food, we need wood, people are crazy about eating salmon. Working closely with those who produce on the land offers opportunities for ... teaching them about conservation.
In the past, conservationists relied on purchasing land and setting it aside, away from human activity. Logging, ranching or mining were seen as harmful and incompatible with preservation.
But in recent years, the use of conservation easements to retire development rights on private land has exploded. The easements, which cost a fraction of what it would cost to buy the property, allow landowners to continue working the land.
In areas where nearby urban development has pushed up land values, conservation easements can provide an alternative solution to ranchers who might be tempted to sell their holdings, said Daniel Press, a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Conservationists have found that allowing, or even encouraging or designing some way of making money off of properties is the only way to keep them from being degraded further or developed outright, Press said.
At the Conservancy which owns about 6,500 acres of land in Fresno, Madera, Merced and Mariposa counties and manages another 20,000 acres for ranchers with easements and for public agencies allowing ranching on its land was once controversial.
But over the past decade, studies have shown that cattle grazing can help the land, especially vernal pools, temporary collections of water that provide crucial habitat for native plants and invertebrates, said executive director Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis.
If we dont graze the foothills, then the European grasses end up choking out a lot of the native plants and it really decreases the biodiversity of the habitat, Tuitele-Lewis said.
So-called conservation grazing is increasingly used by land trusts and public agencies on preserves and private ranches throughout the U.S., she said. Most lease land to ranchers, but the conservancy took the practice a step further. Two years ago, it started its own beef herd under the label Sierra Lands Beef.
The group now runs about 300 cows on 1,800 acres of land. The beef operation provides an additional revenue stream, Tuitele-Lewis said, and allows greater control over grazing management.
The conservancys herdsmen transport the cattle, five head at a time, to Fresno State Universitys slaughterhouse to be butchered, processed and boxed. They then deliver the grass-fed beef to customers.
Were creating a bridge between conservation and the local economy, Tuitele-Lewis said.
Other conservationists are teaming up with private timber investors such as the Lyme Timber Company based in New Hampshire. The company acquires quality habitat that doubles as timberland, gives up development rights by selling conservation easements to land trusts and public agencies throughout the United States, then logs the land in a sustainable way to generate an income.
Timber is harvested at or below the annual rate of growth, said Peter Stein, the companys managing director, and harvesting methods are third-party certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
The approach is key, Stein said, as conservationists aim to preserve larger tracts of land in the hundreds of acres which are too expensive to buy outright.
The Nature Conservancy is also partnering with the timber industry in California and Alaska to restore salmon by felling trees to create stream habitat.
The group also has partnered with the fishing industry. It bought out fishing permits in California and in Maine to protect millions of acres of ocean habitat, then leased the permits back to fishermen who agreed to fish sustainably.
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With a William Wallace-style cry of "Freedom!" millions of tax payers will today reach a milestone far more pleasant than April 15, although it also involves taxes.
Tax Freedom Day arrived Thursday, the 108th day of 2013, according to the Tax Foundation's annual calculation. The—ahem—"nonpartisan" research organization reports Americans will work well over three and a half months, handing over about 29% of their income, before they have earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels. Both higher federal taxes and rebounding incomes contributed to this year's date, which it notes is five days later than in 2012.
In the new Tax Foundation study, "Tax Freedom Day 2013," economists William McBride, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Malm; and Kyle Pomerleau also calculate how long Americans would have to work in order to close the federal budget deficit. In order to pay for all spending in the current year, the government would need to raise an additional $833 billion in taxes, pushing Tax Freedom Day to May 9.
"This year, Americans will work five days later than in 2012 to pay all of their taxes. The total tax bill at all levels comes to approximately $4.2 trillion, or 29.4% of their total income," McBride said in a statement. "That means Americans will pay more in taxes in 2013 than they will spend on food, clothing and housing combined."
The foundation adds the total tax burden borne by residents of different states varies considerably, not only due to differing state tax policies, but also because of the progressivity of the federal tax system. This means higher-income states celebrate Tax Freedom Day later: residents of Connecticut (May 13), New York (May 6) and New Jersey (May 4) face a significantly higher federal tax burden than lower-income states. Residents of Mississippi and Louisiana will bear the lowest average tax burden in 2013, with Tax Freedom Day having arrived for them on March 29. Also early is Tennessee, where Tax Freedom Day arrived April 2.
Historically, the date for Tax Freedom Day has fluctuated significantly. The latest-ever nationwide Tax Freedom Day was May 1, 2000— meaning that Americans paid 33% of their total income in taxes. A century earlier, in 1900, Americans paid only 5.9% of their income in taxes, meaning Tax Freedom Day came on Jan. 22.
According to the organization, five major categories of taxes dominate the tax burden. Individual income taxes—including federal, state and local—require 40 days of work. Payroll taxes take another 24 days of work. Sales and excise taxes, mostly state and local, take 15 days to pay off. Property taxes take 12 days, and corporate income taxes take another nine.
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This document is the introduction to the series, Operational Guidance on Promoting Gender Equality through UNICEF-Supported Programming. it provides a conceptual overview of the whys and hows of promoting gender equality. Issues discussed include engaging boys to promote equality, entry points for promoting equality, what organizations can do to model behavior, examples of promoting gender-responsive environments, including gender in programmatic design.


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See what happens when a new nun and four Chinese orphans arrive unexpectedly at Nonnatus House, causing both joy and chaos for the midwives. Meanwhile, Mother Superior falls ill, and it's time for a new spiritual leader to be elected.
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It was opening night last night in New York for Sienna Miller's After Miss Julie with Jonny Lee Miller and the reviews are…
All about her legs?
No, that's not sexist at all.
Apparently her legs were her best asset, according to some critics, while others remarked that she while she certainly can cover Vogue, she has no place covering the stage. Needless to say, the UK papers are delighting in what they're calling Sienna's unsuccessful Broadway debut but it should be noted that there were those who found her "convincing enough", who posited that there is some potential, that she could grow into the role.
As for those legs, they were on full display last night on the carpet in a f-cking amazing short metallic green dress with holes ears and frayed edges. It's Balmain. Sigh. Am jealous. SO jealous.
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Editor's note: Believe it or not, there are people who tune into the Super Bowl just as much for the game as the commercials.
Weird? Maybe. But Super Bowl Sunday has become known for the release of many of the greatest commercials of all time.
With the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons squaring off in Super Bowl 51 this Sunday, we decided to take a look back to this piece from 2013 on some of the best golf commercials ever made.
In case you hadn't noticed, golf commercials are some of the best commercials being made these days. Typically, when it's commercial time, we take the chance to go grab something from the fridge, or quickly relieve ourselves (come on, we're being honest here).
But lately, there are golf commercials that are appointment viewing. The find of stuff where if you have a DVR, you might even find yourself rewinding to laugh one more time at the ad.
With such an abundance of great golf commercials in recent years, it's not easy picking out the best of the best. However, that's exactly what we tasked our friends in PGA.com Facebook Nation with this week.
We asked: What's the best golf ad (commercial) that you've seen?
You might not agree with the list, and that's OK. But you can't deny that these are definitely some good ones.
Also, if you've forgotten the commercial mentioned, simply click on its name to go view it.
9. USGA's, "Hole-in-one." This one is more sentimental than the others you'll find on the list, but a fantastic one nonetheless. A young boy makes a hole-in-one while playing by himself. So who's going to be able to attest that it actually happened? Luckily, a greenskeeper saw it all unfold: "Hey kid! Nice shot!"
Facebook fan quotes:
"The USGA ad where the little kid gets a hole-in-one and no one sees it but the greenskeeper." -- John Polak
"Absolutely right John Polak. Nothing comes close!" -- Jon M. Cortez
8. Nike Golf's, "Juggling golf ball," commercial with Tiger Woods. Let's face it; this was the coolest golf commercial ever when it came out. Tiger Woods, juggling a golf ball on the face of his wedge, between his legs, etc., before bouncing it into the air and baseball-batting it 200 yards. Any oldie, but a goodie.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Tiger bouncing the ball." -- Mark Rydman
"Tiger bouncing ball on wedge then hitting it. Started the golf commercial rave to higher standards." -- Erik Babash
7. Nike Golf's, "And you couldn't center the logo," spot with Tiger Woods. Remember that absolutely absurd, mind-boggling chip shot that Tiger Woods hit on the 16th hole at Augusta National on his way to winning the 2005 Masters? He starts the ball about 25 feet above the hole and we all watch it trickle down, nearly stop and then -- with the Nike logo upside down for a second or two -- it drops in for a birdie. Well, Nike made an awesome commercial out of it, suggesting that Tiger could have been a little more grateful for his equipment.
Facebook fan quote:
"Nike... Tiger Woods slow roll cup-in with the logo facing out." -- Bradley N. Julian
6. FedEx's, "Arnold Palmer Tea," commercial. You know this one, right? A guy tells the waiter, "I'm in the mood for a Mark Stephenhagen" -- an iced tea and lemonade, he says. Of course, the rest of the world knows that as, "An Arnold Palmer." But, as Stephenhagen explains, "No, an Arnold Palmer is a completely different drink -- it's half-lemonade and half-iced tea. This commercial gets me every time.
Facebook fan quotes:
"I'll have a Mark Stephenhagen." -- Brett Smith
"Mark Stephenhagens for everyone." -- Scott Costanzo
"Mark Stephenhagens for everyone!" -- Brandon Hoover
5. FootJoy's, "Sign Boy," ads. For my money, nothing beats Sign Boy. There were just so many great commercials, including the one we highlight here, where Sign Boy interrupts an interview Curtis Strange is conducting with Davis Love III and Adam Scott. These were the best!
Facebook fan quotes:
"The entire Sign Boy ad campaign. He should still be doing them. Nothing compares to those." -- John Boutet
"FootJoy Commercials with Sign Boy." -- Chris Young
4. The PGA Tour's, "Dustin Johnson: Wedding Crasher," commercial. Scene-setter: A wedding is going on when all of a sudden, a golf ball flies into the reception hall and lands into the cake. Johnson climbs up onto the table and plays his shot as chunks of the cake explode into the bride's face. Great ad.
Facebook fan quotes:
"I think the one where Dustin Johnson is in the Wedding Cake. He seems to get in those types of crazy predicaments a lot." -- Tony Conwell
"This year I really like the Dustin Johnson one when he hits the ball off the wedding cake." -- Sam Tamberelli
"New Dustin Johnson at wedding." -- Benny Christian
"Dustin Johnson wedding crash." -- Charles Heppes
3. Nike Golf's, "Apologies." This is Nike's latest add for the new, red, Covert driver. It's emphasizing how far the ball goes with players teeing off and "accidentally" hitting into the groups in front of them. One of the funnier lines is when a guy tees off, yells, "Sorry!" Then looks back at his playing partners and says, "No I'm not!" The commercial ends with a golfer hitting into a putting Tiger Woods... something you don't want to do.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Nike driver -- hit on the green while Tiger is trying to putt. Tiger would 'hunt' you down." -- Kenneth James Shelton
"Nike with people hitting into the group ahead, 'sorry Mr. Tiger.' 'He's coming!'" -- Dawn O'Day Foster
"No apologizes with Tiger." -- Michael Franke Jr
"SORRY!... No I'm not!" -- Cameron Gillins
2. Kikkor Golf's, "Be yourself. Be awesome." James Lepp, the founder of Kikkor and a recent finalist on the Golf Channel's, "Big Break Greenbrier," likes to be different and make great videos (for example, check out, "A day at the office"; "The brand"; "The change up"; "The Saucer Pass"; and more). Chalk this commercial up as arguably the best golf commercial you've never seen. Luckily, for you reading, some friends in PGA.com Facebook Nation have seen it and nominated it for this list. Without giving away the details/punch line, Lepp makes good on a long-running golf joke amongst the boys after a, "bunted tee shot." I'm not sure I can tell you more than that here without getting in trouble, so you'll just have to watch it for yourself. Trust us, it's fantastic.
Facebook fan quote:
"Kikkor Golf... James Lepp... awesome!" -- John Colin Baker
1. Nike Golf's, "No cup is safe," spot featuring Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Reminiscent of the classic Larry Bird/Michael Jordan commercials where the two basketball legends play H-O-R-S-E by nailing ridiculous shot after ridiculous shot, Woods and McIlroy recreate it with golf shots. It's a fun commercial as both players bust one another between shots, like when Tiger asks Rory, "Dude, is that your real hair?" This -- even though it's new -- was the No. 1 choice of our friends in PGA.com Facebook Nation.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Definitely the new Nike Rory vs. Tiger spot." -- Gary C. Kern
"Tiger and Rory's new commercial. Love it." -- Trint The-Goods Hughes
"Definitely the new Nike Tiger vs. Rory." -- Jessi Weaver
"New Rory/Tiger Nike commercial." -- Lincoln Musser
"I like the one with Tiger and Rory trying to outdo each other on the range!" -- Jeff Blanton
"The new Nike ad with Rory and Tiger!!! I think the ad is called No Cup Is Safe!! Best one I have seen!!" -- Wes Myers
"The new Nike Rory/Tiger ads are pretty good." -- Wayne Black
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Hey old friends. I finally gave up on remembering my twitter password (only took 2 years or 4 …) so I am back using @psusurro The blog still posts to the old handle so really I am just sending you more than 144
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Hey old friends. I finally gave up on remembering my twitter password (only took 2 years or 4 …) so I am back using @psusurro The blog still posts to the old handle so really I am just sending you more than 144
Hope to see you in my feed 🙂
I was there when the events discussed at the beginning of this post happened. I started the Girlcot Seal Press accountability campaign. It is a traumatic story in the sense of cavalier disregard for intellectual property and closing of the ranks by certain mainstream feminists and a large portion of NWSA attendees that year as much as how the careers of those folks were completely unhindered by their involvement in both oppression and "potential" plagiarism. Yet it is also a powerful testament to the work woc social justice and feminist bloggers engaged in then and, if you know them, now. I am so proud of my virtual sisters for the community we built together and for all the amazing work I see them doing now. I too have grown and changed but I have never gotten to carry our histories with me.
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I was reading Breeze Harper's piece on racist and misogynist trolling of her website Sistah Vegan a few days ago and thinking how little has changed for black intellectuals in North America. Breeze mentions how she has advanced degrees from prestigious universities, honors, and awards that should make her word hold some weight. However, as a post-colonial reading of Merleau-Ponty quickly points out the imagined black Other supersedes that of any disconfirming information. So we are always ignorant until proven smart. Always race baiting haters until we allow racism to run rampant on our sites or bow down to the know it all white expert who is likely reading an uncited bastardization of our own text back to us incorrectly. And so on.
What struck me most reading Breeze's article was not just the long list of educational credentials that amount to nothing in the face of whiteness, but also the fact that she has been harassed by so-called Buddhists for daring to participate in decolonizing wellness practices. Not only does this seem decidedly anti-Buddhist, but it touches very close to home. You see, I have a white male Buddhist in my life, through no fault of my own, who is consistently harassing me about my intersectional politics and my desire for equal treatment at the university. He denies that there is any sign of discrimination in the classrooms he oversees and yet there are multiple complaints about racism, sexism, and homophobia overheard in the halls, claimed to be written on the evals, and most importantly several students and one faculty member have threatened to sue over oppressive behavior or pedagogical choices. He calls me unstable when I advocate for myself or others, and has literally told people to stay away from me if they want to succeed in our profession. Once, he even maligned my family and allegedly physically threatened a gay male colleague. But when anyone who he cannot menace asks him about the rumors about his behavior, he laughs and falls back on his Buddhism as proof that he would never harass students and faculty of color, queer students and faculty, women, or differently-abled people. He talks about his spirituality and its call for authenticity that he takes seriously and even publishes about. When backed into a corner, he even beats his chest and talks about his own experiences of being bullied in school and all the poor black families he worked with when he was young. He, like the Buddhist in Breeze's post, is accessing whiteness through the lens of "good person", i.e. the idea that because he practices benevolent spirituality he has already conquered oppression not only in his own mind but in any arena in which he enters or controls. As such, he has the right to silence and deny evidence of oppression and the need to heal from it coming from the people most likely to know what it looks like: the oppressed. Unlike the spectres in Breeze's article however, he is not a pimple faced kid hiding at an internet cafe or in the back room of the Women's Studies class he hopes will get him dates all the while resenting nothing else was open in this time slot. He is a tenured department chair. A real live, living breathing man, with the power to shape minds and marginalize and oppress those he does not see as fit to complain.
This is why I started with the image above. You see, it was not too long ago that schools were segregated and people had to fight to get access to good educations. It was not too long ago that students had to walk out to see themselves reflected in the curriculum. And in fact, despite these huge gains often met with unspeakable emotional and physical violence from the "good people" brigade, the reality is that very little has changed. Key historical figures in the history of social justice in this country are slowly being removed from history books. Important people of color, queer people, and women are being slowly erased and their contributions being usurped by the assumption that the men in the books did it first. Differently-abled and trans folks have very seldom if ever seen themselves in the textbooks and when they do, it is often with their identities completely washed away. The demographics of schools are also showing a rise in re-segregation and the middle and high school level which leads to even more "Real World encounters" at the university level. Just last year I had a student tell me that she had never had to be in a class with a black person before meeting me and another tell me that she lived in a neighborhood where the police would escort me out if I ever visited. But the Chair swears this is a safe place for students of color to learn and faculty of color to teach, all though there are no faculty of color to speak of in his department if you do not count us fellow cross-listing faculty, none.
So, what does it all mean? Ultimately, while Breeze's piece resonated with me on so many levels from shared experience in and outside of the blogosphere to the myths I internalized about education and meritocracy without even realizing it, I have to disagree with the premise. I do not believe that trolls are the stuff of the internet. I work with trolls every day and in this climate they are empowered to troll me with the goal of making me break without any consequences. Like the girl pictured above, I sit in classrooms with students who literally point and say snide things about the way I smell, how I do my hair, the things I find important and meaningful, etc. and when I discuss it with other faculty, I often see folks who are lead by the likes of Dr. Crackhead or worse Mr. Buddhist-light, whose capacity for emotional sadism rivals any white supremacist in the history books or outside of it. (Material added 4/27/13) To be clear, the N word, "black bitch", and the like have all been said to my face or the face of my colleagues at one time or another in our careers; one can only wonder what these "colleagues" and instructors call us behind closed doors or with the not-so-invisible veil of the internet. (End of added material)
Something has gone horribly wrong with us as a nation when we have already fought the battle of equal education and seen its toll, only to let it slip through our fingers. Something has gone horribly wrong with us as a people when we have looked on lynching images and read about how group think works, and we let our classrooms slip back into seethingly invalidating environments egged on by the person in the front of the room or their boss. I write this, with no answers, as one person trying to change it, speaking to all of you readers who I hope are doing the same. Let's join our thoughts and our voices and our strength because otherwise it will be too late.
So I played hookie today to see the latest reboot of the X Men at the opening screening. I must admit that I was a little worried after the train wreck that was the last film in the franchise and the move to push it off it's traditional memorial day weekend slot; but, I love James Mcavoy. Despite his decision to participate in Wanted, I trust that he has the keen sense of science fiction and fantasy folklore necessary for the complexities of Professor Xavier. I was also curious to see the interim years between the concentration camp and the battle weary Magneto of old.
Eschewing special effects driven drivel that has defined the genre of late, First Class returns us to the basics of storytelling and relationship. We are introduced to a bevy of mutant characters without the feel of the high school lunchroom that usually happens in films that have to introduce a lot quickly. (Except in the scene where they choose new code names, which was a bit of a show and tell.) And all though the film gives us the prerequisite young people behaving stupidly scenes, it leaves most of the heavy lifting to its seasoned lead actors: Kevin Bacon, James McAvoy, and Michael Fassbender. In fact, the two most compelling things about this film are the relationship between McAvoy and Fassbender and Fassbender's compelling portrayal of a concentration camp turned long term abuse survivor working through the horror of his traumas with his abuser-father figure. Magneto's violence is always tempered by Fassbender's inflection of pain and pathos and McAvoy's striking ability to display profound depths of compassion without a single word. The connection between these two actors and these two characters is better than the vapid connections the studio thinks will bring in audience, i.e. pre-professor X drunken college days, his awkward "ack put that blueness away" relationship with Raven/Mystique, and especially his ridiculous connection with Rose Byrne's character which was so throwaway I don't even remember her name.
The only relationship in the film as compelling, exempting for a moment the conflictual relationship between Magneto and Shaw that the film does not spend enough time on for obvious reasons, was the short encounter between Magneto and Mystique. Again and again, Magneto offers her unconditional positive regard and the holding space to have faith in who she is on the inside and the outside. His kindness with her starts from the moment he sees her. And it is their relationship that gets at one of the central questions of the film: do you embrace who you are or hide in shame? Interestingly, young Professor Xavier seems to share in some of the shame that these young mutants carry. When asked by Mystique if he could love her in her real form, he seems as though he has eaten something slightly off, though he tries to be positive. When he sees her naked later, the top-level reading of him as prudish gives way to a deeper level reading that might explain why she ultimately chooses Magneto.
The way the film frames questions of identity lends itself to dual layer readings constantly pitting the X Men against Mutants who simply want to live their lives and recognize from the battlegrounds of history that there may only be one way to do that. In the intial Singer films, which I loved, they steered clear of any implication that Xavier might be engaging in compensation but this film dares to look at the interpersonal pain of each character and ask very hard questions in what is ultimately an extremely positive way. When Magneto asks Xavier about arrogance it is powerful enough to make you reflect on the meaning of hero complex and why so much self-acceptance on the side of the X Men is peppered with shame and attempts to hide, change, or fit in.
What divides Xavier and Magneto will always be the willingness to do harm and the driving force of fear versus hope in their lives. Again, rather than take these differences lightly, the First Class follows in the footsteps of Singer by exploring what these two world views ultimately mean in a world that is operating outside of the existential crisis the mutants are having with themselves and each other. Xavier's consistent message of mindfulness in the face of trauma, exclusion, and violence, shows us the better part of both men. While Magneto's willingness to ask hard questions about genocide and arrogance hit home for both his warped mirror image in Kevin Bacon's character and his possible best Self reflected back at him through Xavier.
The film is not without slippages however. Despite a bevy of female characters,acting in main, supporting, and background roles, none of them manages to make it through this movie without walking around in their underwear at least once. Several of them play sex workers in seedy clubs that are often scenes that combine fantasies of male sexual power and actual state power (ie the power to destroy or save the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.) and physical violence trotting out the trite connedtion between arousal and violence that Singer helped put to bed in the first two films. In one of the more benignly demeaning scenes, Magneto and Xavier sip wine on a bed while Angel spreads her wings and the three of them exchange sexual innuendo. Meant to make male audiences laugh and certainly the least of the many scenes in which powerful women take off their clothes to prove they are capable or get their jobs done in this movie, the underlining absence of female subjecthood throughout the bulk of this movie is disconcerting.
On some levels, Raven's character counters the stereotype. She explores her insecurities with great depth despite Xavier's dismissing them as "concern about her body" and she tries her best to reflect back a sense of pride in oneself to Beast even as he tears them both done. Though much of her angst falls into the same tired, offensive, trap of a girl pining for a man who will never really see her and acting out sexually when she doesn't get what she wants, when she walks into the light naked in this movie, she does it not as titillation but as a fully realized Self whose body is all her own.
It is a much more powerful message than the psuedo-feminism of Frost who sits in her underwear rolling her eyes about men while she projects an image of herself into the mind of a Russian diplomat to get him to do what she wants. If Frost can project her image into the head of a diplomat, why does her image need to get naked to get the job done? And if Frost is powerful enough to block Xavier and sense when he has grown stronger, then why is she so often using sex as her prefered weapon? And if itmis because of Shaw's warped connections to sex and violence, why not make that more explicit, since itmismhinted at more than once.
Lastly, ask yourself this question at the intersections of race and class, why are all the women blonde and blue-eyed in this film except for Angel, the only mutant woman of color? While Rose Byrne has brown hair, she isn't a mutant, AND she is a CIA agent who puts up with endless sexist remarks about her competence because she is a "girl". In other words, she plays the Diana Prince to the amazonian Wonder Women around her. In the same way "pretty" is explicitly linked to white and blonde, Rose's hair color is meant to mark out the stereotype of "smart woman" even as she too is relegated to running around in her underwear under the in your face gaze of several men. I suppose some will justify this trite tropes by pointing out Byrne gets the man in the end, unlike the blondes. But she doesn't actually get him, he wipes her memory without her consent and she seems happy about it because she remembers vaguely he kissed her first … More successfully empowering than hollywood pseudo-feminism is Byrne's character's intelligence, integrity, and success despite the sexism in her workplace. She is instrumental in stopping Magneto's planned massacre as well as in getting the mutants on board to stop a nuclear war. It's just too bad these feats culminate in her empty headed kiss memory.
The people of color in this film are central enough in the background. Two of the first mutants they pick to join the still forming X Men are played by black actors and meant to be Latinos. (I am going to just leave you to ponder that casting on your own for now … You should note, there is a Latino actor with an important role on Shaw's team but he has no lines, and sits in the background until it is time for him to use his power) In the show and tell turned frat party the young members have post-recruitment, both characters get to show their stuff just as much as any of the others. And when push comes to shove Darwin is the only one who acts, dragging Havoc reluctantly into it, to stop Shaw and his crew after they massacre an entire base. For his efforts, Darwin is the first and only mutant to die. Angel on the other hand, is the first and only mutant on Xavier's team to join Shaw. So both black actors are eliminated from team X Men before they even start training. All of the people of color in the film are also absent from most of the promotional material and when they are pictured, it is usually only Angel (played by Lenny Kravatiz's daughter) and she is in the back. ( see image at beginning of this post for an example.)
I have to say that despite these glaring slippages and the pointless partying scenes in the beginning of the movie, I found X Men First Class a compelling film with several important reflective questions about identity, power, and humanity. In embracing the complexities of the main male characters it gave us a chance to look at both the Self and the Shadow of each man and wonder what we would do in their place. It's messages of self-esteem and self-respect, healing, and forgiveness are all things we could spend more time cultivating in this world. It also gives us several distinct reflections of masculinity that run counter to man=big gun and damsel in pseudo-feminist distress storyline that dominates summer blockbusters; and as I have implied some of that masculinity has queer window dressing all over it. And it manages all of this in a slick summer package full of special effects and nods to movies' past.
Go see it and tell me what you think.
(PS. the director has said that the sequel will need a new opponent for Magneto because Xavier is in a wheelchair, so look for me to revisit ablism next year when that film comes out.)
all images are the property of 20th Century Fox (2011) "X Men: First Class"
Hey all, this post comes straight from Alexis @ Broken Beautiful Press announcing their next summer of healing institute. I cannot tell you enough how much I love watching young feminist women take their growth and their healing into their own hands and use it to create and lift up community. So go be fed. (And even if you can't participate, consider donating and starting your own summer healing group.)
In honor of the great poet Lucille Clifton, who was also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, a mother, an artist and self-identified Amazon warrior through her poetry, the Lucille Clifton ShapeShifter Survival School is especially designed for families that are committed to ending childhood sexual abuse and all forms of gendered violence. Informed by Generation 5 and the regional plan of the Atlanta Transformative Justice Collaborative, the ShapeShifter Survival School is part of a holistic process of ending child sexual abuse by creating healing community.
Lucille Clifton Rebirth Summer
F0r 5 Thursdays in Lucille Clifton's birth month of June we will gather as survivors of child sexual and physical abuse and sexual violence and parents and caretakers committed to ending cycles of abuse in our families and communities to do writing activities based on Lucille Clifton's poetry and the ShapeShifter Survivor Rebirth Broadcast video series. (See videos here: http://blackfeministmind.wordpress.com/category/shapeshifting/). Participants in the series will also receive digital mixes of the music we work with to create a sacred space of memory. We can use the digital music mixes at home to activate memories of safety from the group writing space.
Thursday. June 2
Unapologetic: Reclaiming Our Memories and Voices
Thursday, June 9
Bright: On Clarity and Power
Thursday, June 16
Gentle: On Cultivating Self-Love
Thursday, June 23
Futuristic: Towards the World that We Deserve
Thursday, June 30th
Planetary: The Depth and Urgency of Our Healing
Our intention is that after this summer month of Rebirth the Shapeshifter Survivor writing group will continue on a monthly basis hosted by participants as an ongoing source of support and healing drawing on work by Lucille Clifton and other writers.
For more information or to add your name to the reminder list email firstname.lastname@example.com
When I downloaded the "random words" app on my iPad, I had no idea it was National Poetry Month. Instead, I was looking for a way to jumpstart my creativity in a meeting that was sucking the life out of me. Interestingly, the poem below based on an image I chose from my files and the words generated from the app actually inspired me to do more found word writing, ie to be more aware of the words, phrases, and messages in my world and to transform them into art.
autumn breezy light/immaculate in the fields/laughing wonder/ fresh/ tremble me
For the month of April, I will be writing down grafitti, bumper stickers, quotes, etc. and doing short writings on why they intrigued me or simply passed me by in the past and transforming that into poetry. I won't make you sit through all that processing, but I may post a poem or two … we will see.
What are you doing for National Poetry Month?
The Family Acceptance Project is an evidenced based best practices research, intervention, and education project on family therapy for families with queer and questioning youth. It's goals are to decrease health risks, suicide rates, substance abuse, HIV, and homelessness of LGBTQ youth through family therapy and education. They are housed at SFSU but need your donations, no matter where you live, and your voice, if you are in CA, to keep the project going.
One of the things they do is record family stories about how individual family members understand sexuality and how queer kids see themselves within the context of their families. Here is an example:


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Jan 15, 2020
The Reed College Department of Psychology seeks applicants for a two-year position in SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY to begin August 2020. The selected individual will teach four courses each year (two each semester), including a team-taught introductory psychology course with lab, a core course in social psychology, and two additional seminars. At least one course in addition to the introductory course must include a laboratory component. In addition, the individual will supervise year-long senior thesis projects. Preference will be given to candidates with a Ph.D. but strong ABD applicants will be considered. We especially welcome applications from candidates with experience teaching undergraduates. Reed College is a community that believes that cultural diversity is essential to the excellence of our academic program. In your letter of application, please address how your scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and/or community service might support Reed College's commitment to diversity and inclusion articulated in the College's diversity statement (http://www.reed.edu/diversity). Applications should include a CV, statements of research and teaching interests, three letters of recommendation, and any other materials that will help us assess the candidate's research and teaching experience. An Equal Opportunity Employer, Reed values diversity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups. Review of applications will begin March 1, 2020 and continue until the position is filled. Send materials to Jennifer Corpus, chair of the search committee, at http://apply.interfolio.com/73162 .
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I don't know about you, but I get to a point on a Saturday chained the computer writing a statistics assignment when I just have to bake cupcakes. No? Maybe it's just me then.
Baking always seems to lift my spirits up and refreshes me ready for another evening filled with proof-reading. And cupcakes are the mother of all baked spirit lifters.
Those that know me will be aware that I have a bit of a compulsion with lists. You give me a list, or a book than can be interpreted as a list, and I will aim to complete every item on that list even if it involves a lifestyle choice for several decades.
One of those is the Australian Women's Weekly Bake, described as "the definitive book on baking". Well Women's Weekly, I accept your challenge of 600 pages of Australia's best baking recipes and I've got a little gold star to stick on each and every recipe I get through. Why? Because I can.
This turned out to be the first-worldest of problems as my cakes tasted delicious... but would have been better with fresh blueberries.
Very (cran)Berry Cupcakes
Courtesy of the Australian Women's Weekly
125g butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 cup dried cranberries (replace with whatever berries you like)
1/2 cup slivered almonds
2/3 cup plain flour
1/3 cup self raising flour
1/4 (60ml) milk
Cream Cheese Icing
30g butter, softened
80g cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
Beat your butter, vanilla extract, sugar and eggs in a small bowl until light and fluffy (butter tip - if it's not soft enough you can grate it so it will beat easier).
Stir in dried berries, almonds, then sifted flours and milk. Divide your mix across 12 cupcake cases and smooth the surface.
Bake for 35 minutes in a preheated 140'c oven. Turn out on a wire rack to cool.
To make the icing, beat butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy then gradually beat in sifted icing sugar.
I coloured my icing as I'm trying to learn better decorating techniques. My cake baking usually consists of getting the cakes out of the oven and enjoying them as soon as possible. But I want to become a better cake decorator. With these cakes I was going for a magenta icing to match the cranberries, but ended up with more of a lavender as my blue went a little crazy. But hey, it's all a learning curve :)
What I would do differently next time
I would use fresh blueberries next time and hold the almonds (mainly because I don't really like nuts, so I'm not sure why I put them in in the first place)
I'd also put a teaspoon or so of baking soda in just to get some more rise. These cakes are a little denser than I like my butter cakes.
Enjoy your baking everyone.