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solidarity: what hurts you hurts me | SICK SAD WORLD
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Solidarity: what hurts you hurts me. Posted in Oh hell no. By Nancy on September 21, 2010. So I haven’t posted in a while – working as a sub-editor can make it difficult to enjoy after-hours writing and reading. But an offensive remark made by a coworker today left me in such a funk that I needed to return to this blog, if just to figure out. His remarks affected me so deeply. A few days ago I’d heard him talk about how ‘repulsive’ he found the (Chinese? Firstly, a disclai...
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Banning identity | SICK SAD WORLD
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Posted in Oh hell no. By Nancy on June 16, 2010. What’s been pissing me off this week? At the top of the shit pile was Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club’s seemingly innocuous ‘hat ban’, that ended up revealing the group’s full-blown racism. The club banned Karnail Singh from a. Public function held in his honour,. Because of a ban on ‘hats’. After the embarrassing incident, the club voted to keep the ban. 8211; it is a part of the Sikh identity, not a fashion to be worn by choice.
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An 11-year-old CEO lights up my week | SICK SAD WORLD
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. An 11-year-old CEO lights up my week. Posted in Fuck yeah! By Nancy on June 30, 2010. Watch the video at the source. This is one of the most inspiring and awesome stories I’ve heard about in so long. Amiya Alexander, 11, teaches dance classes to little girls around Detroit in her very own pink-bus-turned-dance-academy. She has her own financial advisers to help her save her earnings for medical school, and she has the unconditional support of her parents.
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What kind of ally are you? | SICK SAD WORLD
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. What kind of ally are you? Posted in Reading list. By Nancy on June 17, 2010. Laughing at or telling jokes about LGBT people. Making fun of people who don’t fit traditional notions of gender roles and sexual identity. Verbal and/or physical harrassment. Working for anti-LGBT legislation, i.e. employment and housing. Gay-bashing or other forms of violence. 2 Indifference and Ignorance. Business as usual attitude. Ignoring the topic, i.e lack of discussions. 5 Growing as an ...
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Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge | The amazing adventures of Mr. Ray
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The amazing adventures of Mr. Ray. Ray Avery and Medicine Mondiale, Changing the world from a garage in Mt Eden, Auckland. 28 December, 2010. Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. At the end of last month I took part in my first Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. The race was tough but went really well. I finished the 160km well within my target, coming in with an official time of 5.37.15. I also managed to raise more than $1200 for Medicine Mondiale – more than double what I was hoping to raise. 8230;] Lake Taupo Cycle ...