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Rebecca

Gay Rights – LTE links

22
November

My letter to the editor was published in BR’s Advocate on Friday, Nov. 20, and was the latest in a chain of letters discussing gay rights and discrimination.  Here are the links below to the first few letters, and the link & text of my response.  Thanks to everyone for the positive response! Letter: Reader [...]

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Lula

fallingstars&kaleidoscopenights

15
November

I was an adult before I ever saw a shooting star that I can remember. Incidental, walking back to my dorm at the end of a Saturday night. Winter. In a group, who knows what was being said or what language was being spoken and with what other accent. Missing a boyfriend, a love, hands [...]

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Rebecca

spooktacularity

2
November

Sometimes it’s good to get outta BR, paddle in the swamp at night, go to the city and…put on a costume, give candy to strangers, fake-film people with painted cardboard and dance to techno while two male witches have words.  Word of advice: if you can’t get a cab, best to just walk.  If you [...]

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Rebecca

equity

1
November

Here’s the link to a recent story on NPR about a recently opened charter school in New York City called The Equity Project (TEP).  They’re allocating their public funding to pay their teachers $125,000/yr while the principal earns $90,000.   People may not get into teaching for the money, but that’s exactly the problem, so let’s [...]

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