White Whine and Treacle

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Christine Noble

white people (Photo credit: Victor L Antunez)

I did not watch the Superbowl this year. I find it harder all the time to enjoy the spectacle of pro sports. I used to enjoy them a great deal. Now I find the zeal with which so many of my friends and family members throw themselves into fandom a bit overwhelming. I also have a hard time not seeing everything through the lens of an activist. I won’t make any apologies about that. The way I see it, if everyone else can treat politics like a spectator sport, I am perfectly within my rights to treat spectator sports like politics. Continue reading →

Cashing Checks: Endorsing The Patriarchy

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Christine Noble

Classic 50′s Sign (Photo credit: RavenFire)

Much has been made, including on my pages here, of the “War on Women” being waged by the most extreme elements of the Republican Party. We have rightfully called out Congressmen for holding hearings on women’s health issues that involved zero testimony from actual women. Continue reading →

Cashing Checks: The Grand Daddy Of All Privilege Bankers

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Christine Noble

Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, 2008 US presidential candidate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I try to be open-minded. I try to think that, even when someone holds views different from mine or behaves in a way I see as harmful to myself or others, deep down they are OK people. Mitt Romney sure makes it hard to keep believing it. Continue reading →

Cashing Checks: Trafficking In Privilege

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Christine Noble

nice little bit of police harassment (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Time to catch up a bit. I have been out of the loop way too much lately. Fortunately the loop has been kind enough to wrap around me without my having to look at it. So thank you world, for giving Christine a reason (reasons really) to get her crusader back on. Continue reading →

Cashing Checks: The Errant Touch of Cis Privilege

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Christine Noble

English: ‘FREE HUGS’, Leipzig, Germany. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

My posts have been less frequent lately. I was without a computer for a while and I have been a bit busy since I acquired a new one (thank you Mr. Kunkle) so let me apologize to all my readers. The posts I have written have taken on a particularly personal subject and tone. I get into ruts of melancholy over such issues. I will not apologize for that, it is what writers do. Continue reading →

Cashing Checks: Head of the Class

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Christine Noble

An upper-level dressage competitor performing an extended trot. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Okay, gonna go on about a little old news here: 70,000 dollar tax break for a dressage horse. That’s seventy thousand dollars. Seven, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero pennies. That, my friends, is a whole lot of Cheetos. Continue reading →

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