wendy, a gang member, describes being shot at by a different gang and being protected by her own:
We were standing in that corner there–I was pregnant. And they were shooting at us. And everybody jumped on me–cuz I was pregnant, ya’ no? And everybody who was on my stomach, they were all shot.
They said they [...]

“I fell in love with a tree. I couldn’t not.”
– Ali Smith, “May,” in The Whole Story and Other Stories
“I fault no one. It was my limb.
I went out on it.”
–Jacqueline Waters, “No News Is,” in A Minute without Danger
(More after the jump.)

NOTE FROM BFP: the following is a guest (re)thinking walking post by good friend to this blog, Ansel. Remember Ansel? You should! Ansel designed this blog’s current theme! Ansel is also a journalist and media justice activist that blogs a lot about immigration and immigrant justice. What more could there possibly be to love?
A small [...]

by maia
this post is more questions than answers.  some thoughts brought together on a crazy taxi ride with my 2 year old aza.
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i love riding in taxis here.
i am feeling very uninspired these past few days.  its hard to explain.  normally i am brimming with ideas just trying to find the time and resources to [...]

posted by bfp
(A stream/river/water place type thing in colorado surrounded by trees)
My life is shifting right now. It’s been shifting for a while–but just as you often tinker around with an idea before you fully commit to it–I’ve been tinkering.

NOTE FROM BFP! This post is graciously cross posted from the hard core super swimmer, Anna-Louise. Please give her a warm welcome, and visit her at her LJ!And thank you so much, Anna-Louise, for your amazing thoughts.
and oops, almost forgot to say: If you would like to guest post your (re)thinking walking posts–please email [...]

~~~Note from BFP: This is cross posted with permission from the *amazing* tanglad who blogs at the blog by the same name. If you would like to guest post your (re)thinking walking posts–please email us at rethinkingwalking at gmail dot com!!!
Thank you Tanglad, for sharing your space with us!
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I used to think that I loved [...]

It’s like I’ve walked into a whole new life in the last two months.
Yet–

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From the back of the can third from the right:

Lightly Sweetened
Green Tea with Mint
On his trip down from Sri Lanka’s mystical mountain tops, Perrol carries a bamboo basket full of the finest gree tea and min leaves. He also carries with him a secret recipe for the perfect mint tea. Unlike Perrol’s, the [...]

Some firsthand reports of gross policing at SF Pride this weekend, written by two people who are very dear to me, and to movement toward queer, feminist politics that aim toward liberation and an end to all forms of oppressive violence:
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Pink Saturday: Party or Police State?
Hilary Goldberg: Slaughterhouse Pink
Abolition Now