February 2012 – creating carrie

Playground Politics

I’m reading the article on the anti-gay bill reintroduced in Uganda, and we seem to have a tug ‘o war happening with development aid there. It goes a little bit like this: West: Leave LGBTQIA people alone or you can’t play with us and our money! Uganda: We don’t want to play with you! GoContinue reading “Playground Politics”

Women’s Strike Force! Engage!

Last night I actually got to watch Rachel Maddow on the day it aired (usually I watch in the mornings as I’m getting ready for the day), and one of the stories was about a reaction to Virginia’s anti-woman WTFery. Out of this hateful, hateful legislation has come a new PAC dedicated to defeat anyContinue reading “Women’s Strike Force! Engage!”

Trashy

I think I’m going off the deep end with the environment. More specifically with trash. I compost by freezing my scraps and then taking them to Union Square for the LES Ecology Center drop-off. I save plastic bags that I cannot avoid getting for that compost (bread bags, tortilla bags). I own reusable produce bagsContinue reading “Trashy”