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Yokota Teens Pull Childish Prank With Adult Consequenses

Posted on Thursday, 29 July, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

A group of teenagers from Yokota Air Force Base, Japan, thought that a fun prank would be to pull a length of rope across a road, for whatever reason that some (not all) teenagers decide that things sound like good … Continue reading →

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The 60th Anniversary of The Korean War, Hillary Clinton Visits the Korean War Museum, and Some Musings on Classism and Disabilty…

Posted on Friday, 23 July, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

It’s the 60th Anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. The Forgotten War, as some will call it, but if you ask my Papa, and many of the other veterans, and many of the people living here in Korea … Continue reading →

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How I Deserve…

Posted on Tuesday, 15 June, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

We were at the pool today, as we are wont to do after school since we are apparently living on the Surface of the Sun these days. The sky has been that foreboding shade of I Can’t Decide If I … Continue reading →

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Who DADT is Really Hurting: A Signal Boost

Posted on Friday, 21 May, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

Every weekday leading up to the launch of the Defense Authorization Bill the Servicmembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) is running a new media campaign called “Letters from the Frontlines: Letters to President Obama“, which is a collection of open letters … Continue reading →

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Me, Elsewhere — Some Shameless Self Promotion

Posted on Monday, 12 April, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

It’s been a while since I have updated Readerland on where I have been and why it has been abnormally quiet on random babble… lately. In no particular order: Racialicious — Wopajo FWD/Forward — For Cereal, Time? For Cereal, Stars … Continue reading →

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But What Would Jesus Do? I Bet It Is Like That "Golden Rule"…

Posted on Wednesday, 31 March, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

This, though, is neither. Not by a long shot. I might be a little rusty on my Bible these days, having not actually read it cover to cover like I have in days since passed, but those other concepts stick … Continue reading →

Posted in feminism, LGBTQI, military, random babble | Tagged domestic terrorists, Fred Phelps Hates Your Stinkin' Guts, hate speech is not a protected right, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, LGBTQI, military, No god I ever knew, oy w/the poodles already, Westboro Baptist Church | Leave a comment

Let's Talk About Lt. Dan Choi…

Posted on Saturday, 20 March, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

…because it seems like we need to. I am relieved and appalled to see this getting picked up by feminist sites. Really. And I know that I am not important or a big enough voice for anyone to be all … Continue reading →

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Action Alert Item — Stop the Deportation of Immigrant Military Veterans

Posted on Wednesday, 17 March, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

Over at Change.org’s Immigrant Right’s blog Alex DiBranco, who is also my editor at the Women’s Rights blog, and pretty fabulous, has written an action item to demand that decision makers at the top take action to stop the deportation … Continue reading →

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APO

Posted on Monday, 21 December, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

So, when you live overseas (and to be clear “choosing” to live overseas is like “choosing” to either have a root canal or loos your teeth) with the military you are issued an APO box, so that you can still … Continue reading →