By bluerasberry on 2017-11-07
Fabian and I went to see the new Tom of Finland movie on Sunday 5 November 2017. The movie told how Tom of Finland fought against the Russians in World War II, faced discrimination for being gay, then found a popularity base and international distribution network by publishing gay erotic comics in Los Angeles. I […]
Posted in gay stuff, Wikipedia | Tagged movie, Richard Knipel, WikiConference, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2015-06-05
As I described in another post this month, the Wikipedia article on Jashodaben has been deleted four times already. In another post from September 2014, I discussed some reasons why I support Jashodaben’s demands for recognition as the Spouse of the Prime Minister of India. There is pressure on the Indian media to avoid discussing […]
Posted in India, rights | Tagged Jashodaben, Narendra Modi, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2015-03-19
Dorothy and I have been talking about the long-term solution to online harassment. The ideal “solution” is whatever intervention prevents the maximum amount of online harassment, paired with a satisfying support system for targets of harassment. No one knows what this would be or how it would work, so Dorothy and I have been talking […]
Posted in service industry, Wikipedia | Tagged harassment, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2015-03-18
Some people at the National Institutes of Health have long had interest in partnering with Consumer Reports in contributing to Wikipedia. On Friday 13 March 2015 some of us met there to present an editing event and to meet the staff’s request for more collaboration. As background to this, WikiProject National Institutes of Health is […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, DC, health, presentation, Wikipedia | Tagged editathon, National Institutes of Health, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2014-01-03
I am interested in India and this post contains a perspective on a story happening in India and Manhattan. There is a news-making diplomatic argument happening now and for some months, but it has gotten more tense lately because of many Indian politicians seeking to escalate it. I wanted to write about this because I […]
Posted in New York City, rights, service industry, work | Tagged women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2011-02-15
From Noida we went to Mathura to visit the birthplace of Krishna. I was surprised when Nandan told me that the temple had been partially demolished by Muslims to replace it with a mosque. This means that all of the three favorite sites of the most popular gods – Shiv’s Kashi Vishwanath, Ram’s birthplace in […]
Posted in animal, India, religion | Tagged monkey, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2009-10-09
I went to a conference on eugenics organized by the University of Washington’s department of disability studies. The focus of the conference was the history of eugenics as applied to Washington state law and state-funded projects. The structure of the lecture was that about 8 historians were present on two panels. Each panel was introduced […]
Posted in health, rights, Seattle | Tagged delerium, prison, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2008-07-03
I attended Gay Pride in Seattle 2008 as a presenter in the non-profit section of the expo. I was representing Sanjeevani Booti as an American agent and I was trying to raise awareness and get social support for issues relating to HIV in India. I talked about Benares. I told people that it was the […]
Posted in drug, education, festival, health, HIV, India, Nepal, non-profit, presentation, rights, Seattle | Tagged expo, heroin, Seattle Gay Pride, volunteer, war, women's rights, youth rights