Name That Keyboard Player!

Hint: She has just authored a new book on the religious right.

Welcome to the blog roll ...

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The Canary Sings!

Stop by and say hello!

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Please welcome

Spocko's Brain and Echidne of the Snakes to the blogroll.

I had the good fortune to meet Mr. Spocko at the Media Reform Conference. What a delightful and informed person! He is demonstrating for us the power of the blogosphere in his effort to stop "hate" radio.

Take a look at what he's been working on:



Mr. Spocko had glowing things to say about Echidne of the Snakes, which is why I had to go take a look for myself. What I found is an excellent feminist blog!

So stop by and say hello!

Top 10 Surprises

In checking out a new Yikes! visitor, I discovered a fun post (and blog) that I would like to share. To read the "Top 10 Surprises in Scott McClellan's Book" visit JoeC at Hard-boiled Dreams of the World.

While you are there check out Joe's "Amasnic Fact Off!!!" area as well. Here is just one 'amasnic' things you will learn:

The Largest Swimming Pool in the World

So JoeC, thanks for stopping by!

We're rollin' at Yikes!

This idea was stolen from DCup and her MathMan.

It appears that the rules by which Technorati, Google and other important social websites and search engines rank blogs do not take blogrolls into consideration but do count links within posts.

So make your blogroll count!

all the way from oy to vey
Americans United
AMERICAblog
Angry Girl
Atomic Romance
Bad Astronomy
Bad Catholic
Beautiful Day Rule
Being Jane
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian
Beyond Satire
black feminism
Blog Against Theocracy
Blue Gal
Boxer Rebellion
Buzz Flash
Cap'n Dyke, Pirate Queen & Rogue Blogger
Carnival of the Liberals
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
coffee messiah
Comrade Kevin's Chrestomathy
Corrente Wire
Crooks and Liars
Culture Kitchen
Culture Shocks
darkblack
DIRELAND - Doug Ireland
Disciples From the Left
distributorcap NY
Don't Amend.com
d r i f t g l a s s
Falafel Sex, And Other Things Best Left Unsaid
Feministe
firedoglake
FranIAm
Freedom to Marry
Freida Bee
Gendergeek
Green LA Girl
Heart, Soul & Humor
Howling Latina
Hullabaloo
I can't believe it's not a democracy!
Impeachment and Other Dreams
Indecision 2008
Infidel753
I, Splotchy
I was just wondering
Jesus Politics
Jonestown
Kelso's Nuts
Last left turn before Hooterville
L'ennui mélodieux
Life's Journey
Liberal Oasis
Liberal rage
Little Bang Theory
Mainstream Baptist
Mauigirl's Meanderings
MEDIA girl
Mental Detritus
Miss Cellania
Mock Paper Scissors
Monkey Muck
My Left Wing
Nailing Jello to the Wall
Neural Gourmet
NEWSCOMA
Newseum
No Smoking in the Skullcave
NPR
OBJECT
One Pissed Off Veteran
Pam's House Blend ... always steamin'
Pharyngula
PoliTits
PSOTD
Reclusive Leftist
Republic of Sestakastan
Rock Ridge Institute
Rotus
Scrutiny Hooligans
Shakesville
Skippy the bush kangaroo!
Straight, Not Narrow
Stealth Lesbian
Tanya Espanya
Tanya Espanya (no, you're not seeing double)
Tapped
Taylor Marsh
Tennessee Guerilla Women
The Carpetbagger Report
The Dean's Office
The Disenchanted Forest
The Divine Democrat
The Largest Minority
The Nation
The Nefarious Lair of LGPPP, Inc. (Lesbian Gangs Packing Pink Pistols)
The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks!
The Onion
The Ostroy Report
The Otherwhirled
The Political Compass
The Quaker Agitator
The Rachel Maddow Show
The Randi Rhodes Show
The Smoking Gun
The Squirrel Queen
Think Progress
Tom Paine
Viva La Feminista
wishing for wisdom
Wonkette
Zaius Nation

Who decides what is offensive?

Controversy is brewing again in the blogosphere. It seems that one of the BBB is defending sporting teams having (usually) white guys dressed in traditional Native American clothing as team mascots. The blogger, John Aravosis, is defending his college mascot, saying the image "honors" Native Americans. Some Native Americans don't think so ... which begs the question, who decides?

In the spirit of full disclosure, I know John and like him. Over the years he's done some great work on behalf of the LGBT and feminist communities. On this issue, however, I have to disagree with him.

IMHO the people who get to decide whether or not to be offended are the Native Americans -- not John.

I'm not outing him to reveal that John is gay. I doubt seriously that John would think a straight person has more authority over what images of gays are, or aren't, offensive to him than he does. It's too bad he can't extend this same courtesy to Native Americans.

(image from Wampum)