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Growing up, my mother always told me "Don't talk to people," and that "The people who say 'hello' to you on the street are not your friends."  And "don't talk to strangers" was probably good advice in 1980s Brooklyn.  Towards the end of the '90s, the internet became a thing,

In an age where the demand for sustainable development is louder than ever, an ecofeminist perspective is a necessity. The oppression of women and that of nature find common ground in the long-continuing legacy of patriarchy and its brainchild – consumerist capitalism. With generations' worth of exploitation taking form with rapid

(Not So) Happy Columbus Day © Today is Columbus Day, which always makes me think of my father.  When I was a kid, he took me to the Columbus Day parade in Bensonhurst, and then we’d get the zeppole and the cannoli and stuff our faces after the parade.  Father