Viva Joy Riot!

style in service of social justice

14 December 2009

Posted by Sarah Briuer Boland at 1:44 PM

Yours, mine, ours?

I've been thinking a lot about the issue of cultural appropriation over the last year. I see instances of this all over -- what is...
#GivingTuesday

Small victory: I haven't blown up my bank account in preparation of Christmas (yet). I didn't shop at all on Friday, over the weeke...
Superpowers

What are your superpowers? We all have them . Mine happen to include a pink miniskirt, a hip shimmy and a exoskeleton b...
This is not a test
If Wishes Were Horses

...this house would be carpeted with road apples. A while back I offered up an arrangement for our living room that requires some new furn...
Gung Hay Fat Choy

thank you to shawn clover It's the year of the Water Dragon, y'all! Things to do on the Lunar New Year*: 1. Clean house (sweep o...
The Tip of the Iceberg

Every so often an image, idea or thing will sort of sidle itself up to me and take up residence in my brain for awhile. Something ...
Shopping for a Better World

Illustration by Alice Rutherford Reposted from Lena Dunham & Jenni Konner's Lenny No. 22 by Shirley Kurata of Virgil Norma...
Will you have a cup of tea?

If we lived in Dublin, I'd ask you this question as soon as you walked in my door. That's what you do here to be sociable; you serve...
Photo Finish Friday: For Your Eyes Only

In honor of the birthdays of two dear Sagittarius friends, today's photo comes from my 30th birthday. The evening was a James Bond so...