FB CHAT TIME WITH HANNAH AND ALICIA
I AM COUNTING ON Y’ALL TO HELP US MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
alimarko
I do believe Anthony and I have a webcam date with Alicia tonight~~~~
WE’RE STILL SKYPING AND IT’S SO GREAT
I’m back, y’all.
First things first. I’m sorry I dropped off the face of the internet for a month without notice. December brought a lot of school and work related stress, and for those and some other personal reasons, I needed all the focus I could get to get through the semester and the holidays. I apologize for the inactivity, but it’s pretty neat to come back and see that most of you stuck around. Thank you~
That being said, I missed this. My blog made me feel connected to not only so many issues that are important to me, but also all of the wonderful people I’ve met here. I couldn’t stand being away anymore. So I’m back! And I’m happy about it.
I can’t say I’ll be posting quiiiiite as often as I used to, but hopefully I’ll be giving y’all some more quality content. Here’s a look at what I’ll hopefully be up to:
- I’m looking to launch a feminist webcomic soon. I created a few strips for it for last semester, and now I’m just looking for a format that will work well. I really want to make it a tumblr, but I’m having trouble finding a good, plain, easily-customizeable theme. It’s in the works, though, and hopefully it’ll happen.
- I started a vintage clothing store on etsy! I realized that I have a LOT of fun, old things that I don’t necessarily need. I’ll be launching a tumblr for that soon, so keep an eye out if it sounds something that would interest you. It’s here if you want to check it out.
- My job at The Michigan Daily is now pretty different. Instead of managing the entire design section, I’m now the Design Editor for our weekly magazine insert, The Statement. This gives me a better opportunity to actually design in longer-term projects as opposed to managing. Thus far, I love it! I’ll be updating my art blog with some work soon.
- Speaking of which, I’m also in some really cool design classes this semester: Visual Identity and Branding, and Print Publications: Pacing and Sequencing. I’m looking forward to keeping the tumblosphere updated with my work!
- My other class is History of Sexuality, which I’m taking mostly for fun because it sounded interesting and fulfills a requirement. So far, it’s fascinating! I’ll hopefully get to share some of what I discover with everyone here, too.
- Almost done, I promise.
- I’m working on cranking out some more artwork for my illustration etsy shop, this time Adventure Time themed. Hurray!
- And FINALLY, I’m really hoping to get more involved with U of M’s Students for Choice this semester. As of yesterday, I’m the group’s Creative Director, so I’ll be designing our large scale campus banners, hand outs, and our poster for the Vagina Monologues! So excited about this!
So that’s what I’m up to. I hope y’all can understand if I’m not constantly posting like I used to. I’m a busy gal right now! I’m so happy to be back. Happy 2013!
somebody
start the “Send Alimarko to NC to Crash on Hanthony’s Couch” fund
seriously
omg I want to go so badly ;o;
I CAN RAISE $250 FOR TRAIN TICKETS BY CHRISTMAS, RIGHT?!!?!??????
but it wouldn’t hurt to go buy something from my etsy shop just saying
I came home to Etsy purchases! My pink hair extensions (from Hairotics) and FEMINIST patch (from HelloMountains) are here!
I’m so in love with those extensions, and I’m already planning to buy more (real hair/better quality, different colors, etc). And I can’t wait to get that patch onto my new jean jacket. YAY!
I mean, I agree that banning that female rep for saying vagina is stupid, but she didn't NEED to use that word. It refers to a body part that we don't generally talk about in civilized conversation. She could have gotten her point across without saying "VAGINA" for shock value.from Anonymous
I didn’t think too highly of the republicans in the Michigan House before Tuesday, but at least then I didn’t think I could easily compare them to a bunch of 13 year olds who can’t handle it when the health teacher says “vagina.” But hey, look at that, we can now!
Vagina is a medical term for one of the toughest organs in the human anatomy. This thing can not only provide hours of sexual entertainment for its owner or a friend, but is also essential in most human births! That’s right, unless you were delivered via a C-section, you entered the world by being pushed out of one of these things! Why would we ever feel the need to be hush-hush about that? The human race probably wouldn’t exist without vaginas!
Would we be upset about the words “ovary” or “uterus” being used in government proceedings? Is “fallopian tube” vulgar? No? Then why on earth to we have a problem with the word “vagina?”
(Oh, right, because those old white guys had to find some reason to shut up those hysterical women, right?)
View Larger Dear Michigan House of Representatives,
If you don’t want it spoken about in your proceedings, don’t try to regulate it.
I just walked through an anti-choice rally on the diag.
And I am disgusted by the immense turn out. Just a bunch of middle-class white people holding signs about how oppressed Christians are. I walked among them, reading every sign, looking at every child holding a piece of cardboard with words that they don’t understand but will be told are fact by families that claim themselves “oppressed” based of their inability to force everyone to convert.
There was a speaker talking about how Christians stood by while God was pushed out of government and schools (because obviously that happened), but they won’t while he is pushed out of churches themselves!
Because apparently allowing abortion to be legal or requiring that employees have coverage for medication that is necessary for their health and wellbeing is the same as telling all Christians to stop worshiping. OH, OKAY.
LET’S PLAN A UMICH PRO-CHOICE RALLY.
I MEAN IT. Somebody help me with this, I want to do it.
