http://keeneweb.org/ablogger Just another Keeneweb.org weblog Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:44:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=episodes&query=&b=play&id=8538&cast=73860&castPage=&autoplay=true #125 http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/27/hw-45-3rd-podcast/ "Tyra Tackles the Weighty Issue of Fatsploitation" <http://jezebel.com/384321/tyra-tackles-the-weighty-issue-of-fatsploitation> Tyra talked to women who were morbidly obese, 500 pounds and over.  These women make a living modeling nude for lingerie adds, as well as "squashing".  "Squashing" is applying large amounts of pressure on a man with ones own weight".  One woman charges $300 ... http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/27/hw-23-favorite-blog-post/ The impact of blogging on communication is more important to me because it gives people the rights to blog about things that are important to them.  It is a way for people with the same beliefs to create a sort of support system and stand up for what they believe ... http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/27/hw-14-blogs-will-change-your-business/ http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=episodes&query=&b=play&id=8538&cast=73749&castPage=&autoplay=true #122 http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/26/hw-44-second-podcast/ http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=episodes&query=&b=play&id=8538&cast=73746&castPage #121 http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/26/hw-42-first-podcast/ Two important things in Iraqi culture are date palms, and evening tea.  Date palms are very important to the Iraqi's because it provides shade for citrus trees, such as lemons or oranges.  They also eat the dates and can weave them into baskets.  I think it's wrong that they are ... http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/23/hw-41-date-palms-and-evening-tea/ Alive in Baghdad "Challenges at a Girl's School in Baghdad" 5/21/2007 http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/05/21/challenges-at-a-girls-school-in-baghdad The video talks about the challenges girls face coming to school during the war.  They talk to the principal of the school, various students, and a few teachers.  The principal in particular was wearing a white shall over her ... http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/16/hw-40-podcasts/ Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim in an Iraqi theologian and politician, and the leader of the SIIC.  It is the largest political party in the Iraqi Council of Representatives.  He became the leader in 2003 after his brother was assassinated by a bomb that killed 85 others.  He was the top candidate ... http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/09/hw-35b-abdul-aziz-al-hakim/ Dear Riverbend, I have a new understanding of the war after reading your August blogs.  The war never felt that real to me because it's not in my country, it's in yours.  I don't ever have to determine the type of guns that are being shot, or worry that my house ... http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/08/hw-35a-open-letter-to-riverbend/ Riverbend. Baghdad Burning. New York, NY; The Feminist Press, 2005.  The author of Baghdad Burning is a girl who calls herself Riverbend.  She is an Iraqi woman in her mid twenties who blogs about what is going on in the war.  Not always about the politics but how her and her ... http://keeneweb.org/ablogger/2008/04/01/hw-33-annotated-bibliography-for-baghdad-burning/