Leonard Nimoy: March 1, 2015: Feminist Paper Doll Project

I watched Star Trek and Doctor Who with my Poppy-  my mother's father.  They were on just after the PBS Nightly News Hour.  I loved this ritual with my Poppy.  But I hated the news only because I wanted the stories that unfurled on the screen to fill my eyes with far off lands and ideas.  The news was reality and my 4 year old mind had had enough of that. The folks on Star Trek and Doctor Who had star ships and they could travel in time.  They had world of wonderful exploration at their finger tips. 

And Star Trek had "Mr. Kitty Cat Ears"...Spock.  I loved him.  He did not people down.  He was fair. He observed.  He understood the use of being quiet. He very rarely displayed anger or rage.  He talked through his problems.  This was a salvation for my child self.

Leonard Nimoy was not Spock.  Spock was dependent on the artistry Nimoy placed into him.  This was the same artistry that he placed into his photography and into his understanding of how to use his celebrity to help others.

Thank you Mr. Nimoy.

Social Activism: 1876 to 2013

March 28, 2013
Somaly Mam

 While Mu Sochua works to undo the political misogyny that enables young girls to be sold as slaves, Somaly Mam works to help heal those young girls by giving them shelter and speaking out about her own story. More about her work here:http://www.afesip.org/, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEx75iqUAho , and here: http://somaly.org/

March 29, 2013
Zitkala Sa

Zitkala Sa, born in 1876 on the Pine Hill Reservation in South Dakota  she spent her life confronting the injustice of the United Stats Government treatment of Native Tribes.  Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lUVW_sAmxs