Category Archives: time for action

Confederate Heroes: On the Agenda, Off the Schools

Posted on January 14, 2016 by nonsequiteuse

Tonight’s Houston ISD board meeting will address a resolution to re-name eight schools that currently bear the names of Confederate heroes: Henry Grady Middle School, Richard Dowling Middle School, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Middle School, Albert Sidney Johnston Middle School, Sidney Lanier Middle … Continue reading →

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Whose Land Am I On? And Am I Really a Princess?

Posted on October 12, 2015 by nonsequiteuse

In an essay published several years ago on Crunk Feminist Collective, Eesha Pandit reflected on our country’s official and stubborn celebration Columbus Day, in light of the fact that the explorer’s “discovery” of the Americas caused the genocide of Native … Continue reading →

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But If We Change The Schools Named for Confederates …

Posted on June 25, 2015 by nonsequiteuse

… then where do we stop? I’ve heard that, and variations, raised as both an objection intended to derail a conversation, and as an honest question. Here’s my answer. True, schools are not the only places that bear Confederate names. … Continue reading →

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My Thoughts on Battleground Texas

Posted on November 6, 2014 by nonsequiteuse

As expected, everybody’s going after Battleground Texas. Republicans, for sure, trying to make us give up. The media, too, who walk the line between wanting to be impartial and objective, but also wanting to sound like experts with the inside track … Continue reading →

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Three Ways to Help Wendy Davis and Leticia Van de Putte Win Even if You Don’t Vote in Texas

Posted on September 12, 2014 by nonsequiteuse

If you don’t live in Texas, and aren’t alive in Texas, you can’t vote in Texas, despite what you may have assumed from the ballot box 13 incident back in ’48. To those Texans living outside the state, our Texpatriates … Continue reading →

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