http://jennifer.coolmojo.net Las Palabras de... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:20:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You may wonder how my dissertation research on GM corn in Mexico has led me to research nanotechnology, risk, and gender. Well, you'll just have to wait for me to write up that post later. In the meantime, enjoy this video on the use of nanotechnology to turn corn ... http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/maiz/nano-corn Some much needed comic relief from Princeton students. From americablog.com: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59IK28ry9eQ&eurl=http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/princeton-proposition-8-to-protect.html&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] From some wonderful students at Princeton: CAMPAIGN TO REMOVE FRESHMEN FROM SIDEWALKS IN SECOND SUCCESSFUL WEEK 11/24/08--Princeton, NJ A group of students at Princeton University would like to eliminate the right ... http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/activism/princeton-prop-8-preserving-traditional-sidewalk-values I'm grateful that firefighters have gained control of 40% of the Tea Fire in Santa Barbara County. With a reduction in winds, things may improve soon. However, 111 people have lost their homes; I personally know of at least two families who have lost their home. I ... http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/personal/sb-fire I just took this video from my front porch of the Tea Fire that just started in Santa Barbara a few hours ago (about 6pm). I hope everyone is staying safe... Via Google Video: [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7078803154012886941[/googlevideo] http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/personal/watching-those-firey-hills A special comment by Keith Olbermann on gay marriage and California's Prop 8. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnHyy8gkNEE[/youtube] I still haven't taken down my No on Prop 8 sign or my bumper sticker. I'll remain in solidarity and protest with those who believe that discrimination does not belong in our Constitution. http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/activism/thanks-keith [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQf0kumpZQ[/youtube] I'm really pleased to see the above ad by Ugly Betty stars against Prop 8. This proposition is dangerously close to passing and I'm horrified at the amount of money put into the campaign that will ban gay marriage in CA. Thousands of gay marriages already exist in ... http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/activism/vote-no-en-la-8 We must also consider the philosophical and sociological question of how we know what we know... And while I ponder what I know in my surreal post-PhD life, I hope that I can convince others of that expert knowledge in a concise job application cover letter. http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/uncategorized/did-i-overshoot A new study by the Food and Agriculture Organization lists 22 countries as the most vulnerable to the global food crisis and examines the level of hunger in various countries. You can read more about it in the following articles: This one from ReliefWeb focuses on Haiti. China View speaks briefly ... http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/nafta/fao-lists-countries-threatened-by-food-crisis This article by Walden Bello's is a must read: "How to manufacture a global food crisis." It appears at inquirer.net and will soon be published in The Nation. Bello provides the history leading up to a recent global food crisis, the rise in prices for tortillas and rice, and ... http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/maiz/bellos-article-on-the-food-crisis I wish I was there to give you my own firsthand account. But, for now, here is a post from libcom.org. Oaxaca in revolt again: the Zócalo reoccupied, motorway tollbooths "liberated", roads blockaded May 22nd, 2008 by Alan A 21 day series of strikes and occupations by the radical Sección 22 in ... http://jennifer.coolmojo.net/oaxaca-mexico/strike-in-the-zocalo-oaxaca