Cold Spaghetti

Lassiez les bons temps rouler, y’all!  Alejna and I are READY!

Our imperfect process took 3 months, involving the time, efforts, and thoughts of many.  More than the reading, the logistics, and the posts… we’re thankful for your comments and enthusiasm.  Thankyouthankyouandthankyou.

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Here are your voting results!

SOCIAL JUSTICE as political/legal :

• Posts Related to GENDER EQUITY forgiveness by Christine at by flutter
• Posts related to RACE (a tie) Attention White Folks by Stacie at If you want kin, you must plant kin… Ma: Little Bigot On the Prairie by Mary at The Eleventh
• Posts related to SEXUALITY Maine. by Erika at Be gay about it.

SOCIAL JUSTICE as health/wellness:

• Posts related to FOOD AND NUTRITION When is zero not really zero? When it describes your food. by Kimberly at The Gav Menagerie
• Posts related to DISEASE AND ILLNESS In Health there is Freedom, Health is the First of all Liberties by thordora at Spin Me I Pulsate
• Posts related to CHILD WELFARE The Speech, Remix Edition by Kyla at The Journey

SOCIAL JUSTICE as socio-economic inequalities :

• Posts related to VULNERABLE POPULATIONS guilty pleasure monday: millworker (james taylor) by wreke at wrekehavoc
• Posts related to EDUCATION On Social Justice and Education by Brigitte Knudson at A Liberal Education
• Posts related to SOCIAL/SOCIETAL VALUES American Me by jen at one plus two

SOCIAL JUSTICE as advocacy/service :

• Posts related to SERVICE AND ACTION No More Hall Passes by Emily at Wheels on the Bus
• Posts related to INFORMATION AND ADVOCACY Charity vs. Democracy by Magpie at Magpie Musing

SOCIAL JUSTICE…

• serious topics approached with HUMOR My, what a gayngled web we weave. by Erika at Be gay about it.

We have a prize for each of the post authors above in the form of pottery by a New Orleans artist (from Holly) and a bit of fair trade Theo chocolate (from Alejna). To collect your prizes, lease send us your snail mail addressess (Holly: coldspaghetti at gmail dot com and Alejna: alejna99 at gmail dot com).

And, for the post that received the largest number of votes in any category: When is zero not really zero? When it describes your food. by Kimberly at The Gav Menagerie

Congratulations, Kimberly!  (No trans-fats in your extra-special prize, promise.)

All this selection got to our heads and we decided to add in individual “Editor’s Choice” awards for posts we felt really capture the spirit of the Just Posts.  (They also got loads of votes, though not quite the most votes in their categories.)  Editor’s Choice folks also get goodies.

Editors’ Picks:

I chose Frozen by Meagan at A Certain Lack of Focus.  What impressed me about this post were the many layers within it.  In addition to the compelling writing on a tragic current event, Meagan creates a piece of art symbolizing the event she is discussing.  The full piece is shown in the start of the post, but as she tells some of the details — how one member of a loving couple and their children is isolated from her family, who are refused to be with her while she dies because they are both women — pieces of the artwork are pulled into focus.  It works on many intricate levels: the full piece showing the confusion of hospital and all the many people involved, and then, as the story becomes more intimate, the faces of the children locked away, invisible.  To me, Meagan manages to both tell a story and SHOW a story — sending a message much more compelling than either one alone.  For those reasons, Frozen is my Editor’s Choice.

Alejna also has an Editor’s Choice.  Hop on over to see what it is and why she chose it.

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THANK YOU AGAIN to everyone who participated in the 2009 Just Posts for a Just World!

Anyone can be a part of the Just Posts – just send in your nominations – go here for more information!