{"id":5286,"date":"2009-10-20T18:54:06","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T01:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=5286"},"modified":"2010-01-06T20:53:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T03:53:24","slug":"better-late-than-just-posts-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/20\/better-late-than-just-posts-september-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Late Than&#8230;?  Just Posts: September 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/10\/buttonsept2009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3374\" title=\"buttonsept2009\" src=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/10\/buttonsept2009.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"buttonsept2009\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the lastest Just Posts roundtable, the monthly list of blogger writing on topics of social justice and activism compiled and hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/\">Alejna<\/a> and me.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s taken me 5 days to get this post up.\u00c2\u00a0 Does that say enough about life in Cold Spaghetti land?<\/p>\n<p>Some of the delay in posting is due to a conference presentation I gave over the weekend about health and infrastructure in New Orleans.\u00c2\u00a0 Using a lot of maps, charts, and pictures, I gave the context for Louisiana, one of the poorest, least developed, States in our United States.\u00c2\u00a0 (Enter joke.\u00c2\u00a0 Our State motto: &#8220;Thank goodness for Mississippi,&#8221; lest we be last on ALL measures.)\u00c2\u00a0 The level of vulnerability among those in the Gret Stet is extreme by any measure and when further defined by race, becomes unthinkable.\u00c2\u00a0 But as far as we are down the hierarchy of outcomes, we are not so different than the rest of the country and indeed, not so different than the rest of the world.\u00c2\u00a0 The images of inequality and despair burned into our minds after Katrina are not indicative of New Orleans.\u00c2\u00a0 Those memories do not define or create a distinction for the rest of the country to use to separate themselves from our reality.\u00c2\u00a0 Every place is just waiting for that moment when it all falls apart, when our inequalities, vulnerabilities, and differences can no longer be invisible.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the all important list: <strong>The September Just Posts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BipolarLawyerCook<\/strong> with <a href=\"http:\/\/bipolarlawyercook.net\/2009\/09\/03\/my-best-friends-wedding\/\">My best friend&#8217;s wedding&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>dmariemart<\/strong> of <em>Argot<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/dmarmar.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/14\/minds-of-our-own\/\">Minds of Our Own<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Emily<\/strong> of <em>Wheels on the Bus<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/wheelsonthebus.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/25\/no-more-hall-passes\/\">No More Hall Passes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Erika<\/strong> at <em>Be gay about it.<\/em> with and <a href=\"http:\/\/begayaboutit.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/13\/iowa-a-proposal\/\">Iowa: a proposal.<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/begayaboutit.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/14\/iowa-mawwaige-that-dweam-within-a-dweam\/\">Iowa: mawwiage, that dweam within a dweam.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>flying tomato<\/strong> of <em>Flying Tomato Farms<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/flyingtomato.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/08\/quit-the-bullsht-public-option-now\/\">Quit the Bullsh*t&#8211;Public Option Now!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>girlgriot<\/strong> of <em>if you want kin&#8230;<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/girlgriot.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/01\/street-walking\/\">Street walking<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/girlgriot.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/06\/danger-will-robinson-dont-go-down-there\/\">Danger, Will Robinson! Don&#8217;t Go &#8220;Down There&#8221;!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>jen<\/strong> at <em>one plus two<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/droolstreet.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/bob-marley-has-definitely-left-building.html\">bob marley has definitely left the building<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jenn<\/strong> at <em>breed &#8217;em and weep<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breedemandweep.com\/hi-im-somebody\">Hi, I&#8217;m somebody<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>laloca<\/strong> of <em>baggage carousel 4<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/laloca.org\/archived\/6612\">the politics of counting<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/laloca.org\/archived\/6622\">thinking about miscarriage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Magpie<\/strong> of <em>Magpie Musing<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magpiemusing.com\/2009\/09\/from-rain-comes-hope.html\">From the Rain Comes Hope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Neil<\/strong> of <em>Citizen of the Month<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizenofthemonth.com\/2009\/09\/10\/tales-of-health-insurance\/\">Tales of Health Insurance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Painted<\/strong> of <em>Painted Maypole<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/paintedmaypole.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/why-isnt-this-non-issue.html\">Why isn&#8217;t this a non-issue?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tami<\/strong> of <em>What Tami Said<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/whattamisaid.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/im-saving-my-cheers-over-new-authentic.html\">I&#8217;m saving my cheers over new, &#8220;authentic&#8221; black Barbie line<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>wreke<\/strong> of <em>wrekehavoc<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/wrekehavoc.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/07\/guilty-pleasure-monday-millworker-james-taylor\/\">guilty pleasure monday: millworker (james taylor)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Zach Ford<\/strong> at <em>Zach Ford blogs<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/zackfordblogs.com\/2009\/09\/coming-out-might-be-easier-but-its-still-hard\/\">Coming Out Might Be Easier, But It&#8217;s Still Hard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The posts of this month&#8217;s roundtable were submitted by:<\/p>\n<ul> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slouchingmom.com\/\">Slouchy<\/a><\/strong> <strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/girlgriot.wordpress.com\">girlgriot<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/\">Holly<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\">alejna<\/a><\/strong><\/ul>\n<p>Thanks so much for reading! We really appreciate your support. And not just appreciate it. We <em>need<\/em> your support to keep the Just Posts going. Please drop by <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/14\/the-september-just-posts\/\">Alejna&#8217;s<\/a> to see what she has to say <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/14\/the-september-just-posts\/\">this month<\/a>. <em>If you have a post in the list above, or would just like to support the Just Posts, we invite you to display a button on your blog with a link back here, or to the Just Posts at <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/14\/the-september-just-posts\/\">Collecting Tokens<\/a>. 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