{"id":6156,"date":"2010-04-04T19:52:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T02:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2010-04-04T19:52:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T02:52:13","slug":"the-best-of-the-best-just-posts-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/04\/the-best-of-the-best-just-posts-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of the Best Just Posts 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/2009-jp-best-final.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4453\" title=\"2009-jp-best-final\" src=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/2009-jp-best-final.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lassiez les bons temps rouler, y&#8217;all!\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/27\/best-of-the-2009-just-posts-the-semifinalists\/\">Alejna<\/a> and I are READY!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our imperfect process took 3 months, involving the time, efforts, and thoughts of many.\u00c2\u00a0 More than the reading, the logistics, and the posts&#8230; we&#8217;re thankful for your comments and enthusiasm.\u00c2\u00a0 Thankyouthankyouandthankyou.<\/p>\n<p>[<em>cue drumroll<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>Here are your voting results!<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOCIAL JUSTICE as political\/legal :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Posts Related to GENDER EQUITY<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/byflutter.com\/?p=898\" target=\"new\">forgiveness<\/a> by <strong>Christine<\/strong> at <em> by flutter<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Posts related to RACE<\/strong> (a tie) <a href=\"http:\/\/girlgriot.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/08\/attention-white-folks\/\" target=\"new\">Attention White Folks<\/a> by <strong>Stacie<\/strong> at <em>If you want kin, you must plant kin&#8230;<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/marymurtz.com\/2009\/10\/05\/ma-little-bigot-on-the-prairie\/\" target=\"new\">Ma: Little Bigot On the Prairie<\/a> by <strong>Mary <\/strong> at <em>The Eleventh<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Posts related to SEXUALITY<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/begayaboutit.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/10\/maine\/\" target=\"new\">Maine.<\/a> by <strong>Erika<\/strong> at <em>Be gay about it.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SOCIAL JUSTICE as health\/wellness: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Posts related to FOOD AND NUTRITION<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/gavmenagerie.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/when-is-zero-not-really-zero-when-its.html\" target=\"new\">When is zero not really zero? When it describes your food.<\/a> by <strong>Kimberly<\/strong> at <em>The Gav Menagerie<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Posts related to DISEASE AND ILLNESS<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/vomitcomit.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/06\/in-health-there-is-freedom-health-is-the-first-of-all-liberties\/\" target=\"new\">In Health there is Freedom, Health is the First of all Liberties<\/a> by <strong>thordora<\/strong> at <em>Spin Me I Pulsate<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Posts related to CHILD WELFARE<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/khebert.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/speech-remix-edition.html\" target=\"new\">The Speech, Remix Edition<\/a> by <strong>Kyla<\/strong> at <em>The Journey<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SOCIAL JUSTICE as socio-economic inequalities : <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Posts related to VULNERABLE POPULATIONS<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrekehavoc.com\/index.php\/2009\/09\/07\/guilty-pleasure-monday-millworker-james-taylor\/\" target=\"new\">guilty pleasure monday: millworker (james taylor)<\/a> by <strong>wreke<\/strong> at <em>wrekehavoc<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Posts related to EDUCATION<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/brigitteknudson.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/25\/on-social-justice-and-education\/\" target=\"new\">On Social Justice and Education<\/a> by <strong>Brigitte Knudson<\/strong> at <em>A Liberal Education<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Posts related to SOCIAL\/SOCIETAL VALUES<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/droolstreet.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/american-me.html\" target=\"new\">American Me<\/a> by <strong>jen<\/strong> at <em>one plus two<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SOCIAL JUSTICE as advocacy\/service :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Posts related to SERVICE AND ACTION<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wheelsonthebus.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/25\/no-more-hall-passes\/\" target=\"new\">No More Hall Passes<\/a> by <strong>Emily<\/strong> at <em>Wheels on the Bus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Posts related to INFORMATION AND ADVOCACY<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magpiemusing.com\/2009\/12\/charity-vs-democracy.html\" target=\"new\">Charity vs. Democracy<\/a> by <strong>Magpie<\/strong> at <em>Magpie Musing<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SOCIAL JUSTICE&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> serious topics approached with HUMOR<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/begayaboutit.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/09\/my-what-a-gayngled-web-we-weave\/\" target=\"new\">My, what a gayngled web we weave.<\/a> by <strong>Erika<\/strong> at <em>Be gay about it.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have a prize for each of the post authors above in the form of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.derbypottery.com\/\">pottery by a New Orleans artist<\/a> (from Holly) and a bit of fair trade <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theochocolate.com\/\">Theo<\/a> 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).<\/p>\n<p><strong>And, for the post that received the largest number of votes in any category:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/gavmenagerie.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/when-is-zero-not-really-zero-when-its.html\" target=\"new\">When is zero not really zero? When it describes your food.<\/a> by <strong>Kimberly<\/strong> at <em>The Gav Menagerie<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Kimberly!\u00c2\u00a0 (No trans-fats in your extra-special prize, promise.)<\/p>\n<p>All this selection got to our heads and we decided to add in individual &#8220;<strong>Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/strong>&#8221; awards for posts we felt really capture the spirit of the Just Posts.\u00c2\u00a0 (They also got loads of votes, though not quite the most votes in their categories.)\u00c2\u00a0 Editor&#8217;s Choice folks also get goodies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editors&#8217; Picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I chose <a href=\"http:\/\/hadesarrow.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/21\/frozen\/\" target=\"new\">Frozen<\/a> by <strong>Meagan<\/strong> at <em>A Certain Lack of Focus<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 What impressed me about this post were the many layers within it.\u00c2\u00a0 In addition to the compelling writing on a tragic current event, Meagan creates a piece of art symbolizing the event she is discussing.\u00c2\u00a0 The full piece is shown in the start of the post, but as she tells some of the details &#8212; 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 &#8212; pieces of the artwork are pulled into focus.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 To me, Meagan manages to both tell a story and SHOW a story &#8212; sending a message much more compelling than either one alone.\u00c2\u00a0 For those reasons, <a href=\"http:\/\/hadesarrow.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/21\/frozen\/\" target=\"new\">Frozen<\/a> is my Editor&#8217;s Choice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/02\/setting-the-machinery-in-motion\/\">Alejna<\/a> also has an <strong>Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Hop on <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/02\/setting-the-machinery-in-motion\/\">over<\/a> to see what it is and why she chose it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have a post in the lists above, we invite you to display a button: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/2009-jp-best-final.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4452\" title=\"2009-jp-best-final\" src=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/2009-jp-best-final.png?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/2009-jp-best-final.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4453\" title=\"2009-jp-best-final\" src=\"http:\/\/collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/2009-jp-best-final.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the left is a png (transparent background) and on the right is a jpg (white background).\u00c2\u00a0 <em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THANK YOU AGAIN to everyone who participated in the 2009 Just Posts for a Just World!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anyone can be a part of the Just Posts<\/strong> &#8211; just send in your nominations &#8211; go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/justposts\/\">here<\/a> for more information!<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lassiez les bons temps rouler, y&#8217;all!\u00c2\u00a0 Alejna and I are READY! Our imperfect process took 3 months, involving the time, efforts, and thoughts of many.\u00c2\u00a0 More than the reading, the logistics, and the posts&#8230; we&#8217;re thankful for your comments and enthusiasm.\u00c2\u00a0 Thankyouthankyouandthankyou. [cue drumroll] Here are your voting results! 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