[$DocumentRoot$] http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en gnesmith@frontiernet.net Georgia NeSmith Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:18:29 -0400 [$DatePublished$] iBlog 1.4.6 Georgia NeSmith Random Acts of Love Wide-ranging commentary on everything from living with disabilities to media criticism; being a grandmother to being a political activist; being an artist, writer, photographer, and educator; living in Western New York; being a Quaker -- written with both humor and serious purpose. Georgia NeSmith gnesmith@frontiernet.net Random Acts of Love News [$DocumentRoot$]/C493601191/E20070911102057/index.html I have posted pdf files of my dissertation, "Feminist Historiography, Journalism History, and the Problem of Human Agency," on my .Mac website. I completed this in 1994. Although it is somewhat outdated, particularly in its discussion of various theoretical versions of feminism, as well as its discussion of the state of journalism historiography, much of it is still relevant.

Abstract below. ]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:20:57 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C493601191/E20070911102057/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070909205302/index.html Adding a new feature to my YouTube site. I am reading some of my own poetry. ]]> Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:53:02 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070909205302/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C405848461/E20070904122842/index.html Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:28:42 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C405848461/E20070904122842/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C493601191/E20070904011511/index.html Created this in order to make a statement.

I am strong. I am invincible. ...And I am Queen of the Universe!

See YouTube version if your connection is too slow. ]]> Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:15:11 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C493601191/E20070904011511/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E2071645525/index.html I posted this originally March 26, 2004. I am still facing the same conflict. But the activism has long since taken a very different turn. I am no longer involved in IndyMedia. My activism has mostly centered around public safety issues, though I do keep a hand in media issues (still working on Democracy Now! in Rochester -- now trying to keep it afloat on the air at WROC).

And now, I am ready to write "the big book." Or actually the big two. And my photography -- well, I haven't written about my photo show, have I. Oh my, I do have so much to catch up with here!

I am pulled in so many different directions, but the most important conflict I have right now is between being an activist and being an "artist" (that is, someone who produces creative work). ]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:24:50 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E2071645525/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070825115406/index.html Haven't written here in a long time. Lots of distractions. Find myself now needing to come back to the core, which is my creative work. ]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:54:06 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070825115406/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070712190239/index.html Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:02:39 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070712190239/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C1713544633/E20070712140242/index.html Mourning the sudden loss of my uncle, Paul Weeks. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:02:42 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C1713544633/E20070712140242/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C405848461/E20070507110437/index.html Posted this in response to a story in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle today. Rochester's homicide rate is up for the year. But other crime rates are down. Traditional news values here do disservice to our community by combining what are essentially two stories into one. ]]> Mon, 07 May 2007 11:04:37 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C405848461/E20070507110437/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C264047698/E20070422140141/index.html If it's not one thing, it's another. More body parts failing! ]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:01:41 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C264047698/E20070422140141/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C44378635/E20070415185443/index.html Given the recent tragedy on Genesee Street, I decided to take part of my Sunday afternoon and put together more video clips and stills of my Chili Avenue kids having a blast and making me laugh. ]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:54:43 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C44378635/E20070415185443/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070407012607/index.html Celebrating (a very pagan) Easter with my brand new Intel iMac by creating a video podcast Easter card for my grandkids (and everyone else).

Broadband version here .

Faster download but lower quality YouTube version here. ]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:26:07 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070407012607/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C1713544633/E20070405005240/index.html I wrote this in response to a post by a friend of mine who is involved in the community forums on violence steering committee with me. I had posted to the group my entry for last Sunday's vocal ministry, and she asked me for the Quaker take on forgiveness. This was my reply. ]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:52:40 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C1713544633/E20070405005240/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C1713544633/E20070405012006/index.html Some personal responses to the experience of a community forum on violence held in the county jail. To protect privacy I have changed some names to initials ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:20:06 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C1713544633/E20070405012006/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C1713544633/E20070325235015/index.html I know. It's been a long time since I've written here. Life has been pretty intense, and a lot of the things that have happened I can't write publicly about. Anyway, I wrote this to day in an e-mail to friends. It's about a vocal ministry that came to me today in Quaker Meeting. ]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:50:15 -0400 [$DocumentRoot$]/C1713544633/E20070325235015/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C1886415635/E20070217134030/index.html Recently I attended a workshop on race put on by the Rochester chapter of the National Coalition Building Institute. A wonderful conversation resulted, and those in attendance expressed the desire to meet again, as we felt the two hours we spent together was just an "appetizer," leaving us wanting more. Our discussions prompted me to go back through old writing of mine, much of which is on the web in various locations. Today I am calling attention to a WMST-L listserv discussion, (September 2001) and one of my posts, in response to an article by Peggy McIntosh, called "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack." I am posting a slightly revised version of that here. ]]> Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:40:30 -0500 [$DocumentRoot$]/C1886415635/E20070217134030/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C44378635/E20070129224748/index.html Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:47:48 -0500 [$DocumentRoot$]/C44378635/E20070129224748/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C191060534/E20070119104745/index.html Ok, I know. Except for the last few days and a few days in October, we haven't had much of a winter. I wrote this a couple of years ago for a friend who had arrived here from Florida. This is what you need to survive...and even enjoy...a Rochester winter. Well, when we have one again. ]]> Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:47:45 -0500 [$DocumentRoot$]/C191060534/E20070119104745/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070118123817/index.html Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:38:17 -0500 [$DocumentRoot$]/C2102422958/E20070118123817/index.html [$DocumentRoot$]/C191060534/E20070102225649/index.html Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:56:49 -0500 [$DocumentRoot$]/C191060534/E20070102225649/index.html