Long time no see

Image: Two black and white kittens sit in the crook of a person wearing a dark blue shirt and a light blue skirt. One kitten paws and looks at the person's torso, while the other meows at the camera. There are more kitten pictures described in less detail here, just saying.

Hey there readers! Thanks for reading. Sorry I've been a bit MIA lately. I took some time off this weekend to relax and get some quality family time in.

If you just can't get enough of my writing, here are some other places to find me:

Bitch Magazine:

• TelevIsm: The Office's Subversive Messages About Fatness
• TelevIsm: Pambition! The Office's Abandoned Artist
• TelevIsm: Spoiler Alert! Lost is Heteronormative!
• TelevIsm: The Disappointing Case of Kate Austen
  

Critical Drinking:

• The End of Lost, and why the sixth season missed the sci-fi mark
• In defense of kittens.
• Quit whining, Netflix.

In the month of May, there were a lot of major stories that I was following but did not feel compelled to write about because of the already extensive, excellent coverage. So, I'm going to direct you to read about them in the following locales:

Arizona's racist immigration law:

• Womanist Musings: Yes, Arizona Law is about Hunting Brown People
• Tami at Change.org: What a 13-Year-Old Can Teach AZ Lawmakers About History
  

Aiyana Stanley-Jones tragedy:

• flip flopping joy: the business of “catching the bad guys”
• Bitch: The Lady Is A Tramp: Aiyana Stanley-Jones at the Altar of the Media
• Racialicious: Aiyana Stanley-Jones, South Philadelphia High, and Solving the News Problem

DADT:

• TransGriot: 'Worst President Ever' On GLBT Rights? I Don't Think So
• Shakesville: House and Senate Armed Services Committee Vote to Repeal DADT

Elena Kagen:

• Red Vinyl Shoes: Is She Or Isn't She? The Requested Outing of Elena Kagen
• Racialicious: Questions Remain Around Elena Kagen and Race
  

BP Oil Spill:

• Angry Black Bitch: Oh, the agony of fubar and the limits of liability…
• femonomics: Environmental Health News: Oil Continues to Flow

Jailed couple in Malawi:

• Questioning Transphobia: Malawi: Breaking news – Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga pardoned
• bird of paradox: Malawi: Tiwonge Chimbalanga is reportedly missing

In the coming week, you can expect to see content on disability and Questionable Content, the place of first and second person in blogging, and hopefully a little something I'm working up about Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift.