Ruthie Kelly's Blog
Ruthie Kelly
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Birthday
- December 31
- Bio
- I like to find the connections, explore the data, and seek out new information. I have a very specific view of the world; I grew up in a very religious, relatively traditional Christian household and became a feminist atheist, so I have an interesting perspective on both sides of the liberal/conservative coin. I'd like to think that gives me insight and empathy it's difficult for either side of the spectrum to have.
I am a nerd, a gadfly, and a journalist. I am studying journalism and political science at San Diego State University. I am the editor in chief at SDSU's independent student newspaper, The Daily Aztec.
I am hoping to make a difference in the world without sacrificing my life, economic stability, or all of my personal time. I doubt I'll succeed, but it's worth trying.
MY RECENT POSTS
- They never tell you what they
mean by "promiscuity"
March 23, 2009 12:43AM - Women in Information
Technology: Are we the first
to go?
March 10, 2009 10:29PM - Grassroots Campaigns: Using
and abusing student workers
March 09, 2009 11:14AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “@jkcada,
I
don't know you and I don't
know what your experience was
working
for Gr…”
November 04, 2011 02:08PM - “Bwa ha ha ha ha! So
true!
I now dub this
post White-Person approved. I
know you we…”
March 23, 2009 11:48AM - “Isn't that the way it
always works out? You appeal
to the
cynic in me.”
March 23, 2009 12:59AM - “Sadly, the answer is
often "Yes." I know that The
Fund for
Public
Inter…”
March 10, 2009 11:17AM
Ruthie Kelly's Links
- Links to my favorite alternative news sites
- NPR
- Slate
- Salon
- AlterNet
- The Nation
- ProPublica
- Mother Jones
- Media Matters
- Democracy Now
- Women's e-news
- The New Republic
- The Huffington Post
- The Daily Censored
- Talking Points Memo
- My Direct Democracy
- The American Prospect
- The Columbia Journalism Review
- The Voice of San Diego
- The Daily Aztec
They never tell you what they mean by "promiscuity"
For all of the Religious Right's obsession with "purity" — from chastity rings to purity balls to abstinence pledges to generic slut-shaming — there is one word that they studiously avoid defining that basically makes of breaks their argument.
That word is "promiscuity."
There's a reaso… Read full post »
Women in Information Technology: Are we the first to go?
This may sound a little paranoid, but I can't help but wonder about it. I intern for a software company that is visibly struggling. Most of the cubicles are empty, strewn with the discarded leftovers of previous occupants, or storing our collection of dozens of no-longer-used office chairs. The compa… Read full post »
Grassroots Campaigns: Using and abusing student workers
I am posting a story I began working on for a journalism class in the summer of 2007, about the organizations Grassroots Campaigns, Inc., The Fund for Public Interest Research, and CALPIRG. These groups — organizations whose function is largely canvassing progressives for donations, contact inf… Read full post »
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