Comments for Diana, when it's cold out. http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Rotten to the Core by goodeggblogger http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/rotten-to-the-core/#comment-104 goodeggblogger Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:42:27 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-104 Julia, let's hope this doesn't spark WW3 in the Middle East. It seems the religious parties of all mid-East countries are now drawing the line in the sand. Happy summer to you. egg Julia, let’s hope this doesn’t spark WW3 in the Middle East. It seems the religious parties of all mid-East countries are now drawing the line in the sand. Happy summer to you.

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]]> Comment on I Heart Christiania by Robert http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/i-heart-christiania/#comment-102 Robert Mon, 11 May 2009 16:58:57 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-102 Thanks, Julia! This is our third and last trip here for filming, though we will likely need to come back to pay for and obtain the archive film and photos that we are currently researching. The situation in Christiania is, as always, difficult and changing. A court case brought on by the Christianitter against the government will be decided on May 26th (and then go on into endless appeals, either way), and the vibe on Pusher Street feels more dangerous and much less connected to the rest of what Christiania is about. But moving past Pusher Street, or circumventing it altogether, and Christiania is still a place of natural beauty, inventiveness and inspiration. I spoke with a young guy today who has taken over a small workers wagon that was falling into decay near the Moonfisher and has created a beautiful and inviting tattoo shop. He restored my faith in creating realities in Christiania that could not happen anywhere else. We'll be interviewing him on Friday. Anyway, thanks for the shout-out! I'll keep you posted via Facebook! Robert Thanks, Julia! This is our third and last trip here for filming, though we will likely need to come back to pay for and obtain the archive film and photos that we are currently researching.

The situation in Christiania is, as always, difficult and changing. A court case brought on by the Christianitter against the government will be decided on May 26th (and then go on into endless appeals, either way), and the vibe on Pusher Street feels more dangerous and much less connected to the rest of what Christiania is about. But moving past Pusher Street, or circumventing it altogether, and Christiania is still a place of natural beauty, inventiveness and inspiration.

I spoke with a young guy today who has taken over a small workers wagon that was falling into decay near the Moonfisher and has created a beautiful and inviting tattoo shop. He restored my faith in creating realities in Christiania that could not happen anywhere else. We’ll be interviewing him on Friday.

Anyway, thanks for the shout-out! I’ll keep you posted via Facebook!

Robert

]]> Comment on Here We Are Again by gailbrokaw http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/here-we-are-again/#comment-96 gailbrokaw Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:50:00 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=210#comment-96 Yes, that balance between appreciating today and planning for tomorrow, and looking forward without missing what's in front of us is a challenge. The teeter totter goes up and down and sometimes you get to hang there suspended for a brief wonderful moment. Enjoy and be proud of all that you have done, experienced, learned and expressed. Yes, that balance between appreciating today and planning for tomorrow, and looking forward without missing what’s in front of us is a challenge. The teeter totter goes up and down and sometimes you get to hang there suspended for a brief wonderful moment. Enjoy and be proud of all that you have done, experienced, learned and expressed.

]]> Comment on Inspiration by gailbrokaw http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/inspiration/#comment-95 gailbrokaw Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:38:22 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=221#comment-95 I remember that show! One of the best and so amazing that she could play such a range of sex, age, race and character. I didn't want it to end. Thanks for reminding me. I remember that show! One of the best and so amazing that she could play such a range of sex, age, race and character. I didn’t want it to end. Thanks for reminding me.

]]> Comment on The 49th State by goodeggblogger http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/a-girls-best-friend/#comment-94 goodeggblogger Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:08:18 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=223#comment-94 Too dang cute! Too dang cute!

]]> Comment on The 49th State by goodbadandugly2 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/a-girls-best-friend/#comment-93 goodbadandugly2 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:20:27 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=223#comment-93 Both of you are adorable! Both of you are adorable!

]]> Comment on Here We Are Again by goodeggblogger http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/here-we-are-again/#comment-92 goodeggblogger Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:51:29 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=210#comment-92 Yes, 2009 will be a welcome relief for many. Fear and hope gave me whiplash last year, and it would be nice to have a calmness around the world. All the best in the New Year. Yes, 2009 will be a welcome relief for many. Fear and hope gave me whiplash last year, and it would be nice to have a calmness around the world. All the best in the New Year.

]]> Comment on And it IS cold outside. by Gail Brokaw http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/and-it-is-cold-outside/#comment-91 Gail Brokaw Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:11:47 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=187#comment-91 Reminiscent of a simpler life - or so it seems from this perspective. Clean, clear lyrics with a simple song that makes me want to sway along with the singers. Thanks for the sweet reminder. Reminiscent of a simpler life – or so it seems from this perspective. Clean, clear lyrics with a simple song that makes me want to sway along with the singers. Thanks for the sweet reminder.

]]> Comment on Prop 8 Supporters, We Know Who You Are! by Gail Brokaw http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/prop-8-supporters-we-know-who-you-are/#comment-88 Gail Brokaw Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:56:30 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-88 Wow! Think of all the positive, growth opportunities that the "hate money" could have been used for. Think of the programs to help struggling families, parent education organizations, struggling community assistance programs that could have used that kind of money during this financially troubled time. It's amazing what people are willing to spend money on when there are so many positive, building, and encouraging programs that really need the money to improve personal lives and the world as a whole. Amazing! Wow! Think of all the positive, growth opportunities that the “hate money” could have been used for. Think of the programs to help struggling families, parent education organizations, struggling community assistance programs that could have used that kind of money during this financially troubled time. It’s amazing what people are willing to spend money on when there are so many positive, building, and encouraging programs that really need the money to improve personal lives and the world as a whole. Amazing!

]]> Comment on Prop 8 Supporters, We Know Who You Are! by johnbisceglia http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/prop-8-supporters-we-know-who-you-are/#comment-87 johnbisceglia Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:20:38 +0000 http://juliafrancis.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-87 The U.S. government crossed a VERY serious line with PROP 8. This “proposition” threatened children’s sense of safety and belongingness in California. Children’s safety. Regardless of THIS particular fight, there are way too many fights on way too many fronts for us to conquer piecemeal. The Time is Now - DRAW A NEW LINE in the sand and demand from President Obama and our representatives FULL EQUALITY. Equality Is Simple When You Simply Include Everybody. What? Not detailed enough for the lawyers? OK, we can list repealing DOMA, repealing DADT, include transgender in the ENDA Bill, allow adoption of abandoned children, equality in immigration issues, recognize our hate crimes as such, equal family/children rights……….whew! See what I mean? We are EQUAL SOULS in HUMAN BODIES. Could we please STOP discriminating due to the genitalia attached? Plumbing will determine each civil right?! Any separation from the pack is ultimately due to gender (and/or gender roles & stereotyping), and that is SEXISM. I cannot marry Bob because I am the “wrong” gender; if I were a woman I could marry Bob. SEXISM. And I cannot stress ENOUGH how my own suffering from Marriage Inequality is NOT the reason for wanting or needing equality. I am not something to focus on. But my story, and the stories of countless other Americans desperately need to be addressed in this civil rights struggle. Marriage laws were put in place many years ago in order to PROTECT individuals and their FAMILIES; if they were NOT necessary they would not exist (for heterosexuals). When these laws are NOT in place for ALL OF US, horrible, horrible suffering occurs. My WEBSITE has many examples. So Americans want to continue denying us what they have already deemed as essential. And many people want us to WAIT…2….5……10…….20……..30 YEARS, depending on the “civil right”, for what WAS and IS our birthright. I personally have a HUGE problem with that. I cannot wait. I will not wait. Will you join me on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009, and help me inform the government that WE are eager to be included in the federal tax base as soon as THEY include us in society’s laws? My 5-year-old students could understand this concept: EQUAL = EQUAL As Americans can’t we agree that there are MANY other important issues to address (like the Economy, Education, Health Care, Poverty & Homelessness, Iraq/Afghanistan…all of these are related), and solving THOSE problems is more urgent than having “Equality Issues” TIE UP THE COURTS for another 30+ years? We will NOT go away. You keep procreating; we keep popping out. Sorry. Our representatives have spent years inventing 4-letter words (DOMA, DADT) to restrict us, deny us, demoralize us, and harm our beloved families and children. Enough is enough. NO MORE. NO MORE. ======================== The National Equality Tax Protest - Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 - ======================== The U.S. government crossed a VERY serious line with PROP 8.

This “proposition” threatened children’s sense of safety and belongingness in California. Children’s safety.

Regardless of THIS particular fight, there are way too many fights on way too many fronts for us to conquer piecemeal. The Time is Now – DRAW A NEW LINE in the sand and demand from President Obama and our representatives FULL EQUALITY.

Equality Is Simple When You Simply Include Everybody.

What? Not detailed enough for the lawyers?

OK, we can list repealing DOMA, repealing DADT, include transgender in the ENDA Bill, allow adoption of abandoned children, equality in immigration issues, recognize our hate crimes as such, equal family/children rights……….whew! See what I mean?

We are EQUAL SOULS in HUMAN BODIES. Could we please STOP discriminating due to the genitalia attached? Plumbing will determine each civil right?! Any separation from the pack is ultimately due to gender (and/or gender roles & stereotyping), and that is SEXISM. I cannot marry Bob because I am the “wrong” gender; if I were a woman I could marry Bob. SEXISM.

And I cannot stress ENOUGH how my own suffering from Marriage Inequality is NOT the reason for wanting or needing equality. I am not something to focus on. But my story, and the stories of countless other Americans desperately need to be addressed in this civil rights struggle. Marriage laws were put in place many years ago in order to PROTECT individuals and their FAMILIES; if they were NOT necessary they would not exist (for heterosexuals). When these laws are NOT in place for ALL OF US, horrible, horrible suffering occurs. My WEBSITE has many examples.

So Americans want to continue denying us what they have already deemed as essential. And many people want us to WAIT…2….5……10…….20……..30 YEARS, depending on the “civil right”, for what WAS and IS our birthright.

I personally have a HUGE problem with that. I cannot wait. I will not wait.

Will you join me on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009, and help me inform the government that WE are eager to be included in the federal tax base as soon as THEY include us in society’s laws? My 5-year-old students could understand this concept: EQUAL = EQUAL

As Americans can’t we agree that there are MANY other important issues to address (like the Economy, Education, Health Care, Poverty & Homelessness, Iraq/Afghanistan…all of these are related), and solving THOSE problems is more urgent than having “Equality Issues” TIE UP THE COURTS for another 30+ years? We will NOT go away.

You keep procreating; we keep popping out. Sorry.

Our representatives have spent years inventing 4-letter words (DOMA, DADT) to restrict us, deny us, demoralize us, and harm our beloved families and children. Enough is enough.

NO MORE. NO MORE.

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The National Equality Tax Protest
– Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 -
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