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Personal Voices

Crossing Over

By Robin Ringleka, Sexing the Political. September 8, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: I marched against abortion rights and was adamantly pro-life...until I got pregnant.

Kiss My CuffsKiss My Cuffs

By Emily Alpert, WireTap. September 3, 2004.
WireTap: Arrested after a queer anti-RNC kiss-in, one student activist tells all.

Entering the Belief System

By Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. September 1, 2004.
World: Voices from the Convention floor.

The Marine at the Youth MarchThe Marine at the Youth March

By Ali Tonak, WireTap. August 31, 2004.
WireTap: Ali went to the Youth March in New York expecting to chant and march with his peers. Instead he had his eyes opened to the important differences between young protestors and the soldiers their age who are serving in Iraq.

My Drug Addiction

By Tony Newman, AlterNet. August 18, 2004.
DrugReporter: I used to find it hard to understand when former problem drinkers said if they had even one drink, they would go back to binge drinking. Well, after being hooked on cigarettes, I understand.

Bible Store Blues

By Ellen Rhudy, WireTap. August 11, 2004.
WireTap: What happens when an agnostic young woman spends her summer working in a Christian Bookstore? In this excerpt from her zine, Ellen learns some things about BibleMan, hypocrisy, and humanity.

Kerry Stumps in my HometownKerry Stumps in my Hometown

By Brian Fanelli, WireTap. August 9, 2004.
Election 2004: Last week, John Kerry stopped in my small, blue-collar hometown, where he was met by supporters, protestors and a number of potential young voters – all hoping to hear from the presidential hopeful, himself.

Personal Voices: Uniting, Not Dividing

By Chris Owens, AlterNet. July 14, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: In a letter to President Bush, the author suggests a few potential amendments to the Constitution that support equal protection under the law.

Personal Voices: The Best Prince of My Life

By Rachel Neumann, AlterNet. July 2, 2004.
Loving Prince as an adolescent and loving him as an adult take on a very different tenor, although the legwarmers remain the same.

A Patriotic Celebration of Civil Liberties

By Mona Lisa Yuchengo, Pacific News Service. July 1, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: On July 4th, this new American will celebrate civil liberties.

My Family's First Gay Wedding

By Robin Devoe, Silicon Valley DeBug. June 30, 2004.
WireTap: These are all new family events for us. Everyone keeps building up whatever my cousin does as something big, like it's going to be some kind of freak show, and then when you get there its all normal.

The Convention Will be Televised

By T. Eve Greenaway, WireTap. June 24, 2004.
WireTap: Participants and organizers at the first National Hip Hop Political Convention have their say.

Weddings on the Brain

By Derek Powazek, AlterNet. February 19, 2004.
In the midst of planning a somewhat more conventional ceremony, a husband-to-be gets some wedding perspective at San Francisco's City Hall.

Personal Voices: A Hysterical Librarian

By Kim Antieau, AlterNet. February 13, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: A librarian finds her job has changed drastically since the adoption of the Patriot Act.

Gulf War Bookends

By Derek Powazek, {fray}. April 2, 2003.
Who would have ever dreamed that my generation would get two Bushes in the White House and two Gulf wars with the same evil despot?

How I Learned to Shut Up and Love Christmas

By Derek Powazek, {fray}. December 18, 2002.
I couldn't wait to see those trees brown and dry on the sidewalks, waiting for garbage collection. I was just that way about Christmas.