Last Friday I took part in Chicago’s Critical Mass. Rain was expected and it was the first Mass of the summer, so we numbered in the hundreds rather than thousands. Those who road found gorgeous weather, only light rain, and high spirits all around.
Hundreds of cyclists riding in unison tend to block traffic out of […]

Capping a night filled with myriad events and intersecting cliques was a quick stop at a local bar. I got caught away from my group, and found myself in conversation with two 20-something women. One of them had an Obey pin on her cardigan. I asked her somewhat insidiously if she had attached it herself […]

Why do we live in cities? This is not the same question as why did cities form? the answers to which lie in theories and historical analysis. To answer our question we have to look inwards. Unless you’re reading this blog at the library (anybody?), you are not broke. You own a computer. You have […]

I found this excellent video posted over at Feminocracy. This is a nice follow up in light of my earlier post about Jeremiah Wright. I hadn’t heard of Pfleger before, but this interview is very impressive. Turns out he lives in Chicago, so maybe I will get a chance to see him speak. Anyway, enjoy […]

This is a very long post. If you get all the way through it, there is a treat at the bottom just for you.

Somewhere lying on a desk in the back of our cultured minds is a definition of property. We read it once, and can’t recite it verbatim, but we have a good idea […]