Creepy Statue Brings Negative Attention to Wellesley College

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Wednesday February 05, 2014 · 1:26 PM PST

2014/02/05 · 13:26

My sister called me. "Your alma mater is in the news again."

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Should this statue be removed from Wellesley College's campus?

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Should this statue be removed from Wellesley College's campus?

Yes

42 votes

55 votes

Bring it on by to my dorm room

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I suggest a bon fire

17 votes

Give it some pie

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The Best Piece I've Read on the Whole Woody Allen Thing

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Monday February 03, 2014 · 12:07 PM PST

2014/02/03 · 12:07

I read Dylan Farrow's open letter about her abuse with heartache. My heart got even heavier after reading defense after defense of Allen; on The Daily Beast (It was an awful article, I'm not going to link it), on numerous other "news sites" and even here on Daily Kos. I was happy to find what I found to be a more thoughtful tome on whether or not it's ok to like Allen's moves at Think Progress. Alyssa Rosenberg credited another article with influencing her thinking, and that turned out to be the article that really encapsulated the way I've been feeling about this story.

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Monday January 06, 2014 · 10:48 AM PST

2014/01/06 · 10:48

Crossposted at my blog: Mama's Blog @ EllieCastellanos.com

I write about my daughter, Ellie, from time to time here on Daily Kos. She's almost fourteen and autistic. She's what some people would call "low functioning", but I prefer to call her, "Kick Ass Awesome". She is a talented artist and is very clever with technology. With some care and additional training, which will not be easy to accomplish because of her autism, but is nevertheless quite possible with a little creativity and perseverance, she just might become an adult with an independent source of income. She is so much more than she appears to be at first glance, and so on certain issues I get a little hot under the collar.

Vocational Education for autistic youth is one of those issues. It's come up again because someone on a Yahoo group I belong to is dealing with the same issue, and it made me "The Cray-Cray" when I read her post. Here's what I think, below the Puffy Orange Cloud of Progressive Activism...

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Do you think that SPED student's interests and skills should be taken into account when planning their vocational education?

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Do you think that SPED student's interests and skills should be taken into account when planning their vocational education?

Yes

127 votes

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Other, explain in comments

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Pie Making is the only vocational education that should be available to anyone, regardless of abilities or talents.

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A Shameless Plea for Likes for Autistic Artist

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Saturday November 16, 2013 · 2:40 PM PST

2013/11/16 · 14:40

This will be short and sweet. I've written about my daughter Ellie before. She is 13, autistic, and a pretty great artist. Her entry into a self-portrait challenge at Laika Studios, the very greatest animation studio out there, has been accepted. Voting continues until November 22.

Ellie is the cutie with Goofy. Top row, second from the left. She took this photo with our Mac, there was no one there with her. I only found it later and was so moved by this "emotionless" autistic girl cradling Goofy with such caring and gentleness.

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Wednesday August 28, 2013 · 5:26 PM PDT

2013/08/28 · 17:26

Remember Tampongate?

July 13, 2013, a day that will live in infamy. It was four days after Wendy Davis, my personal hero, filibustered SB-5, the draconian bill which restricted Texas abortions virtually out of existence. Rick "The Human Tupee" Perry immediately called another special session to complete the vote he failed to get the Thursday before.

A whole crapload of pissed off Texans showed up to demonstrate anew with cries of Shame! and posters reading, "Jesus Isn't a Dick so Keep Him Out of my Vagina."

It was really a standard day of protest in the war against women, until something -- strange -- happened.

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Tuesday August 20, 2013 · 4:50 PM PDT

2013/08/20 · 16:50

This diary will be short, my only purpose in writing it is to refute a lie of Rick Perry's that I know from personal experience is a lie.

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Monday August 19, 2013 · 9:12 AM PDT

2013/08/19 · 09:12

I have the perfect solution to end the NSA/Snowden flame wars, which are bringing shame upon Daily Kos.

Follow me for the answer to all our problems.

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Wednesday June 26, 2013 · 6:38 AM PDT

2013/06/26 · 06:38

My new favorite women in the world this morning are Texas State Senators Wendy Davis, Judith Zafforini, and Leticia Van de Putte. My favorite new man is Kirk Watson, who I'm proud to call my Senator.

They made history last night. I'm not saying the Republicans won't come back and try some more dirty tricks to pass their draconian restrictions on women's heath and choices, but last night will not be forgotten.

R.I.P. SB5. Don't Mess With Texas.

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Where Were You Last Night??

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Where Were You Last Night??

I was in the gallery of the State Capital

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I was inside the building

1 vote

I was outside the building

0 votes

I was watching the livestream

49 votes

I woke up this morning to read this amazing news out of Texas

32 votes

After Everything Else, Now This?

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Monday June 10, 2013 · 2:52 PM PDT

2013/06/10 · 14:52

No. Please no.

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Saturday June 08, 2013 · 6:34 AM PDT

2013/06/08 · 06:34

My daughter is twelve, and she has autism. I diary about her from time to time, as I find her a pretty fascinating kid.

She's an artist, and I have a website for her. It's

EllieCastellanos.com

I started this as a blog entry for my blog there, but I would appreciate some input on this particular insight, so I thought I'd post it here as as well.

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Tuesday May 14, 2013 · 7:32 AM PDT

2013/05/14 · 07:32

I write from time to time about my daughter Ellie. She's twelve and autistic, and a pretty amazing kid.

She has a website:

EllieCastellanos.com

where I showcase her many artistic endeavors.

Today I wanted to write about communication. Always a thorny issue for autistic kids. And adults!

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Thursday April 25, 2013 · 11:37 AM PDT

2013/04/25 · 11:37

There's a wonderful article over at The Atlantic called How Not to Die. It's worth reading in its entirety, but I wanted to summarize it here because the work of Dr. Angelo Volandes is so important.

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