Comments on: If you have a little extra cash….

By: flea

flea — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:52:49 +0000

Thank you so much, Amp. My internet access is temporarily gone, so I’m just seeing this now, sitting here in an internet cafe.

I really appreciate it - hope your holiday was great.

By: southern students for choice

southern students for choice — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:59:06 +0000

I’m not sure where to post this, and I really don’t mean to butt into an appeal for a obviously needed and deserved hot water heater, but I thought someone with a bit more time than me might want to put together a tribute Alas post to George Gerbner, a very good man who passed away quietly last Saturday, December 24th.

His obit was posted today on the Los Angeles Times website. His wife, Ilona K. Gerbner passed away on December 8th according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Both obits and some various links you can choose on your own from Google can better inform you of his work than I can in a brief post. The best I can imagine to sum up his work and influence is to imagine a cross between Walter Cronkite, Carol Gilligan, Fred Rodgers, Ruth Gordon, and Karl Menninger. If you’re looking for an academic introduction to his work, check out this page on The Cultivation Theory from a Colorado State University class.

Not much seems to have been put on the web on the man in recent years. The Wikipedia page is just a stub. For free, someone ought to update the page. And in the meantime I’ll look into where donations are requested to go in his memory. He started a number of small activist groups and foundations in his life, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve quietly been absorbed into other groups. In any case, he’s worth remembering, and doing what one can to see that more people appreciate and carry on his efforts.

By: Kyra

Kyra — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:36:10 +0000

Just checked it out. The magic kittens are awesome. I think I’m going to copy her if/when I have kids.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:27:28 +0000

Does she have a PayPal account?

By: Bitch | Lab

Bitch | Lab — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:10:28 +0000

Wow! Thanks for pointing toward that blog. I’m sitting her balling my eyes out. Flea has made me feel that I’m not a loser for not being able to afford toilet paper some months.

By: feminist blogs

feminist blogs — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Group hugs are nice and warm, but not quite warm enough for Chicago in winter without a water heater. Flea’s went out. Her paypal tip jar helped her buy a new one, but she’s “saving up” to have a plumber install it. However long it takes to […]Continue reading at Alas, a blog … posted 12:06 am at Alas, a blog