Radicalizing Netroots, Part 2

This is the second in a two-part review of Ian Awesome’s adventures at Netroots Nation. Click here to read part 1. The next day started off with chuckles. Daniel introduced me to the most ridic spoof of Jem (remember? From the 80s?) on YouTube that could ever be made. Warning: extremely offensive. Do not play around children. Do not play around elderly people. Do not play in the workplace. In fact, you probably just shouldn’t click play. This, in fact, turned... Read More

Radicalizing Netroots Nation, Part 1.

Netroots Nation. This is my second year participating in the gigantic Netroots Nation conference, a big event billed as a “progressive” bloggers’ conference put on by blogging giant Daily Kos. I was lucky this year, like last year, to get a full scholarship to go, with all expenses except for food paid for through the LGBT Netroots Connect program. Last year was an incredible experience in which I finally got to meet a lot of my blogging heroes and connect... Read More

Netroots Nation: HIV/AIDS As A Progressive Issue

This past week I’ve been visiting the Twin Cities area in order to attend Netroots Nation, a conference on net-based progressive activism and the largest group of its kind.  2500 bloggers, activists, and organization representatives descended upon Minneapolis to meet each other, attend panels related to progressive causes, and discuss the issues facing our many communities. The LGBT Preconference, with organizer Mike Rogers in the foreground. What communities were present?... Read More