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Feminism has a crucial role to play in modern life, but I sometimes wish it would leave our fairy tales alone. The results of its revisionist meddling are too often unconvincing and unsatisfying.
Remember last year’s Maleficent? It turned an age-old story on its head by revealing that the fairy (Angelina Jolie) who turned a princess into a “Sleeping Beauty” was not evil at all. No, she was merely wronged and misunderstood. Worst of all, we learned that the somnambulant princess could not be awakened by a kiss from the handsome prince, but only by a motherly peck from that same fairy.
How heartwarming. And how utterly unromantic.
Thank goodness Disney’s new live-action version of Cinderella doesn’t wear its feminism on its sleeve. It has nods to modern sensibilities, to be sure, but they’re handled with a lighter touch.
Thursday, October 15, 7:00 PM and Thursday, October 22, 4:30 PM, 2026
Registration for the zoom here.
October 22 meeting in-person - New Albany Branch Library, 200 Market St., New Albany, OH 43054.
Ohio is adding new utility scale gas plants to power data centers at an alarming rate -- 12 proposed and approved in the last year alone totaling 5300 MW -- plus the 9200 MW gas plant planned to power data centers at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
If all are built to full operation, they could create 84.3 million tons of NEW greenhouse gas pollution per year – more than the country of Singapore – just as the world is entering a climate tipping point.
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Near the bottom of the ballot this year, Ohioans will see State Issue 3.
Politicians claim Issue 3 will “protect our elections” by requiring photo ID to vote.
But here’s the truth: OHIO ALREADY REQUIRES PHOTO ID TO VOTE. Anyone who has voted in any Ohio election for past several years knows this.
In fact, Ohio already has the most restrictive photo ID law in the country.
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Identity, Faith, and Education
My Puerto Rican, Boricua, and Nuyorican—or New York Rican—identities are all part of what makes me a Hispanic American woman. I come from a blend of three cultural traditions shaped further by the American culture. As the first generation in my family to complete both high school and college, I know that progress is possible, but it is rarely easy.
No matter where I walk I see poverty, but also people working and exploiting others to earn money and live a comfortable life. The places I work and walk many shy away. My upbringing and being a raised by a single Spanish speaking mom taught me the value of faith in God. The one who created diversity in the sky, land, in the deep waters lives inside of me. Therefore, I need to recognize not everyone is honored to share the pain and suffering like Jesus did.
This Huddle will focus on the tsunami of attack ads and the money spent on advertising during this election by candidates as well as dark money groups. The panel includes Statehouse reporters and a campaign finance researcher and expert!
Panelists:
Starting Tonight: Three phone banks per week in October:
Both election season and Lame Duck are upon us, and Save Ohio Parks is answering the call. Join us for THREE phone banks per week through October, led by Campaigns Manager Mark Gavin Sr.
Pick your shift:
Thousands of mailers “promoting” socialist US Senate candidate Greg Levy has absolutely no connection to his campaign, said a Levy spokesperson to the Free Press.
“Our campaign has no ties to the PAC behind these mailers, which falsely impersonate us, rely on a racist caricature of our candidate, and are meant to deceive voters,” said Matthew Charlebois who is based in Akron. “The Greg Levy for Senate campaign is considering taking legal action against the operatives behind this crude impersonation.”
The PAC in question is named “Enough Promises Ohio” and paid about $200,000 for the mailers, said Charlebois. The PAC was founded in late September, lists a Reynoldsburg address as its contact, and according to the Los Angeles Times, is a MAGA-connected super PAC.
If Enough Promises Ohio is indeed MAGA, the only explanation is that a desperate Ohio GOP is scheming to suck voters away from Brown.
In a functioning democracy we have debates. Simple conversations about ideas and plans for the future, but this is Columbus.
Although the Columbus mayoral race isn’t until 2027, two declared candidates are incumbent Andrew Ginther and Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin.
In Columbus neither candidate has agreed to any kind of debate. We don’t even know their future long-term goals or objectives. Neither Ginther nor Hardin have any.
The Columbus political process has devolved into photos and videos posted to Instagram and Facebook with Ginther and Hardin smiling with the public.
What will they do when elected? They will both do the same thing: obey the corporate welfare machine and special interests that fund their campaigns to defund city government (and Columbus City Schools) with massive property tax cuts for wealthy developers.
You are too busy trying to buy unhealthy food and live in unaffordable apartments. At the end of the day you beg for distractions such as football.
Monday, October 12, 2026, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio, 67 East Innis Avenue, Columbus, OH 43207 (Back Parking Lot)
Parking on the nearby streets
To celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day this year, we want to recognize everyone who has lifted up NAICCO over the years. In doing so, we want to share a wopila (thank you) meal with as many people as possible to express our gratitude for all the love and support that has been extended our way on countless occasions.
The NAICCO Wopila Meal will be FREE and open to the public. We will be serving only those who are there in person – no takeout orders please. The time is from 4PM to 7PM or until the food runs out – first come, first serve! Menu: Mini NDN Tacos, Buffalo Green Chile Stew, Chicken & Wild Rice Soup, and Fry Bread
Please come and celebrate this day of honoring with us by partaking in the NAICCO Wopila Meal.
Across Ohio, a powerful, historic movement is underway. We are standing up to protect our fundamental right to self-governance, defend the First Amendment, and ensure that the voice of the people cannot be silenced by state gatekeepers. At the center of this battle is our citizen-led effort to amend the state constitution, spearheaded by the Protecting Ohioans Constitutional Rights Committee and our grassroots allies. Through key federal legal challenges—most notably our lawsuit Cynthia Brown, Carlos Buford, and Jenny Sue Rowe v. David Yost (Case No. 2:24-cv-01401-JLG-EPD)—we are taking direct aim at unconstitutional statutory barriers that prevent Ohio citizens from exercising direct democracy.