Armed with word, song, and sequencer, Mars delivers social analysis, dreams and blueprints for change. She survived the 1999 National Poetry Slam, has performed all over Chicago, and has been a featured speaker at many political rallies. Born in New England in the radical 60's, Mars is a veteran political activist, performance artist/musician, chocoholic, early childhood educator, photographer, sky-watcher, single mom of a rebel in training, and proud African-american bowl of gumbo.
79 comments
Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:07:08 AM
Poll: "Poll: How do you feel about the New Yorker's satirical Obama"
Forget about Obama + supporters being offended...
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 2:52:47 AM
Article: "Someone Want To Explain To Me What's So Funny About Satire"
Several problems with Satire in Mass Media
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 1:35:20 AM
Article: "Open Letter to the Gates Foundation"
I know I should give facts to back this up...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 1:08:50 AM
Article: "McCain's Phil Gramm is Worse than Obama's Rev. Wright"
Wright's main offense to America was telling the truth
Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 2:15:42 PM
Article: "American Muslims alarmed at the new profiling policy"
You are clearly racist with these comments
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 11:27:49 PM
Article: "Right-Wing Web Embraces "N" Word In Attacking Obama"
Are you making threats in OUR name?
Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 2:47:38 AM
Article: "Why Hillary Lost: She Failed to Share Her Heart's Stories"
** applause, applause, applause**
Monday, June 2, 2008 at 1:06:27 AM
Article: "When The State Attacks (FLDS Raid)"
Why the State attacked them but not Catholic churches
Monday, May 26, 2008 at 12:23:33 AM
Article: "Democrat, don't let the sun set on you in Fort Worth"
If any of this surprises you...
Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 11:03:38 AM
Article: "Why I'm Kinda Fonda Obama (And More So Each Week)"
And REALLY LISTEN to yourselves when you say this:
Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 10:50:08 AM
Article: "Why I'm Kinda Fonda Obama (And More So Each Week)"
Thank you for this comment.
Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 8:01:18 PM
Article: "A Holocaust Hero"
Good grief...
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 12:44:20 AM
Article: "God Damn America?"
Good example, WML.
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 12:28:40 AM
Article: "God Damn America?"
Someone needs to seriously CHECK their attitudes/assumptions
Monday, March 31, 2008 at 12:23:30 AM
Article: "You're Two"
Brilliant.
Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 2:24:17 AM
Article: "A Totally Different Way of Seeing Rev. Wright's Remarks-- c"
Dude...
Friday, March 28, 2008 at 7:30:09 PM
Article: "Obama Must Withdraw His Candidacy For President Due To His A"
Questionable patriotism?
Friday, March 28, 2008 at 7:17:52 PM
Article: "Obama Must Withdraw His Candidacy For President Due To His A"
That's what I'm thinking, too!
Monday, February 25, 2008 at 11:24:56 PM
Quicklink: "Ralph Nader Joins White House Race"
I'm not "counting" on votes for any indies anyway
Monday, February 4, 2008 at 12:28:49 AM
Quicklink: "Obama - Yes We Can!"
Speeches are cheap. And this is still PRIMARY season.
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 1:11:05 PM
Article: "Why I'm for Obama: Only He Can Shift the Correlation of For"
Who CARES about the faces of those who voted???
Friday, January 25, 2008 at 7:11:34 PM
Article: "Nadler Is Blocking Impeachment"
The first Tribunal on Bush's War Crimes already happened
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 10:53:10 PM
Article: "Ron Paul is the Real Candidate for Change, Not Barack Obama"
And here's the OTHER good news!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 10:35:23 PM
Article: "Ron Paul is the Real Candidate for Change, Not Barack Obama"
Of COURSE there's a difference between Clinton and Obama!
Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 1:07:08 AM
Article: "If you are pro-life or pro-choice, watching this will make y"
Another expert at Changing The Terms Of Debate
Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 12:18:41 AM
Article: "You're Damn Right I'm Angry. Why Isn't Everybody?"
Well I know why SOME aren't angry...
Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 9:43:51 PM
Article: "Rhythms Rising: Musicians Fight for New Orleans"
No "Katrina Fatigue" among those who really understand
Friday, November 23, 2007 at 6:02:53 PM
Article: "Is your supper putting you at risk for superbugs?"
it's everywhere, no matter what you eat
Friday, November 23, 2007 at 5:41:59 PM
Article: "'Honor Killings' of women: an Islamic tradition"
Admit your real intentions for this article
Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 11:47:55 PM
Article: "Can UFOs Bring Iran and the US Together?"
This attack on a politician is stupid
Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 1:06:15 AM
Article: "Noose? Oh No! Swastika? Ho Hum!"
Let's dig a little deeper, okay?
Friday, November 9, 2007 at 2:15:06 PM
Article: "Chicago H.S. Students Face Expulsion Following Peace Sit-in"
Community has stood up in support! And the Sun-Times too!
Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 9:17:39 PM
Article: "Chicago H.S. Students Face Expulsion Following Peace Sit-in"
Update on the school board meeting
Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 9:12:53 PM
Diary: "Would Oprah's Money Have Been Better Spent in Chicago?"
Actually, they don't need those items because...
Monday, November 5, 2007 at 11:52:12 PM
Article: "Chicago H.S. Students Face Expulsion Following Peace Sit-in"
Young Heroes
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 12:08:02 AM
Article: "A Brief on the Use of Water Torture by American Officials in"
Similar to "This product not tested on animals" ?
Monday, October 29, 2007 at 12:43:18 AM
Article: "Obama hopes gospel tour will help chances with black voters"
Great -- now our own candidates use racial profiling
Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 7:44:34 PM
Article: "From a Participant at the Blackwater Protest at Moyock"
Blackwater in local communties?
Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 12:07:50 PM
Article: ""Beat" Camp"
Rights+responsibility? Or MY rights are MY responsibility?
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 11:19:17 PM
Article: ""Under Fire" in Southern California"
Fire, like this government, is bad for living things...
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 1:33:48 AM
Article: "Ellen DeGeneres' Misuse Of The Media and A Challenge To Righ"
I wonder what people would say if it wasn't two WOMEN...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 11:04:24 PM
Article: "All Hail Mahmoud bin Laden Chavez! F@#k Bushler! (A Shameles"
This is, to me, the heart of the Free Speech issue
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 10:52:30 PM
Article: "microlithiasis, testicles and effing googling"
Online Medical Research for Dummies...
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 12:04:08 PM
Article: "The Shock Doctrine At the University Of Florida"
Crash Position
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 11:53:47 AM
Article: "Student tasered for asking Kerry embarassing '04 election qu"
Just found this re: guys who were in charge
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 11:14:37 AM
Article: "Student tasered for asking Kerry embarassing '04 election qu"
Good question.
Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 11:06:27 PM
Quicklink: "Obama: Senate vote on MoveOn ad a cheap political stunt"
An act of "Empty Politics?" i don't think so!
Friday, September 21, 2007 at 12:26:09 AM
Article: "Urgent!! Dems Must Defend Moveon from the Right Wing's "Betr"
Every online debate turns into a Jerry Springer Show
Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 8:55:22 AM
Article: "Harry Potter and the Taser"
It is no exaggeration-- the Forth Reich is being installed
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 11:12:31 PM
Article: "Video of Tasered College Student, Disgusting Assualt by Cops"
"Every time" I'll try not to associate it with this comment.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 11:03:46 PM
Article: "Yom Kippur Liturgy"
Beautiful.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 10:48:26 PM
Article: "Does OJ Really Matter?"
And your point is...?
Monday, September 10, 2007 at 12:07:16 AM
Article: "Zionism, Zionists; Defining meaning, Abuse, Overuse"
Calling us "PC" will not shut us up.
Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 9:57:20 PM
Article: "On Both Sides of Israel's West Bank Wall"
no,...
Friday, August 31, 2007 at 11:55:41 PM
Article: "Using and Banning Handles and Pseudonyms on OpEdNews"
Not all comments and articles deserve equal playing field!
Friday, August 31, 2007 at 11:31:39 PM
Article: "Using and Banning Handles and Pseudonyms on OpEdNews"
What is a "real" name anyway?
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 1:26:11 PM
Article: "Banning some words HERE on This Website"
So, it's ok for men to call us C*NTS here, but...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 12:47:31 PM
Quicklink: "Chief Justice Roberts Suffers Seizure, Foaming At The Mouth"
"a stray liberal thought"
Friday, June 29, 2007 at 12:34:01 PM
Article: "Why Not Assassinate?"
1. Keep the article up.
Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 11:33:24 AM
Article: "Death by vomiting on ER Floor; Murder Weapon: Denial of Uni"
Since when is it a DYING PERSON'S responsibility...?
Friday, June 1, 2007 at 12:13:03 PM
Article: "God One, Darwin Zero"
"Emotional Reflex"
Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 11:57:09 PM
Article: "The Greening of Hate Exposed"
Definitions needed -- but great points.
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 11:52:32 PM
Article: "Propaganda, Pimping or Sloppy Journalism:"60 Minutes" story"
I've seen this "news" elsewhere recently
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 11:01:24 PM
Article: "Discrimination – Which group experiences the worst discrimin"
Is this an article or an infomercial?
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 10:30:32 PM
Article: "Lies, Damn Lies, and False Rape Statistics"
Not generalities: Just simple-to-understand truths.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 1:07:11 AM
Article: "Duke Rape Case: The Feminist Klan Exposed"
"Points we need to THINK about"???
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 12:50:34 AM
Article: "Duke Rape Case: The Feminist Klan Exposed"
"Balance, Schmalance." This is just a pack of lies.
Monday, April 30, 2007 at 12:08:43 AM
Article: "Why Can't We Respond to People in Desperate Need?"
It wasn't about the counseling profession
Friday, April 27, 2007 at 4:02:34 PM
Article: "Bush is on a Mission from God"
And thus is the success of the Fascist Christian movement...
Monday, March 5, 2007 at 10:44:53 PM
Article: "The Left Just Doesn't Get Satire...Or Coulter"
You must get a serious wedgie up there...
Friday, March 2, 2007 at 9:43:23 PM
Article: "Americans deserve a Democracy not Theocracy"
Wish you were right...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 5:28:58 PM
Article: "Remembering Black History Month: Rudy Guiliani & Hillary Cli"
Never forget Amadou
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 12:11:23 AM
Article: "The Tragedy of Sacrificing Their Children's Childhood for Bu"
If this family were Black...
Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 11:40:28 PM
Article: "Top Ten Reasons Why the White Supremacist Capitalist Patriar"
Top Three Ways You Can Decide If You Are An AverageAmerican
Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 3:47:54 PM
Article: "OMG! I just interviewed Sean Penn!"
No secret Sean Penn is the real deal
Monday, January 15, 2007 at 1:30:52 AM
Article: "Walleye Time. A Lesson In Abnormal Psychology."
They DO TOO have extra bones!!!
Monday, January 15, 2007 at 1:13:40 AM
Article: "A National Holiday To Honor America's Immigrants"
No, we are NOT all children of "Immigrants"
Sunday, January 7, 2007 at 11:46:41 PM
Quicklink: "The 2006 You Didn't Hear About"
Do tell.
Sunday, January 7, 2007 at 11:43:18 PM
Article: "Riding the Green Zeitgeist in Chicago"
There's recycling in Chicago?!?