New York: City of Endangered Languages

Languages die if the communities which use them stop doing so. This can happen to a community for a number of reasons: it is assimilated into another community, it is broken up, or it is extinguished. New York may be the home of more speakers of endangered languages than anywhere else in the world. The New York Times has a story about this as well as an online "City Room" entry, "Land of Lonely Tongues".

Peace Out, Y'all

"A Free Exchange of Ideas" is Soooo 18th Century

Latching On

Here is a trailer for Katja Esson's documentary, "Latching On", about breastfeeding in the United States. My wife, Beverly, appears briefly at several points through the film.
(Courtesy of Women Make Movies, www.wmm.com)

Nina Paley's History of the World (In Three Panels)

A Mimi & Eunice re-enactment