May 2012
2 posts
April 2012
11 posts
“Let’s examine this:
Miss is a word for a woman that has not been married.
...”
– Laila Alsabahi
(It pisses me off endlessly when this is a required box I have to check when filling out things like job applications.)
“You have the right to leave someone. But at least tell them why, ‘cause what’s...”
– Unknown (via 36974)
Marissa Alexander Had A Gun Permit, Stood Her... →
nickdouglas:
It turns out Florida’s Stand Your Ground laws aren’t for black ladies!
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Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat... →
We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the other male…
Thought-provoking article about how we imagine... →
“In retrospect, it’s easy to see why Hunger Games Tweets took off: the project is a potent mix of pop-culture criticism, social-media sharing, provocative statements, and public shaming. But more important, and no doubt more disturbing, is what Adam’s time line of ignorant tweets—what he calls “the repository of death”—says about a certain generation’s failure of imagination.” Read...
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“If a good boy loves a good girl, good. If a good boy loves another good boy,...”
– Fiona Apple (via staircase-thoughts)
March 2012
14 posts
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'Scuse me while I kiss the sky: I like your flaws. →
I like how you mispronounce words sometimes, how you fumble and stammer and stutter looking for the right ones to say and the right ways to say them. I appreciate that you find language challenging, because it is, because everything manmade is challenging. Including man, including you.
I like that you think my opinion of you is so fickle that it could change overnight. (It’s not).
I enjoy...
Pieces Of Mee: KONY 2012: Causing more harm than... →
pomee:
Dear Jason Russell,
After being bombarded with your KONY 2012 crusade, I have no choice but to respond to your highly inaccurate, offensive, and harmful propaganda. I realized I had to respond in hopes of stopping you before you cause more violence and deaths to the Acholi people (Northern Ugandans), the very people you are claiming to protect.
Firstly, I would like to question your...
February 2012
9 posts
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January 2012
4 posts
Reblog if you've actually read every single page...
keakealani:
fexual:
acciofelixfelicis:
heroineoftime:
A few times yes.
From Mr. and Mrs. Dursley to All was well.
Okay except I still don’t really think that epilogue actually happened… lol.
Love.
December 2011
0 posts
“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable...”
– C.G. Jung (via littlemiss)
November 2011
11 posts
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“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for...”
– Steve Jobs (via 36974)
Daily Kos: Boycott Koch Products →
nickdouglas:
When you buy this stuff, you’re helping the guys who funded the Tea Party.
nickdouglas:
nostrich:
Couple of nice pieces on the UC Davis pepper-spraying incident last week:
Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike, Alexis Madrigal
Militarization of Campus Police, Bob Ostertag, a professor at UC Davis
Big yes on the Madrigal piece.
OWSLibrary's books | LibraryThing →
nickdouglas:
These are the books reportedly destroyed by the cops when they kicked Occupy Wall Street out of Zucotti Park.
A teacher in New York was teaching her class about...
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