December 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Wellesley Underground: Don't Kill Him Cause C Lo... →
wellesleyunderground:
Apart from the profanity and calling me an embarrassment, I agree with you. Vengeance is not Justice. Amen.
Here’s my point: The way people in America deal with moral, social, and political issues in the public arena has turned into such a farce that it is disconcerting. Of course C Lo Green is…
I mean- one reason C Lo Green’s opinion matters more than yours...
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Fuck Yeah, Tattoos!: I hate dream catcher tattoos →
fuckyeahtattoos:
I hate them so much that I rarely publish any of them, and I delete some I see approved by the other mods. I do the same with tattoos of women and skulls in headdresses. I’ve ranted about all this before, but I’ve never really calmly explained it, so I’m going to try to today.
I find it…
Love this. And as a tattooed Asian person, I hate seeing Asian character tattoos...
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vee: Non Game of Thrones people! Get with the... →
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vivvo:
golden-notebook:
Peter Dinklage is on this show and he is amazing! I keep seeing people blogging photos of him in surprise that he is on the show and he won an Emmy.
No excuses people! Watch Game of Thrones!
So I’m de-lurking to ask you a question. I love your tumblr and I really…
I think GRRM’s portrayal of the Dothraki and the minimal POC in the book series is...
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Non Game of Thrones people! Get with the program!
golden-notebook:
Peter Dinklage is on this show and he is amazing! I keep seeing people blogging photos of him in surprise that he is on the show and he won an Emmy.
No excuses people! Watch Game of Thrones!
So I’m de-lurking to ask you a question. I love your tumblr and I really appreciate a lot of the anti-racist and feminist sentiments that you feature in your posts. As someone who...
November 2010
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"A Message From a TSA Full-Body Scanner" →
I’d like to take the opportunity of this writing to allay these and other misgivings. Please know: I’m just here to measure your penises. And I’m very, very good at it.
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"Pie to Cupcake: Time’s Up" →
Pie had been lurking below the radar in recent years: taking cover during the ice cream trend, perhaps waiting to see which way the macaron tide would turn.
When I eat out, the only baked goods I ever get are pies or donuts. It’s a product of the fact that I bake; why should I spend $3-5 on a passable cupcake when I can make my own at home and whip the frosting to the exact...
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"The Hipster in the Mirror" →
“Taste is not stable and peaceful, but a means of strategy and competition. Those superior in wealth use it to pretend they are superior in spirit. Groups closer in social class who yet draw their status from different sources use taste and its attainments to disdain one another and get a leg up. These conflicts for social dominance through culture are exactly what drive the dynamics...
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"Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Faces Struggle... →
In comments to reporters in California this weekend, General Amos said that ending the ban in the middle of two wars would involve “risk” for Marines, who, unlike other service members who generally have private quarters, share rooms to promote unity.
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“I don’t know what the effect of that will be on cohesion. I mean, that’s what we’re looking at. It’s unit cohesion, it’s combat...
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"Morgan Stanley financial adviser escapes felony... →
Martin Joel Erzinger, 52, was set to face felony charges for running over a doctor who he hit from behind in his 2010 Mercedes Benz, and then speeding off.
But now he will simply face two misdemeanour traffic charges from the July 3 incident in Eagle, Colorado.
This is appalling. I can’t believe how many chances the criminal justice system will throw at people if they’re...
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"U.S. lawsuit targets Philly's 'stop-and-frisk'... →
The plaintiffs are seeking class status and rulings to prevent the police from conducting pedestrian stops based on race or national origin.
The suit also asks the court to order more police training, supervision, and monitoring to ensure that “stops, frisks, searches, and detentions comport with constitutional requirements.”
Oh, you. The idea that Terry stops are actually...
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"In Iowa, Voters Oust Judges Over Marriage Issue" →
“I think it will send a message across the country that the power resides with the people,” Bob Vander Plaats, a Republican who led the campaign after losing the Republican nomination for governor, told a crowd of cheering supporters at an election night party peppered with red signs declaring “No Activist Judges.” “It’s we the people, not we the courts.”
Oh, anti-intellectual populism,...
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October 2010
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"Is killing yourself adaptive? That depends: An... →
In fact, a scientific understanding of suicide is useful not only for vulnerable gay teens, but for anyone ever finding themselves in conditions favoring suicide. I say “favoring suicide” because there is convincing work… indicating that human suicide is an adaptive behavioral strategy that becomes increasingly likely to occur whenever there is a perfect storm of social, ecological,...
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"Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration... →
“[SB 1070] could send hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to prison in a way never done before. And it could mean hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to private prison companies responsible for housing them.”
A few months ago, when I first saw Rachel Maddow report the suspected links between SB 1070 and private federal prison interests, I decided to do some...
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"Advocates Hope Transgender Identity Is Not a... →
“But [Ms. Sparks] she is not the only transgender person campaigning for public office this fall. And unlike in years past, when such candidates were often considered mere curiosities, several are within striking distance of historic victories.”
None of the candidates featured in the NYT story identify as transmen. I wonder if there are any candidates this cycle that do...
May 2010
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February 2010
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September 2009
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"Adolf Hitler sex video condemned by Aids... →
AUGH WTF WTF. Who thought this was a good idea???
"Could Texas' Gingrich-Based High School History... →
August 2009
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"Jury finds man guilty of raping prostitutes" →
“I would be horrified if any of the women in my life were raped, but I’m talking about decent, honorable women,” ReBrook said, and then dramatically raised his voice. “Not whores who have sex with many, many men for money.”
Horrifying. Also troubling: that the article refers to a (baseball) team of “midgets” as “youngsters,” although...
July 2009
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Sarah Palin featured in Runner's World →
Probably one of the only things that could make me feel bad about taking up running. And thank you for that, Mrs. Palin.
June 2009
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"Advocate: Ohio judge mistreated 2 rape victims" →
“About two minutes here, if you don’t gather yourself, I’m about to rip up this guilty plea, and this man in front of you is about to walk. So I would do your very best to gather yourself,” Horton said, according to court transcripts.
This guy is a terrible human being.
"Va. women's prison segregated lesbians, others" →
So this is entirely unsurprising, but it’s still fucked up.
Segregating gay inmates in men’s prison has been upheld by federal courts to protect them and maintain order, though courts have ruled against total isolation or harsher conditions.
But this isn’t separation by sexual orientation for the protection of inmates, but rather a system of gross stereotyping based on gender...
“also happy june 4th”
– lingling
"Suspect Is Identified in Killing of Abortion... →
Commenting on Dr. Tiller’s death, Mr. Leach said, “To call this a crime is too simplistic.” He added, “There is Christian scripture that would support this.”
Man, this is so terrible. I can’t believe a person could comment on a tragedy like this is such a callous manner.
But what really got me was this:
In addition to protests outside his clinic, his house and his church, Dr....
May 2009
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For Teenagers, Hello Means ‘How About a Hug?’ →
“It was needless hugging — they are in the hallways before they go to class. It wasn’t a greeting. It was happening all day.”
What the hell. This is ridiculous. Why are people afraid of human contact??
"Dressed for Action" →
“In the debut issue’s second story, Mr. Gunn becomes an action figure — jumping into Iron Man’s suit of armor to save a fashion exhibition from evildoers.”
"Prosecutors Block Access to DNA Testing for... →
…I realize that all I post to my tumblr are weird videos and depressing news stories.
"Candy Bar From Mars Aims For Women From Venus" →
Watch“If anyone ever posts another kittens riding a Roomba video on the Internet again, there better be at least 15 kittens. My adorability tolerance is growing exponentially.”
"Ex-Archbishop Speaks About Catholic Church and... →
“If we say our God is an all-loving god,” he said, “how do you explain that at any given time probably 400 million living on the planet at one time would be gay? Are the religions of the world, as does Catholicism, saying to those hundreds of millions of people, you have to pass your whole life without any physical, genital expression of that love?”
"Did the Beastie Boys inadvertently invent the... →
What a good movie.