January 2011
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REMINDER: one of the most important things you can...
go Evan! This is a really, really necessary and good campaign. Please call your reps, re-Tweet and help gain momentum and awareness for this issue.
Soup: Revolution Porn →
spiegelman:
I get a sense that there’s a lot of rah-rah revolution going on by American observers of the Egyptian protests and the Tunisian overthrow, with a lot of knee-jerk criticism of the United States for supporting the “wrong” side in the conflict. It all seems very Tea Partyesque to…
“Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way....”
– Cynthia Nixon (via cognitivedissonance)
Well said!
Honey, I'm Not Going To Stand Here And Debate The... →
And CERTAINLY not from someone who worships the Cramps, understand? So just stop.
STFU, Conservatives: My baby held a bake sale at... →
mybabyisaverage:
My baby gave whole cookies to the Black and Hispanic babies in his class and half cookies to the White babies to illustrate the inequity of Affirmative Action in the nursery school admissions process.
“Baby,” I pleaded, “Why are you being so racist?”
“Well, Dad,” my baby…
these go to 11.: Last night I ran for an hour- a... →
morninggloria:
Last night I ran for an hour- a little over 7 miles- and afterward I felt so fucking discouraged. I wasn’t that fatigued and probably could have kept going, but my hamstring felt tight (first time it’s ever done that) and I felt heavy and floppy and hot and my shoes were squeezing my feet. You…
My god. The wire whisk point is spot the eff ON. Except I’m working...
Imagining a Nation without Abortion →
Imagine a nation that loved all its children so passionately that it built an entire social and economic structure around protecting them, nurturing them, fostering their growth, and supporting their every stage of life. The logic of this care for children would, of course, extend to the conditions by which those children entered the world. The nation would first care about young adults and...
“When one dog barks at nothing, all other dogs bark in earnest”
– Japanese proverb, and the best rationale of Glen Beck’s inexplicable popularity that I’ve ever heard.
The world bursts at the seams with people ready to...
deadkennedy:
But then James Hetfield’s voice kicks in and I’m all like
Widdley WAAAAH widdley widdley widdley WAHHHHH
The Illusion of Money: What's the Difference... →
Real wealth has intrinsic value. Examples include fertile land, healthful food, knowledge, productive labor, pure water and clean air, labor, and physical infrastructure. The most important forms of real wealth are beyond price and are unavailable for market purchase. These include healthy, happy children, loving families, caring communities, a beautiful, healthy, natural environment.
Real...
Stephen Colbert slams Wake County Schools new... →
inothernews:
dontcallmeval:
So I’m pretty sure I’ve ranted about this before but because Tumblr’s search function sucks I won’t bother to try and link back.
A lot of comments on local news stories are already saying that Stephen Colbert’s tongue lashing of WCPSS last night isn’t “news worthy” because he’s “just a comedian,” but being pretty familiar with the situation… he hit the nail right...
“I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the...”
– Barbara Kingsolver in The Poisonwood Bible (via vneckandacardigan)
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
– Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
When I read “letter from Birmingham jail” in high school, this line struck me dumb. As a kid struggling to grasp the world around me (and having also just read, for my first time, “A People’s History of...
