March 2012
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Keep Yourself Safe →
geekyjessica:
A follow up from @galadarling regarding the Stalker App I posted earlier. Tips on how to keep yourself safe by limiting the information you post online. This is VERY IMPORTANT. Never assume you’re safe. It’s a sad fact, but it’s true.
Say you’re at a party, surrounded by people. It’s safe to say I’m at The Libertine, right? There are tons of people here!
What you aren’t thinking...
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The United States of America on college education
Student: I'm not going to go to college because I don't want to go into debt.
USA: YOU USELESS PIECE OF SHIT. YOU'RE GOING TO AMOUNT TO NOTHING YOU FUCKING SCUMBAG. YOU'RE THE REASON WHY MY TAXES ARE SO HIGH.
Student: I'm just going to attend a small community college instead.
USA: HAHAHA YOU WERE TOO STUPID TO GET INTO A GOOD UNIVERSITY. ENJOY YOUR MCDONALD'S DIPLOMA.
Student: I attended a four year university and received a diploma in a field I am interested in. Now I am $50,000+ in debt.
USA: YOU DUMBASS. WHY THE FUCK DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE WHEN YOU KNOW YOU COULDN'T AFFORD IT? YOU DIDN'T EVEN CHOOSE A USEFUL MAJOR EITHER. GOD PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME SICK.
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The Personal is Political: Let me mansplain... →
puzzled-panther:
thatneedstogo:
…I would like to start a working list of how to spot mansplaining in the wild–when we are out of our feminist circles, in places where we feel comfortable but are confronted with blatant moments of sexism and are made to feel like we are imagining…
Yeah, ^ALL OF THIS.
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What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry: Default... →
fozmeadows:
Following on from my recent thoughts on female characters in YA dystopias and the Broken Bird trope, something else about the treatment of women in stories has been niggling at me. Writing those both posts, my emotional reaction was consistently stronger and more negative than seemed…
^ ALL OF THIS. ALL OF IT. Also, and this is really important: do you know what contemporary...
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Nudity in art: changing the eye of the beholder →
via @elizabethamber, cc: @amandapalmer
Really interesting concept. I’m not sure I’d be brave enough to get naked to view art, although I would probably get naked to make art. Which makes me question why that is. Do I find making art a more intimate, but controlled act? Is it the boundary-pushing of getting naked with strangers? Would I be more or less willing if it was in a group of...
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“Let me tell you some things. I used to... →
gilmoure:
sarahlee310:
feminisminapapercup:
““Let me tell you some things. I used to investigate child abuse and neglect. I can tell you how to stop the vast majority of abortion in the world. First, make knowledge and access to contraception widely available. Start teaching kids before they hit puberty. Teach them about domestic violence and coercion, and teach them not to coerce and rape....
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Wow.
marielikestodraw:
Im receiving emails for the Hotels for Comic Con with bookings happening tomorrow.
And we have not had our professional registration yet. So no confirmation of badges yet and I’m supposed to book my hotel?
That’s just a lot of bullshit.
Seriously, Comic-con international, here are a few tips on how to make registration make sense:
1. Complete professional and press...
“The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for...”
– Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson via It’s Okay to be Smart.
Also see how to find your purpose and do what you love.
(via explore-blog)
GPOY. When I was little, I wanted to be a ballerina, a firefighter, a doctor, but most of all I wanted to be a hero. Preferably a superhero, because...
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In which @SturdyAlex sums it up →
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Watchthedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It of the Day: After George Zimmerman’s lawyer, Craig Sonner, bailed on Lawrence O’Donnell moments before he was due to appear on The Last Word, O’Donnell decided to go ahead and conduct the interview anyway — with Sonner’s empty chair.
According to O’Donnell, Sonner is “the first guest in the history of this particular show to get scared, to be so terrified of...
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So let's just get this straight...
eruditechick:
Hunger Games has the 3rd biggest opening in movie history.
An action flick starring a girl.
Who isn’t an emaciated stick.
Who isn’t a princess.
Whose journey is motivated by her sister, not a man.
Who is not sexually used, abused, active or even objectified much.
3rd biggest opening in movie history. Spawning a franchise.
Let’s just… let’s just think about that.
Let’s just...
The Baker Street Babes: The Great Sherlock Holmes... →
mxpublishing:
BBC Sherlock vs Warner Brother Sherlock - Part 1. The BBC Sherlock Team presentation.
@GreatDebate3 is on 4th August - Great Sherlock Holmes Debate Facebook Page.
The debate is raising awareness for Save Undershaw - currently at 7,268 of their 10,000 fans target…
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Rags 'n' Bones: the hunger games: rue, cinna,... →
cryoftheancients:
I’m sure none of you have missed the uproar among “fans” of The Hunger Games regarding the casting of Cinna, Thresh, and particularly Rue.
I’m not going to go into how these people shouldn’t be surprised that these characters were played by black actors, because you know,…
^This. Also, if you even think about making the sort of statements people have been making about...
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“We’ve heard the 911 calls. We seen the 13 year old witness. We’ve read the...”
– Michael Skolnik, White People, You Will Never Look Suspicious Like Trayvon Martin (via goldenheartedrose)
Go and Sign the petition
(via xntrek)
Truth.
(via nefariousnewt)
It’s 2012. Walking while brown/black/muslim/LGBTQ is considered an offense punishable by death by some people.
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