Link: Delta Makes Woman With Muscular Dystrophy Crawl Off Plane

"On July 20th, Julianna's (delayed) Delta flight landed in Atlanta at 7:30pm, with a connecting flight scheduled for 8:05pm. Julianna, who has muscular dystrophy, missed the connecting flight because nobody came with a wheelchair until 8:05-the same time the connecting flight took off ( Read more... )

It's International Blog Against Racism Week. Exams are killing my free time at the moment, but I wanted to share a quick note from my Harlem Renaissance class ( Read more... )

I just accidentally checked my Bulk mail which I NEVER do and saw that all 7 messages there were lj comments ( Read more... )

Why?

Basic accounts can no longer be created.

In other words, you either have to face ads or you get a Paid account. Want to know what makes this worse?

They didn't announce it publicly. The only hint of it is in a comment to the news post ( Read more... )

LJ's got another announcement post over at lj_biz. As opposed to news, as usual.

Also, I know it's not important in the grand scheme of things, but has anyone been told yet why deleted usernames are bold instead of struck through? My curiosity, it's killing me!Frankly, LJ already apologized and sounded sincere about it in May. Then this latest round of ( Read more... )

ponderosa121's journal was deleted by LJ for having illegal content.

Why is her name bold? Because LJ has apparently suddenly decided that bolding names instead of striking them through is less noticeable and will kill the rallying cry of "Strikethrough '07". Yeah fucking right.

elaboration has also been deleted, and she had a completely flocked journalI have no idea ( Read more... )

Question: What happens when you take a sleeping pill but pull an all-nighter anyway trying to get a paper done, pass out at the keyboard and then wake up, realize that there is no way you can get the paper done, and collapse into bed?

Answer: You wake up feeling like hell, absolutely starving and you have a headache that feels like someone set off ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I've been planning this post out for weeks because the Bad Penny report on CC reminded me of cairnsy and how she'd posted about being bullied online the same week I posted about Christina and RL bullying. Then I ended up having an RL discussion about Kathy and Numa about my inability to move on from it, and how it's going to hurt for the rest ( Read more... )

I was going to make this an edit to my last post, but it stands on its own.

How to prevent rape.Yes, I'm sick of those e-mails that tell me to carry umbrellas, watch what I wear, don't let myself be caught alone in a room with a guy - I'm sick of being told I should never let my guard down. I'm sick of being told that when rape happens, it's just ( Read more... )

Latest rape statistics, courtesy of Amnesty International.

Here's a breakdown of the stats. Pay especial attention to the one that states that getting drunk makes it your fault for getting raped.

Devrushka decides to send an e-mail to her male friends for raising awareness about how rape really is a crime and not just a bit of fun that got out ( Read more... )