My mother teaches second grade, and this is a story she told me today ( Read more... )

THE BAN ON WOMEN IN COMBAT ROLES HAS BEEN LIFTED. Oh my gods and goddesses I can't even say how huge this is. (And no, the irony of me saying this when I myself would sooner fling myself into a vat of addled mantis shrimp than join the military is not lost on me. I'm happy for my far-more-badass sisters, okay ( Read more... )

I'm not going to get too political. Y'all pretty much know my leanings. This is more about how I felt that day.

( Even so, gonna cut this, 'cause people are probably sick of hearing about the whole shindig by now. )

Is it possible to live in a modern, industrial society - and fully participate in it, I mean, not go live off the grid in a hippie commune or something - without relying on the products of slave labor/sweatshop labor/inequitable workplace practices? Because it seems like everything you buy that doesn't have a 'Fair Trade' label (and sometimes not ( Read more... )

Excuse me while I wallow in schadenfreude.(Short version: a bunch of Catholic bishops got together and threw a rally in support of their freedom to deny women birth control. Nobody showed up. Watch as they desperately attempt to convince the public that they are not completely irrelevant ( Read more... )

Here's why I think the Affordable Care Act is a good thing.

( Further explanation and ranting under cut. )

With the national discourse unable to stop talking for ten gorram seconds about Teh Gay, it was pretty inevitable this episode would pop up in my head. Gather round, kiddies, it's Storytime With Moogle.

( Why I'm Not A Christian Anymore )

Dear people who voted to enshrine bigotry in their state constitution and strip families of vital protection in North Carolina,

Well, bless your heart.

Hurry up and go the way of the dodo already,
Moogle

-ON A RELATED NOTE-

Dear President Obama,

I'm giving you a hug right now. Can you feel it? Massive. Hug.

Thank you,
Moogle

( Sorry, I just had to bleed this out. )

Originally posted by write_light at BAD Internet Laws Heading Your Way

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