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Street Cred; or, how to treat women well assuming you're already not a douche
Notes: I wrote this essay for to post to my RL circle of friends, despite reasons explained within as to why that's probably a bad idea, and I probably will when I find the guts to. In the meantime, I thought my journal friends might (a) find it interesting and (b) be willing to tell me if I said something utterly stupid. In other words, concrit ( Read more... ) -
EARTHQUAKE
HOLY HELL ( Read more... ) -
Today in positive news!
My province has unrolled the first overhaul to its sex ed curriculum since 1998 (is that really twelve years ago?), and this stood out to me as being awesome (and thus is also the most contentious part for all those conservative objectors who think telling a kid about sexuality will result in them being sluts.)
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Not entirely surprising, but still...
I just took the "Project Implicit" Gender-Science association text, having read about it in the book Blink. By all accounts, this is an essentially impossible test to fake. And I ended up with:
Your data suggest a moderate association of Female with Science and Male with Liberal Arts compared to Male with Science and Female with Liberal Arts.
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Cooking porn!
Dude, if you are in need of a set of good knives, this deal on a Henckels knife set is outrageous. J has one of those knives, and it is a dream to use.
And while your at it, want to order me a bunch of things and send them up my way? Stupid free shipping and it being a stupid American thing. How much more expensive can it be to ship a few ( Read more... ) -
BOO YEAH
TOTALLY GOT AN A+ IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS.
That course was hardcore, man, and I went into it with really crappy math skills - and the course is essentially mathematical tools for physicists, fourier and complex and differential analysis ( Read more... ) -
Invisible Illness Week
From rm and mellacita.
1. The illness I live with is:
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Whoops.
DAMN YOU KEL. DAMN YOU TO PIECES.
No, not really. *blows kisses to kel_reiley*
But it is her fault I just dropped too much money on this cape, especially after factoring in shipping and exchange rate (andtheextraheadbandithrewin), because I'd never heard of Modcloth before she linked to it.
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Movies!
The last two movies I've seen in theatres have both been really enjoyable. I'm not a particularly critical movie watcher, in that I generally can get into most any movie that isn't a Will Ferrel comedy (sorry B, and your epic love for Talladega Nights) without worrying too much about anything in particular, but these two stood out as more than just ( Read more... )