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Hello!
My journal is mostly Friends Only; most of the unlocked stuff is just random amusement rather than me talking about myself.
If you're going to friend me, PLEASE let me know who you are and why you're friending me. And don't take it personally if I don't friend you back; my FL is already unwieldy and huge and I tend not to friend people if we have ( Read more... ) -
A great comment I just read:
"People have this naive notion that the world is made up of “good people” and “bad people.” ... “rapists are sociopaths, good people already know not to rape ( Read more... ) -
How much do I love Rachel Maddow?
Ohio really did go to the president last night ( Read more... ) -
This.
Study shows gender bias is real. Here's why it matters.
Whenever the subject of women in science comes up, there are people fiercely committed to the idea that sexism does not exist. They will point to everything and anything else to explain differences while becoming angry and condescending if you even suggest that discrimination could be a ( Read more... ) -
Casual Racism
Casual Racism Is Not My Spirit Animal - great article, and could be applied to any -ism.
"[Casually racist comments] don’t have the same shock value as walking up to a person of color and calling them a racial slur. It’s not like being stung; it’s like being slowly burned, by a heat so gradual you barely notice it’s happening. Participating in ( Read more... ) -
Words cannot describe this. It must be experienced.
"Al Paradise 1984 - Sara Carlson sings and dances the intro of Italian saturday night show "AL PARADISE", by Antonello Falqui and Michele Guardì"
I love the costumes (when's the last time you saw a bat-wing cutout leotard?). And the spazzy-chicken dance moves. XDXD -
Two excellent articles on body image.
http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/09/03/the-extreme-importance-of-letting-yourself-be-occasionally-ugly/
The main problem with beauty for girls is that it gets conflated with just about every other good thing. ( Read more... ) -
This is really powerful and horrible.
http://unwinona.tumblr.com/post/30861660109/i-debated-whether-or-not-to-share-this-story
It’s not the first time I’ve been bothered multiple times. As such, I’m still amped from the teenagers on the first train. So when this ( Read more... ) -
Screw you, Jack Astor's.
Back from FanExpo. Very tired. AND ANNOYED: We went for post-con dinner at Jack Astor's and they wouldn't serve us, saying they have a rule against costumes just for this weekend. WTF ( Read more... ) -
An awesome rant.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-things-rich-people-need-to-stop-saying/
["I work hard for what I have!"] is insulting for the exact same reason "Hey, I love my country!" is insulting: It implies that the listener doesn't. Otherwise there'd be no ( Read more... )
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