January 2012
“The thing about patriarchy is that individual men, gay and straight, are often...”
– (via vaginawoolf)
and then they get personally offended when you try to explain your feelings to them OH BOY IT IS THE BEST
(via mikachu)
Just the absolute bestest.
My favorites are: “I just said it to make you react.” and “It was just a joke.” Oh, and I had a gay friend who repeatedly asked me...
“Let’s trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let’s lay down our...”
– Ram Dass (via lazyyogi)
dude, i just cooked food.
like, a fucking dinner
and i’m gonna do it tomorrow.
Swallowed by a whale — a true tale? →
jtotheizzoe:
Ben Shattuck looks into real-life Jonah-esque accounts of getting eaten by sperm whales, and uncovers both maritime terror and interesting cetacean anatomy lessons:
If, I’ll pretend for a moment, you were swallowed, it would happen like this: You would first be chewed. Sperm whales’ teeth are 8 inches long – longer than most blades in your knife drawer. Then you would be gulped to...
Are You Observant? →
If Unitarian Universalists don’t have a creed or one statement of belief that we must all affirm, what holds us together? Indeed, what holds First Parish together? What do its members share or have in common that make it a community? In the broader religious culture we find ourselves in, there is an emphasis on beliefs. “What do you believe?” is the usual question that comes up when one...
“The United States needs an economy that is vibrant and dynamic, open to the...”
– Former Florida governor and co-chair of the Hispanic Leadership Network Conference, Jeb Bush
Meanwhile, Bill Gates is pledging $750 million to... →
These are tough economic times, but that is no excuse for cutting aid to the world’s poorest.
- Bill Gates
Attention Richard Selby →
onelivecrew:
Purchase me this or suffer the Lake God’s wrath.
Oh my goodness, I must
onelivecrew asked: Do you accept the Lake God into your heart?
US Has Less Press Freedom Than Countries Not... →
thepoliticalfreakshow:
Today, Reporters Without Borders released their annual Press Freedom Index, a leading assessment of how well countries are living up to principles of transparency and media freedom. It had nothing but bad news for the U.S., which dropped precipitously in the rankings to 47th place. The report bluntly explained that the U.S. “owed its fall of 27 places to the many...
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“Our growth is generally dependent upon our ability to obtain new contracts to...”
– Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison operator in America, statement to stockholders, 2005.
In other words: ending the Drug War and eliminating federal mandatory minimum sentences is bad for business. Adam Gopnik notes that CCA “spends millions lobbying legislators.”...
shadowsonthewalls:
vondell-swain:
my half-horse Divination Professor keeps rejecting my romantic advances
I feel like I’m stuck in the Firenze zone
trololololol
I am not going to shut up about this. If we don't... →
unlubricated-anal-sex:
dearestandqueerest:
cumber-snatched:
#guys i just did this and it takes literally 5 seconds #2 if you’ve got autofill settings on chrome or firefox
seriously the fact that you can see this means sign it.
seriously sign it.
7 seconds i counted it took me 7 seconds you all lied to me
I have no idea what effect me, an American, signing a petition directed at the...
“Food stamps crowded out space shuttles; energy assistance crowded out a solar...”
– Newt Gingrich’s 1984 book, Window of Opportunity
“Just because there is one black man in the White House, doesn’t make up for the...”
– Angela Davis, speaking at Appalachian State University, January 24, 2012. (via douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings)
well, shit. go on, angie!
(via ethiopienne)
werk angie
(via so-treu)
I would’ve driven there to see her speak, I’M SO JEALOUS.
(via provocatoria)
