March 2012
3 posts
rosalarian:
The reblogs on the chubby ballerina picture have got me sad. Lots of talk of how she’s a REAL woman and she’s better than any skinny ballerina. Body positivity, you’re doin’ it wrong.
The point isn’t that she’s better, it’s that her body isn’t a factor in how good she is or how “real” she is. We have a still photograph, so we don’t even know how good she is. All we can say is that...
February 2012
30 posts
Someone actually studied it, and it turns out that... →
shortformblog:
And Ezra Klein brings the kicker:
Bloomberg has more details on the findings here, including interviews with the authors. They also note that the study isn’t alone. It “builds on previous research that has shown wealthy people are worse at recognizing how others feel and are more likely to be disengaged during social interactions than others.”
Of course, left unanswered is a...
ShortFormBlog: Ironic: The FBI's having trouble... →
shortformblog:
3,000 invasive GPS devices turned off by the FBI source
» There’s one particularly amazing line in this story: ”In some cases, he said, the FBI sought court orders to obtain permission to turn the devices on briefly — only in order to locate and retrieve them.” If you remember, the FBI…
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“Everyone knows the entertainment industry is largely white and male, but a...”
– http://gossip.thedailywh.at/2012/02/21/who-is-the-academy-of-the-day/
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“The Virginia Legislature has passed this law that allows — or mandates — that a...”
– BILL MAHER, remarking on Virginia’s personhood bullshit, on Real Time (via inothernews)
THE GUARDIAN: Irish judge orders rape victim... →
inothernews:
Jesus H. Christ.
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Watchthedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It of the Day: In light of the lawsuit brought against Newt Gingrich for violating the copyright of the band Survivor by using “Eye of the Tiger” as his campaign rally entrance theme without permission, Stephen Colbert thought it only right that Survivor frontman Dave Bickler return the infringement by performing Gingrich’s latest book, A Nation Like No Other, to...
From Yo, Is This Racist? "Anonymous asked: It...
elizabethlittle:
Ah, “proper English,” one of the last strongholds of the modern racist. YO, DICKFACE, LISTEN TO ANY TEENAGER OF ANY RACE TALK, IF YOU THINK IT’S ONLY PEOPLE OF ONE RACE OR ANOTHER, YOU ARE A RACIST B-HOLE
The concept of “improper English” makes my blood boil, and not just because it is a type of speech most commonly attributed in the United States to African Americans.*
[Let...
January 2012
62 posts
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool.
shitmystudentswrite:
Joan of Arc drove to England and crowned the Fresh Prince.
“For most privileged, professional people, the experience of confinement is a...”
Here’s the thing about history fans on the internet: Sometimes, they’re awesome. And then sometimes, they should source their god-damned shit already.
Bizarre Victorian fact of the day...
vicfangirlguide:
Names which Victorian parents gave their children included ‘Wonderful’, ‘Lettuce’, ‘Despair’, ‘Energetic’ and ‘Murder’.
Shit My Students Write: The dream of the 90s →
shitmystudentswrite:
Within the 20th century, the ‘90s were hands down the greatest decade for a boy to be born and raised through. The pop-culture and technology was simply at its prime. We’ll start from the beginning. What do kids at the age from just being born to about six years old care about? That’s simple, breast milk; but more importantly, toys. Although the breast milk in the 90s was...
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