May 2011
“Do you think that your 16 year old daughter hasn’t masturbated already? Like, do...”
– Kevin Smith (director) on the ridiculousness of movies about sex receiving NC-17 ratings while extremely violent movies get by with R ratings. (via barefeetdirtyfeet)
no, really tell me the difference between...
janedoe225:
please?
Short version: Neoliberalism is an economic theory. Neoconservativism is a political theory. Neoconservativism, as far as I can tell, always uses the neoliberal economic theory as part of it’s package, but it also contains social elements (anti-abortion, anti-civil rights, etc.) that aren’t inherently a part of neoliberalism (but which neoliberalism does lend...
April 2011
San Francisco male circumcision ban has enough... →
telegantmess:
mamavh:
savethelifeboat:
uncutting:
“Backers of a November ballot measure that would ban circumcision of males under 18 years old in San Francisco say they have enough signatures to bring the proposal to voters. . .”
hey hey hey this is awesome
Amazing! Assuming, of course, that there is a provision for medically indicated circumstances.
My mom was telling me about...
“Besides being riddled with a blatant lack of patriotism, and respect for our...”
– Hollywood publicist and GOP activist Angie Meyer
Superman renounces U.S. citizenship
Superman appeared in an Iranian protest and is scolded by the president’s security staff because Superman’s action’s reflect the US as a whole.
Superman replies “I’m tired of having my actions construed as...
More on how Doctor/River is ruining my life
panasonicyouth:
rememberedenx3:
amyinthetardis:
Do you realize that eventually
Maybe next series, maybe this series, maybe a few series from now
(I don’t know how the whole Rover storyline is gonna work from now on)
But anyway, one day
We’re gonna have a pretty awesome DW episode with River being a BAMF and the Doctor being flirty and cute
And River and the Doctor are gonna seem super...
“Couple this with the well-known catastrophe of white-flight thanks to...”
– Detroit Works Project: The Right(’s) Solution for Detroit | Critical Moment (via radicallyhottoff)
“During his presidency, no one ever questioned whether George W. Bush was...”
– Is Obama an ‘affirmative action president’? (via robot-heart-politics)
Oh, USA. Your grand priorities.
(via mehreenkasana)
Fantastic quote.
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Participate! San Francisco State University-... →
transpride:
The purpose of this research study is to learn more about how people experience their identities with respect to the U.S. cultural stereotypes of masculinity and femininity when self-identified as male, female, transgender, or genderqueer. The researcher, Jay Ledbetter, is a graduate student at San Francisco State University and is working with Professor Chuck Tate in the...
“Under a new budget proposal from State Sen. Bruce Casswell, children in the...”
– Foster children would be allowed to get clothing only from second hand stores | Michigan Messenger
and of course all the environmentalists are out with their “it is more eco friendly!” bullshit. fuck you. I don’t care if it is.
the time to worry about “eco friendly” is when you’re standing in...
Interpreting an art legend: Judy Chicago and... →
annaham:
In her foreword to the volume, Chicago describes her own adverse, stunned reaction to seeing Kahlo’s powerful 1944 painting “The Broken Column” reproduced on a kitschy refrigerator magnet; she wonders whether some current consumers of Kahlo’s art do so mostly because of its colorful kitsch value, while not truly understanding many of the personal and cultural factors—among them...
“Citizenship provides a technology for deciding whose happiness comes first.”
– Sarah Ahmed, BEING SO SMART IN JUST ONCE SENTENCE, page 133, Promise of Happiness. (via jhameia)
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“Not to add yet another sermon, but it’s getting a little difficult to stay...”
– Lady Gaga Calls Madonna Comparisons ‘Retarded’ (via janedoe225)
Sigh.
(via coquilles)
lol hey this is what i was just talkin’ about.
(via blackenedbutterfly) OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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“The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as...”
– Sarah Jane Smith, ‘School Reunion’ (via dead-irish-writers)
“Knowledge makes me more aware, it makes me more conscious. ‘Knowing’ is painful...”
– Gloria Anzaldúa From Borderlands/La Frontera (via fuckyeahchicanawriters)
Is this why being amongst people inside reality feels like a perpetual meat grinder tearing me into infinity pieces at once?
I think I’m doing life wrong…
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