October 2011
1 post
“Go back to work protestors and stop being lazy…find a solution not b apart...”
– My Aunt’s FB status about Occupy Wall Street. This is what I deal with.
August 2011
19 posts
AHH!
Love my host mom. She seems so sweet! Can’t wait to go to India… in THREE DAYS? Not ready for that. So excited. So nervous.
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4 tags
The first time you saw porn on tumblr
illegallytrans:
rainbowlovesher:
poetrydreams:
“is this legal?!”
Now its just like:
So true!
So, so, so true.
pottermore is some gypsy motherfucking bullshit.
yoitspatrick:
wtf is this shit?
While I’m sad I won’t get to try it out until at least October, I’m kind of glad I didn’t know when they started letting people in and missed it. I’m going to be in India and when I get back all the kinks will be worked out. :) But I’m geeking out a lot and am still a little disappointed.
July 2011
28 posts
An Open Question to Rich Americans:
motherjones:
Wouldn’t you be willing to pay some more in federal taxes, if it prevented a US debt default…which could trigger another financial crisis…which could reduce your net worth by a whole lot more than if you paid some more in federal taxes?
Just askin’.
“We looked online for the latest movie playing,” Jessie added. “But all the Harry...”
– The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf reports from a screening of the pro-Sarah Palin documentary, The Undefeated. There were two other people in the theater. In Orange County. (via motherjones)
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So jealous
of everyone going to the premiere tonight.
Got my internship in the AM. Would it be inappropriate to dress up for the Saturday morning show?
Notes for Reporters Covering Rape Cases: KBR →
Yes. Yes. And Yes.
The one thing that really bothered me about the MJ editorial that it was so condemning of Jones when it was clear she was too drunk to give consent regardless of what actually transpired. And that it was really one-sided against Jones. I still am kind of confused and troubled by MJ publishing something so condemning of a rape victim. I’m mostly troubled it never brought...
Covering SlutWalk Houston for KUHF Houston Public...
FUCK YES. LOVE MY INTERNSHIP.
Time to sweep rape myths into dustbin of history →
Often little justice is available for victims who endure incredible scrutiny and judgment, often to no avail, as it is difficult to prove these cases beyond a reasonable doubt when the only witnesses are often the perpetrator(s) and the victim. But the one-in-five statistic makes victims of not only the not-to-be-named woman or girl in media reports, but your sister, your mother, your wife, your...
Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr: Why Jamie Leigh... →
motherjones:
Here’s your morning must-read:
The allegations were explosive when they first hit in 2007: A 20-year-old woman named Jamie Leigh Jones alleged that four days after going to work in Iraq for contracting giant KBR in July 2005, she was drugged and gang-raped by fellow contractors. She accused…
Between this and the IMF case things are looking particularly grim for rape...
Female soldiers more likely to be raped by their... →
motherjones:
This and other intriguing, outrage-makey facts about women in the military, in an infographic from Good.
“Remus Lupin was supposed to be on the H.I.V. metaphor. It was someone who had...”
– J.K. Rowling (via halfrememberedream)
This is pretty interesting. Also considering that with Wolfsbane there was actually no risk at all he would bite people, and yet he continued to be viewed as a monster, or just as his disease. It’s awesome that Remus Lupin could have been written as someone...
“They love America the way a four-year old loves her mommy. Liberals love America...”
– (via dulce)
Dear police officer at blockbuster,
You may have seen me at Rico’s because I go there often. But I bet I’m not the only person in that store you’ve seen at Rico’s because, it’s after all, in the same shopping center and is a popular restaurant. While I’m flattered you seem to “remember” me, it also is inappropriate to tell me this—especially when I am leaving the store and just want to...
June 2011
18 posts
“The paradigm of “women trade sex to men for affection / favors / security /...”
– The Pervocracy: Supply-Side Rape Prevention. (via sexisnottheenemy)