January 2011
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman (via wordpainting)
“The problem with sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, ableist,...”
– I Don’t Care If You’re Offended by Scott Madin (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
December 2010
“We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed,...”
– Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient. (via colporteur, iamonlyamaid & lethebashar)
“I’m saying all this as someone who has seen my estimation in people’s eyes go up...”
– Unnamed Privilege: College Education
(via janedoe225)
Jon Flee, my neighbor, was murdered in his home. →
kareninssmile:
Yeah, that’s my big pink house. Holy fuck.
Shit, that’s scary! You okay?
Palestinian “state” gaining recognition →
uzairm:
Taking a cue from its European neighbours, Britain was on Wednesday reported to be considering upgrading the status of the Palestinian representative’s office in London to that of a diplomatic “mission” to put pressure on Israel to allow resumption of peace talks stalled because of its refusal to halt illegal construction of Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian lands.
France,...
uniquelythesame answered your question: Went to Oregon, bought some everclear
there’s something green and crystalline that makes you feel good. Make some Green Dragon?
I think I’m allergic to weed.
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successfully cut down coffee intake from 3 cups...
classes start next week though. my caffeine consumption may greatly increase.
“Adam Drewnowski, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, has spent...”
– What Food Says About Class In America - Newsweek
Nice argument for personal responsibility vs social determinants of health.
(via publichealthroll)
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Went to Oregon, bought some everclear
Hey Internet: What should I infuse into it? What kind of liqueur should I make?
Trans 101 →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
spectrumnaut:
From Binary Subverter
You are human. You are worthy of respect. You deserve to be treated with the same dignity as anyone else. There is nothing inherently wrong with your gender. You are not broken, you are not disgusting, you do not deserve to be hurt.
You’ve been brought up and live in a world that’s designed to erase and demonize your existence,...
“South Africa has been dubbed the rape capital of the world, with an estimated...”
– Interview: South African Corrective Rape Activists | Human Rights | Change.org
Go to change.org to sign a petition for South Africa to recognize corrective rape as a hate crime. (via becauseiamawoman)
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Biden says gay marriage 'inevitable' →
This is the best crash blossom ever.
My mom interpreted it as Biden’s marriage to another man being inevitable. I interpreted it as everyone’s marriage to someone of the same gender as an inevitability.
dirtysquatter:
All I want for Christmas is for men to stop objectifying women on tumblr
uniquelythesame replied to your photo: Christmas means family. And family of family*. …
fancy kind of drunk. Cool tattoo by the way. Is it nautical?
She’s the Pelican in Her Piety. The Louisiana state seal, over my heart. She’s the reason I want to go into nursing, plus my desire to go back to New Orleans, and going along with the nautical theme of my tattoos. I prefer my...
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Christmas is not Jesus' birthday.
thekingofcupsexpectsapicnic:
It is a pagan holiday appropriated by the church in the 4th century because they couldn’t get people to stop celebrating it. Just FYI, carry on.
The Spirit of Giving
claytoncubitt:
iPod-to-watch conversion Kickstarter project asks for $15,000, receives $950,000, an amount which could have kept this low-income health clinic operating in New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward for another 15 months. Instead, it will close on December 31.
Enjoy your iPod watches, though.
