February 2012
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'A Wrinkle in Time' Turns 50: Meg Murry Made... →
As TBZ put it, “Word.”
Meg Murray made Hermione Granger possible, too, if you ask me.
And she’d totally kick Bella Swan’s ass.
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âpihtawikosisân: An Open Letter to Non-Natives in... →
This is an amazing article. I want to hand it out in classrooms. Maybe on the street (in front of Urban Outfitters?). And definitely before games with Indian mascots.
apihtawikosisan:
tânisi!
I see you are confused about what constitutes cultural appropriation. I would like to provide you with resources and information on the subject so that you can better understand what our concerns...
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“Better Son or Daughter” by Rilo...
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WatchMore singing, NBC. Please?
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“As an impartial journalistic outlet, we’re not here to tell you that Ralph...”
– -Gawker
a great piece of investigative journalism in response to a bill in Oklahoma that would ban “the manufacture or sale of food or products which use aborted human fetuses.”
I laughed til I cried.
“For some time, I managed to convince myself that you preferred the banker simply...”
– from “No Son Of Mine Plays Oregon Trail Like That” by Michael Nelson Price
McSweeny’s Imagine Monologues bringing the hilarity as always.
“She did the Secretary of State job, she was a G, she held it down, she didn’t...”
– Ice T supports a Clinton presidency in 2016.
So there.
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“The prolonged procedure of picking a Republican presidential candidate just gets...”
– from “The Slimary Process: Is This The Nastiest Race Ever?” by Linton Weeks at NPR
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“I understand that for many people it’s not, but for me it’s a choice, and you...”
– -what Cynthia Nixon ACTUALLY said about her own sexuality.
I’m really sorry she’s having to backtrack now. I think what she said was really powerful and important.
I think everyone should have the right to define their sexual desires and the labels they give those desires on their own...
“Dozens of applicants to Vassar College were mistakenly told they had gotten into the school when they checked a website that had been set up for students applying for early decisions.
The Poughkeepsie, N.Y., school says 76 students logged onto the site after 4 p.m. Friday and saw letters saying they had been accepted when in fact they had not been.
The school says it fixed the mistaken...
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“Less extreme examples occur all the time, with sexism used as the small change...”
– from Rohypnol: Get a Better Punchline, or, “Get Your Banter Outta My Beer!” at QuiteIrregular
January 2012
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“Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans...”
– Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and filmmaker. His book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto’s Fist Fight in Heaven,” was on the banned curriculum of the Mexican American Studies Program.
http://progressive.org/sherman-alexie
(via chicanainchoos)
Canada Says Trans* Folks Can't Fly on Airplanes →
Probably just trying to make America look progressive.
Sheesh, Canucks. Get it together.
