December 2011
28 posts
Dec 28th
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“The reason “It Gets Better” caught on with politicians and celebrities is...”
– someone on datalounge who I cannot quite disagree with (via aliapenny)
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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“Joking about getting pelted (or putting on the football helmet) sends a message...”
– yes yes yes yes yes
Dec 21st
Dec 18th
“I called him, and he said in a very quiet voice, ‘The water is up to our...”
– Iligan, Philippines resident Mary Ann Melancio • Talking about the heavy flooding that may have led to the death of a co-worker and his family on Saturday. Sunday, after she and her co-workers tried to find them, they were greeted by a dim scene: “We walked back to our place and could see the bodies...
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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“Tonight, I will be baptizing my son under the roof of a church that has...”
– The Drowning Mermaid: What Would Matapang and Hurao Think? (via fuckyeahdukkha)
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
Sammaki! Battambang! →
Battambang has produced some of the country’s most famous artists: the 1960s chanteuse Ros Sereysothea, whose popularity persists decades after her death; the late painter Vann Nath; and Chhom Nimol, the frontwoman of the Los Angeles-based indie rock band Dengue Fever. “Even during Angkorean times, there was a strong, talented group here who wanted to create their own kingdom,”...
Dec 16th
“You insist on praying for people like me, but you haven’t the slightest idea...”
– “fuck your prayer, show me solidarity”
Dec 16th
Ode to a Poor Black Kid I Never Knew
cordjefferson: I wrote something about that one guy who said that dumb thing on the internet today.
Dec 13th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 6th
“An end to poverty is being figured out by a small entrepreneur, a new NGO or an...”
– Scott Gilmore of PDT  (via tumblingfromthecave)
Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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“Feminism is not simply a struggle to end male chauvinism or a movement to ensure...”
– bell hooks (via subconciousevolution)
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Herman Cain for emergency contraception!
Dec 3rd
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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For Afghan Woman, Justice Runs Into Unforgiving...
ABUL, Afghanistan — When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after she reported that she had been raped, the decision seemed a clear victory for the many women here whose lives have been ground down by the Afghan justice system. But when the announcement also made it clear that there was an expectation that the woman,...
Dec 2nd
Right on, David Newhouse. Or, “How to report on...
The editor of the local newspaper the Patriot-News, which broke the story about Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky’s alleged sexual assaults, over more than a decade, of young boys, criticizes the Times not for naming the boy — which the paper, in a recent profile of him, did not do — but for including so many details that a quick Google search makes his identity clear. “The...
Dec 2nd
“If you are to ask me what are the greatest issues in Africa, I would say it is...”
– Binyavanga Wainaina
Dec 2nd