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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass
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Urasabite no omoi: About the Cultural... →
ninjaruski:
In looking at the blogs actively discussing cultural appropriation, I have come to the following definition:
Cultural appropriation is the act where by a member of one culture assimilates, takes ownership of, or borrows, iconography, practices, artifacts, or other cultural products without…
Good questions, ones I’ve had myself. Warning for the grammatically sensitive:...
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Demand grows for communal garden plots for...
brianjkao:
By Cynthia Boyd | 08:21 am
Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support
Many gardeners are immigrants to this country, but bring gardening skills from their homelands.
Growing up on her family’s farm in Uganda decades ago, Harriet Oyera couldn’t have dreamed she would one day grow squash and eggplant in a community garden she started on vacant ground...
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“[the social ideal of] Virginity:
is sexist
is heteronormative
commodifies sex...”
– big fat feminist: VIRGINITY IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
Condoms With QR Codes Let You Check-In After... →
I get what they’re trying to do, but this is so horrifically offensive to me. Ask your woman before “checking in” to HER VAGINA. SERIOUSLY, WHAT. BARF.
(And speaking of BARF, look at the website design.)
WHY DON’T YOU JUST HAVE ACTUAL DISCUSSION INSTEAD OF IDIOTIC (also, cough, heteronormative and slightly sexist) “DISCUSSION PIECES.” Jesus.
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