September 2012
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I briefly forgot then remembered how amazing my birthday party was.
Slug Bug and Bill Clinton
August 2012
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Ellen Page Stars in Real-life Lesbian Drama
liquorinthefront:
Ellen Page will play a lesbian mechanic at the center of a real-life landmark LGBT equality case in a feature film adaptation of the Oscar-winning documentary Freeheld, reports Deadline.
Page will portray Stacie Andree, a New Jersey car mechanic who, with her girlfriend Laurel Hester, battled to secure the latter’s pension benefits after Hester was diagnosed with a terminal...
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“This isn’t really a problem with Paul Ryan; it’s a problem with a distinctively...”
– Why Paul Ryan doesn’t have an Ayn Rand problem (via azspot)
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Answer this survey, for every correct answer 10... →
fuckyeahsexeducation:
Plus you get to hear about all the awful anti health/abortion/Planned Parenthood laws that are being passed.
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“The racial category Asian lumps together widely diverse groups with no common...”
– Scot Nakagawa breaks down the Pew study and race in so many succinct, clear words that I was a little too angered to come up with 2 weeks ago.
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“reports like this are powerful molders of Asian racial identity, popularizing ideas about Asian traits, capacities (and threats), and, of course,...
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“I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Ice Palace (via blua)
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the...”
– Carl Sagan, Cosmos (via stardust-in-my-veins)
Still my favorite quote from my first exposure to Carl Sagan.
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Nearly Half the Teachers in New York City Are... →
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Nearly half of New York City teachers reaching the end of their probations were denied tenure this year, the Education Department said on Friday, marking the culmination of years of efforts toward Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s goal to end “tenure as we know it.”
Only 55 percent of eligible teachers, having worked for at least three years, earned tenure in 2012,...
