February 2012
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Feb 24th
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Want to feel better about your life? →
Feb 20th
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So my dad is trying to be supportive of my...
…which is really sweet. But the closest he’s come to feminist theory are his interactions with the dozens of strong black women that he works with at the City Of Atlanta water department. So this is the sort of email forward that floods my inbox on a daily basis: If only every parable had such a sassy ending.
Feb 3rd
January 2012
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ORIENTALISM & THE DUTY TO BEAUTY
Look at these charts! Here’s the source from OkTrends. So out of all races of male senders, White men get the most responses from female recipients (rate of 29.2). So, overall, White men are the most desirable. Now look: So out of all races of female senders, Middle Eastern females get the most responses from male recipients (rate of 49.5). However, it is important to note that white men,...
Jan 29th
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Jan 23rd
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At least Ryan Gosling understands how women are...
wellingtonyoungfeminists: “You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying...
Jan 23rd
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My sister is in grad school →
samrikoketly: Last fall, I began working toward a new degree. I am as aware as ever of the often prohibitive cost of higher education. I have therefore decided to share my notes here, so that anyone with an interest in public health can benefit from my knowledge at no cost. Everything you need to know about …
Jan 23rd
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Jan 17th
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December 2011
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Dec 21st
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IT'S AN ALL-NIGHTER KINDA NIGHT
Hey look at this psych article this is what the whole post is about sort of. Psych article summarized: Articulate your sadness. Don’t articulate your happiness. It dulls emotions. BUT it will strengthen your opinions for utilitarian experiences. Does this suggest that our emotional snap-judgements are stronger than our cognitive ones? It seems that in order to form strong opinions, we need...
Dec 17th
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Studies are showing that boys want love, too →
Dec 15th
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Finally! A Disney toddler princess! →
Apparently Disney anticipates people getting pissed at them for creating a reverse-satire of Toddlers in Tiaras, so they stress that the movie/television series “will focus on learning.” The general manager also adds the imperative that there will be “plenty of pretty dresses and sparkly shoes.” Hopefully all that learning won’t make the 2-7 year old audience forget to ask...
Dec 13th
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Short Skirts Magically Turn Women Into Bitches →
Excellent article. Gets to one of the root causes of female in-fighting: “Myth of male weakness” outsources men’s sexual self-control to women. Read the whole thing!
Dec 5th
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“People are gonna try to change you. They’ll try to mellow you out, reason with...”
– Extremist Cognitive Scientist Grandparent
Dec 4th
November 2011
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Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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Aliaa Magda Elmahdy is a badass →
Nov 18th
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How to pick up guys at the beach
According to this article from Seventeen magazine, you’re automatically going to catch his attention because you’re wearing a bikini. That’s a given. So since your body’s already done all the work needed to announce your presence, you’d better follow these rules: DON’T be obvious DON’T dress too skimpy DON’T push yourself on him DON’T be...
Nov 15th
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Nov 13th
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Happy 49th Birthday, Naomi Wolf
Some quotes from The Beauty Myth: The affluent, educated, liberated women of the First World, who can enjoy freedoms unavailable to any women ever before, do not feel as free as they want to… Many are ashamed to admit that such trivial concerns—to do with physical appearance, bodies, faces, hair clothes—matter so much. But in spite of shame, guilt, and denial, more and more...
Nov 12th
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Mmm, Sabra sure does make some good Hamas! Get it? Cuz Palestinian terrorist organizations are often a result of past oppression? Also, Sabra’s olive variety of hummus is delicious!
Nov 11th
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October 2011
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Women get paid more if they're thin →
Oct 29th
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Should men be modest? →
Oct 26th
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Oct 21st
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Oct 15th
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International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
Those wacky two are at it again! Dutch Judge Alphons Orie and Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic are just getting started: For the rest of the trials, take a drink: Every time Mladic pretends to be sick Every time Mladic defiantly takes off his headphones Every time Judge Orie exasperatedly says “Mr. Mladic” Every time Mladic says something and you can’t decide if...
Oct 12th
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Oct 12th
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Oct 9th
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HEY LADIES Great news: You now have the freedom to dress the way you want as long as what you want still comes from how others perceive you.
Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 1st
September 2011
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Do we expect women to be happy? →
Sep 27th
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Sep 25th
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let's play priviledge
As a first-generation American, I get really excited when I have white-people problems or when I realize that I’m doing something especially pretentious. Yet it wasn’t until I was sitting here in my campus library, reading formal logic theory on a Mac OS X whilst listening to Gabriel Faure and sipping free-trade coffee with soymilk, that I realized how many such exciting experiences Amherst...
Sep 24th
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Timeline of FOREVER →
Sep 23rd
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For the sci-fi nerds →
Sep 21st
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Sep 20th
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Williams is a horrible college. →
Sep 13th
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Sep 11th
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Sep 9th
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Sep 8th
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August 2011
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Aug 31st
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Aug 25th
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Aug 25th
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Aug 23rd
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You weren't supposed to give her water!
samrikoketly: Sometimes my sister uses Photoshop to shamelessly boost her own self-esteem. Sometimes she uses it to embarrass and anger me. But the worst times are when she uses it to psychologically upset me. This is one of those times.
Aug 18th
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Aug 16th
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Aug 10th
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sex rules
Both parties must fill out a comment card at the end Winner gets to spank the loser Always use your inside voice No nicknames Hands/mouth/etc. must always move down the body, never in the other direction If you miss something important whilst moving down the body, make a note of it (on paper) and get it after washing up Always wash your hands beforehand If you’ve eaten anything from...
Aug 4th
July 2011
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Jul 29th