August 2012
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obligatorywit:
i am really legitimately terrified of romney winning the election
I live in Canada and -I’m- legitimately terrified of Romney winning the election.
The older I get, the worse I feel.
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I don't have words to explain [TW: lots of stuff] →
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how exhausted I am from constantly having to deal with violent men and the aftermaths of violent men and from supporting other women who have survived their own violent men and by living in a world where when I call the cops to report a sexual assault they tell me its not right but not criminal and maybe if it happens
EIGHT TIMES IN THREE DAYS
then maybe we’ll have a case
and of...
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I don’t understand all the landlords who want tenants who don’t smoke, have no pets, don’t have parties, don’t have guests, don’t do drugs, don’t drink, don’t stay up late, and don’t make much noise.
Why bother living?
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toddallison:
i alternate a lot between “why do people like me oh my god your taste is horrible” and “why doesn’t everyone absolutely adore me i’m so hilarious and cool and charming” because no one hates me more than i do but no one loves me more than i do either
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Banana Pecan Cupcakes with Caramel Buttercream
*Vegan Recipe
**You can substitute the butter pecan boxed mix for a boxed mix of your choice.
For the cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350F. Combine 1 tbsp flax seed with 3 tbsp water in a large bowl and stir until thick. Stir in one whole pureed banana, 1 cup soy milk, 1/2 cup oil, and the contents of one boxed butter pecan cake mix. Spoon batter into a cupcake pan with liners.
For the frosting:
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“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
– Oscar Wilde (via fifteenth-day)
I’m glad someone cool corroborates my completely unreasonable views.
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“Depression is humiliating. It turns intelligent, kind people into zombies who...”
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beautifulasastatistic replied to your post: My Major Research Paper for my M.A. considers…
so so so interesting. i took one measly biomedical ethics course in undergrad and it was probably the most challenging course i’ve ever taken, not bc of grades etc but b/c of the amount of sheer thinking and pondering and consideration required
Haha yeah. I did my undergrad in philosophy so...
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“When you make jokes about people of colour in a society which marginalizes people of colour, you are not being edgy, transgressive, or particularly funny. You are instead propping up the status quo. And, in a sense, privately justifying your privilege”
-s.e. smith in “Hipster Ableism” http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/05/hipster-ableism/
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My Major Research Paper for my M.A. considers whether arguments in favour of decriminalizing physician-assisted suicide (PAS) inevitably make ableist assumptions. On the one hand, it is often assumed that pro-PAS arguments must be ableist because only ableist people would think that people who are physically incapacitated by illness would want to kill themselves. On the other hand, it is often...
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lnternetexplorers:
how do people just have casual sex with random strangers i can’t even order pizza over the phone
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*Sassy Pants Panda*: 4 Legal Ways To Get Free... →
political-linguaphile:
howtodropoutofschool:
1. Open Culture: Not a large a selection, but high quality texts. If you just want to skim a book to brush up on a course you took in ninth grade, download one of these. I have yet to be disappointed.
2. Book Boon: Provides free college-level textbooks in a PDF format. Probably the widest range of subjects on the web. The site is also pretty.
3....
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“Imagine a film such as Inception with an entire cast of black people – do you...”
– Idris Elba (via cocknbull)
All I do watching while stuff these days is stare unimpressed wondering “Where are all the POC? Why is everyone straight? Shouldn’t at least one of these people be disabled? Why doesn’t anyone even question their gender identity?” Etc. It’s super fun to watch movies with...
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“Imagine a film such as Inception with an entire cast of black people – do you...”
– Idris Elba (via cocknbull)
All I do watching while stuff these days is stare unimpressed wondering “Where are all the POC? Why is everyone straight? Shouldn’t at least one of these people be disabled? Why doesn’t anyone even question their gender identity?” Etc. It’s...
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]]>craigdodman89 replied to your post: PSA
Congrats on moving into a brand new field! Have fun!
Haha thank you! I think I should be able to adapt to the “brand new field” thing…it’s what I do every time I start a new level of education. :/
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suicidalswan replied to your post: Okay the purge is done now. If I’m still following…
I’m surprised and thankful that I survived.
No way! You answer the insipid questions I ask about ice cream flavours, I tell you about my inability to figure out that The Stranger=The Outsider. We’re practically bffs.
xmellowout replied to your post: PSA
Im hoping i make the cut :) good luck with...
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Okay the purge is done now. If I’m still following you, it means you won. Yay!
The weird thing is that right after I made that post I got two new followers.
Dear new followers (now and in the future): I will thoroughly inspect your blogs soon and decide whether I want to follow them. I actually do always check out the people who are following me by reading through a few pages worth of...
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PSA
Context:
In September, I will be moving to Toronto to start a college program in the legal field. Yep, after five years of university education, including a graduate degree, I am going to college. I am not bitter about it. I do not regret going to university. I think the university-college combo is going to prepare me very well for the kind of work I want to do. (Also I think I am very attached...
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For That Laid-Back Ignorance: Realization of... →
casual-isms:
Men are afraid women will laugh at them or won’t have sex with them, women are afraid men will kill them.
Rich people are upset that everyone else is calling them “greedy” instead of “job creators”, everyone else is upset that they can’t afford health care.
White people are afraid of being called racist by people of color, people of color are afraid of being killed by white people...
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Petition Calling for Better Laws Governing Ontario... →
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“Donald Watson, the founder of veganism, in 1944 defined veganism as an...”
– Dr. Steve Best on why the vegan community has difficulty gaining membership and taking action. (via fuckyeahveg)
^this why i am not impressed by a) vegans who think veganism is just a diet and b) non_vegans who assume that i”m vegan because animals are the only thing i give a shit about and...
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We should ban life jackets and other flotation...
And if you do, by chance, find yourself struggling with drowning, then no life-saving or otherwise procedure or act should be allowed to be administered. You got yourself into this mess, you have to live with the consequences.
You should see drowning as a gift.
You, there with the sunglasses! You’re just asking for it.
Also, if you were forcibly pushed into the water, don’t worry. If it...
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11 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent... →
1. Seigneur-terraces (French) Coffee shop dwellers who sit at tables a long time but spend little money. 2. Ya’arburnee (Arabic) This word is the hopeful declaration that you will die before someone you love deeply, because you cannot stand to live without them. Literally, may you bury me. 3. Schlimazel (Yiddish) Someone prone to bad luck. Yiddish distinguishes between the schlemiel and...
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Save Marineland's Animals (Petition) →
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"I don't own my child's body" by Katia Hetter, CNN
“My daughter occasionally goes on a hugging and kissing strike.
She’s 4. Her parents could get a hug or a kiss, but many people who know her cannot, at least right now. And I won’t make her.
“I would like you to hug Grandma, but I won’t make you do it,” I told her recently.
“I don’t have to?” she asked, cuddling up to me at bedtime,...
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