May 2012
Don't Ask, Don't Tell is history, but House... →
motherjones:
Adam Serwer has your afternoon must-read.
Sociology Books →
lyssamae:
Again! Again!
feministhistorian:
lati-negros:
sociolab:
All of the books are in MOBI or AZW format for Kindle. If you want to convert the files to PDF or ePub I recommend Calibre or online-converter. If you have any problems with downloads or formatting please let me know and I will fix it asap.
Myths of Gender by Anne Fausto-Sterling [X]
The Second Shift by Arlie...
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This American History (And Life)
After our most recent tour wrapped up in San Francisco I stayed in the city a few extra days to visit Alcatraz and the much loved city lights book store! During one of my walks I was knocked off my feet listening to this episode: http//www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/204/81-Words What made it particularly important and incredible was that I can still remember quite vividly my...
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Colin Lichti's amazing homophobia rant
neuroticnewsjunkie:
I’m not really one for national pride. As anything other than an identifier for the playground or the battlefield, flags have always seemed like an unnecessary indulgence - the boastful advertising of a child too self-absorbed to see its own shortcomings. every year, without fail, I am sent into cringing hysterics at the sight of a person wearing the old maple leaf like a cape...
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Kissing Bovines: livingwithendo: Food security not... →
livingwithendo:
Food security not an issue for “Aboriginal people” because “they hunt every day,” says Aglukkaq
arrdeejayy:
thesising:
Indigenous people in Canada don’t face food security issues because “they hunt every day,” said Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq in the House of…
PA Teacher Videotapes, Humiliates Gay Student Who... →
stfuconservatives:
We didn’t have the best prom experience—mainly because we took a girl and not the guy we were crushing on. But gay teen Jared Swank of Hanover, PA, had his prom memories tarnished after the fact, when he learned a teacher who videotaped him and his date played the clip for the amusement of her science class.
Swank, who brought a trans girl to prom, had originally allowed the...
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“It is official. The Ba`th party won in the Syrian parliamentary election. This...”
– Flash: results of Syrian elections are in via As’ad AbuKhalil (via sharquaouia)
The laugh I just let out wasn’t normal. (via mohandasgandhi)
The smart phone of the future could be powered by... →
motherjones:
Not sure how we feel about this, but…science!
FACT: The number of students who have to go into... →
fishingboatproceeds:
The next debt crisis.
“You spoke too soon, Rand Paul. It sounds like the President’s views on marriage...”
– Gawker’s Louis Peitzman • In a piece (referencing this) about how Obama’s hoping to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act in his second term. Yes, you read that right. Let that sink in, everyone. (via shortformblog)
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So if a white guy was the first black president,...
mohandasgandhi:
fungazi:
can Mitt Romney be our first Asian president or something?
No, but he can be our first mitten.
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Watch
The city surveillance video that shows a group of Fullerton police officers beating a homeless mentally ill man to death last year was finally released today, laying to rest any argument that Kelly Thomas was a threat to officers. The shocking video, which was combined with an audio recorder worn by one of the police officers on the night of July 5, 2011, was shown in court today, then later...
“But at its core, Harvey believes that Burning Man hews closely to the true...”
– The main-street Republican values of … Burning Man? - The Washington Post (via wonklife)
In which the establishment’s collective mind is blown by how much it has in common with an event built around the burning of a giant effigy. (via shortformblog)
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Can I just say
how much I love that tumblr is pretty much the only place you can make a joke about checking your privilege and people will actually know what you’re talking about? and find it funny? Because I love that.
“[F]or some reason, the entertainment industry appears to truly enjoy ridiculing...”
– Dean Obeidallah for CNN.
This is why I dislike Sacha Cohen. Racist stereotyping isn’t funny. At. All.
If you are going to mock and ridicule us for profit, can you at least cast Arabs and Indians to play us? And while we’re at it, why not include us in the creative process as co-writers and...
Rand Paul Says He Didn't Think Obama's Views... →
shortformblog:
“The president recently weighed in on marriage and you know he said his views were evolving on marriage,” the Kentucky Republican said at Iowa’s Faith and Freedom Coalition meeting. “Call me cynical, but I wasn’t sure his views on marriage could get any gayer.
Call us cynical, but we aren’t sure this was the best thing for Rand to say.
