January 2012
EXISTENTIAL ANGST GAME STRESSFUL: darkjez: The... →
darkjez:
The stringent criteria for a definition of the word “racism”
landofoblivion:
darkjez:
by Joseph R. Barndt in Understanding and Dismantling Racism
How do we define systems and/or institutions, though?
My problem with the definition then is that all of a…
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nerdgonecrazy:
“Clean your Room”
“Take out the trash”
“Interact with the real world”
“Find yourself a real boyfriend and stop fantasizing about fictional characters and celebrities”
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EXISTENTIAL ANGST GAME STRESSFUL: tacanderson: How... →
tacanderson:
How to Network Across Cultures
Some very telling examples. This is why people with backgrounds in anthropology are at an advantage. They already know how to do these things.
Learn from those around you: Watch carefully how others operate in networking situations, and…
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Very Sincerely Yours: somatrip: THINGS THAT DO NOT... →
somatrip:
THINGS THAT DO NOT MAKE A WOMAN A WHORE:
Dating the boy you like
Having sex because she likes having sex
Going on dates with people whom she has no intention of calling again/dating exclusively
Wearing clothes that show her cleavage
Flirting
THINGS THAT DO MAKE A WOMAN A…
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the life and times of jannat m.: The 8 stages of... →
emmazomer:
1. CLASSIFICATION: All cultures have categories to distinguish people into “us and them” by ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality (i.e German and Jew, Hutu and Tutsi)
2. SYMBOLIZATION: We give names or other symbols to the classifications.
3. DEHUMANIZATION: One…
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Life problems.
All semester: UUUGHH ALL I WANT TO DO IS SLEEP
Winter break: Insomnia
“I miss you already. I missed you even when I was with you. That’s been my...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via troubled)
“To truly love, we must learn to mix various ingredients- care, affection,...”
– bell hooks, from All About Love (via mothswarm)
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there were many types of greek goddesses: Nancy... →
beardsbeerandliterarybadassery:
In the mid-1930s, an Australian journalist visited Germany to report on the rise of fascism and interview Adolf Hitler. The atrocities she saw there, which included the public beating of Jews, forever changed the course of her young life. Nancy Wake…
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“I didn’t do any research at all on Adam Smith. I just read him. There’s no...”
– Noam Chomsky (via cultureofresistance)
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“The postcolonial state has moved to suppress women’s autonomy and women’s...”
– Alexander, M.J., Redrafting Morality: The Postcolonial State and the Sexual Offences Bill of Trinidad and Tobago (via queerhappy)
December 2011
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Lower classes quicker to show compassion in the... →
the UC Berkeley study found that individuals in the upper middle and upper classes were less able to detect and respond to the distress signals of others. Overall, the results indicate that socio-economic status correlates with the level of empathy and compassion that people show in the face of emotionally charged situations.
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preludity replied to your post: SUBMITTED COLUMBIA APP
SAUCY NEW YEAR HAPPENINGS, BABY
YOU KNOW IT
EVEN SAUCIER IF I GO TO FRANCE AND NEW YORK FOR COLLEGE, JUST SAYIN’
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“A tadpole doesn’t know
It’s gonna grow bigger.
It just swims,
and figures...”
– Tadpoles | Andrea Gibson (via austra)
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“I looked and looked at her, and knew as clearly as I know I am to die, that I...”
– Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (via rosettes)
“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone...”
– Oscar Wilde (via girlinlondon)
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My New Years Eve will be spent alone on the couch.
pretty much, haha
How teens and adults text
Expectations:
2 go & do sum stuff
Teens - wut es up! wut r u doing 2day? want
Adults - What are you doing today? Want to hang out?
Reality:
Teens - Hey! What are you doing today? Want to hang out?
Adults - wut es up! wut r u doing 2day? want 2 go & do sum stuff
SO TRUEEEEEEEEE
“Slut-bashing is a cheap and easy way to feel powerful. If you feel insecure or...”
– [Leora Tanenbaum (Harper Paperbacks, 2000.): Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation, p. 238.] (via church-mouth)
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“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.”
(via andyouhavetogivethemhope)
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“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and...”
– Ryan Gosling, in a letter protesting the NC-17 rating of ‘Blue Valentine’. The rating was based on one consensual sex scene, in which he performs cunnilingus on Michelle Williams. (via agarfields)(via feministhistorian)
This man is amazing
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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making...”
– Neil Gaiman (via drinkyourjuice)
SUBMITTED COLUMBIA APP
and spending New Year’s at home. Yeah, academia. That’s the way we roll.
Winter Is Coming: “Why. is. it. always. so.... →
wakingthegoldenwood:
“Why. is. it. always. so. bloody. difficult. with. you.” e muttered furiously, punctuating each word with a kiss. “Why can’t you just accept this, accept us?”
Tumblr groaned, eyes shut and the familiar arousal spiking at the feel of e’s skin on his. It wasn’t right, it wasn’t, but he couldn’t…
OH MY LORD
I wonder if the same people who would go to any...
feistyfeminist:
of-praxis:
communismkills:
Since all of their ideologies were based on the same exact philosophy, how can you defend one and not the others?
gurl what
“exact same philosophy”
someone’s gotta be trollin’