January 2012
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6 Things That I Have To Say About The Hugo...
ipomoeaandthestarstealers:
garlandgrey:
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I tend to stay out of free form Internet Campaigns to attack public figures, for a host of reasons. Some of those reasons are Feminist and some are pragmatic and personal.
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These sorts of things tend to grind everyone down, on both sides. One side is subject to an escalating level of personal attacks in which their opponents attempt to...
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mynameisjuthika:
you know the bickering about how sj sucks is more annoying than sj on tumblr itself. whenever i see a tumblr that’s all like LOL SJ IT’S SO FUNNY i’m like ok goodbye thank you for being badass and a martyr on tumblr
dudes are always SO PROUD OF THEMSELVES for spending so much time hating something people are passionate about. THANKS TROLLS. thanks for reminding me why i care...
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“There as a study in which it comes out that thirty of the largest companies in...”
– Massachusetts Senate candidate ELIZABETH WARREN, on The Daily Show (via andyouhavetogivethemhope)
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“When I think of how much of my life I owe to Joe Paterno, I don’t even...”
– Jerry Sandusky: I’ll Never Forget All The Things Joe Paterno Did For Me - The Onion
once again the onion nails it.
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“My dreams are not extravagant. I want to vandalize Banksy’s gravestone.”
– imaginando:
DYING.
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“THR: Looking at the most successful movie of the year to feature black talent,...”
– Spike Lee Dropping Knowledge
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-redux:
cancer-man submitted:
The problem with anon’s question (re: the godfather, the departed) is that those are cultures/places/groups that almost everyone in America is familiar with. They are primarily considered white (yes, Italians and Irishmen do fit into the larger white panethnicity and are often treated with the same privileges that come with a white identity - I am not ignoring...
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“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2012/01/21/megaupload/
neil-gaiman :: Jonathan Coulton is wise.
areasofmyexpertise :: I wish I had summed it up so smartly. But you know me: talk talk talk.
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Did you hear that ethnic studies in Tucson is... →
velocicrafter:
myflagisblackandred:
UNIDOS Tucson student grassroots ethnic studies teach-in happening NOW.
Day two of mass walkouts in Tucson in defense of the Mexican American Studies programs. Day one of grassroots ethnic studies teach-ins led by students.
This is the people’s education! Education was denied in schools, so the students have taken their education elsewhere. MUST WATCH.
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The real reason MegaUpload was shut down?
abaldwin360:
In December of 2011, it was reported by Digital Music News that the creators of MegaUpload were rolling out plans for a new cloud based music service that had the potential to change the music industry.
Called Megabox, it would have created an alternative to record labels as a means for artists to sell their music on-line, cut out the middle man and allow artists to keep 90 percent...
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“Because of Edison’s patents for the motion pictures it was close to financially...”
– from The Pirate Bay’s press release regarding SOPA and PIPA
(via davidfinchers)
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“Westerners are fond of the saying ‘Life isn’t fair.’ Then, they end in snide...”
– Barbara Alice Mann, Iroquois woman
(via cultureofresistance)
How many fucking times did I/we hear this as a child?
(via shannonnagig)
i still hear it.
(via so-treu)
Yep. Still hate it, too.
(via anoldladyonfire)
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alfred & lucius. when's //that// prequel coming...
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“Ironically, it was the medical profession, which had made abortion illegal in...”
– The Way It Was | Mother Jones (via notemily)
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After a date rape (by a "poet") during a trip to... →
stfuconservatives:
motherjones:
“The Way It Was”: Abortion in the US before Roe v. Wade.
I’m just going to post this as often as possible until pro-lifers read it: abortion rates are the same everywhere, whether abortion is legal or not. 70,000 pregnant people die every year from unsafe abortions, and 5 million more are permanently injured or mutilated by them. KEEP IT LEGAL. KEEP IT SAFE....
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MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who... →
wilwheaton:
Reinforcing the fact that Chris Dodd really does not get what’s happening, and showing just how disgustingly corrupt the MPAA relationship is with politicians, Chris Dodd went on Fox News to explicitly threaten politicians who accept MPAA campaign donations that they’d better pass Hollywood’s favorite legislation… or else:
“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to...
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watching early sorbo hercules
dude spent a lot of time telling people off for being pagans. ‘enlightened agnosticism’ and all that. i mean, the raimi gods //were// assholes, but for a show which literally has ‘his strength was only matched by the power of his heart’ in the opening, surely herc can do better than calling people idiots for their faith.
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BREAKING: Obama administration approves a rule... →
nikkotine:
think-progress:
A MAJOR WIN for women’s health!
Awesome.
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