June 2012
111 posts
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Every single person looking for a job should read...
stfuconservatives:
athenasaurus:
soambitchous:
adulting:
What You Hopefully Did Months Ago:
Seriously, guys. Run, don’t walk, to this amazing series of charts.
This is great.
this makes me feel a bit better
Great info and chart porn. Bookmark it and reread it before your next interview.
Relevant for myself and several people I know…. Check these out!
May 2012
79 posts
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“When someone works for less pay than she can live on - when, for example, she...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America”
I recently read this book, and while several observations and statistics stuck out to me, this quote, on the last page, I believe really sums things up quite well.
(via lostgrrrls)
Forget the billionaire “job creators” — our...
“I mean, imagine opening The Sun every day and finding page three adorned with a...”
– Alan Moore, Invisible Girls and Phantom Ladies, 1983
It’s pretty amazing how you could apply this just as readily to the comics industry of today as you could 30 years ago.
(via digitalsocrates)
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Of Children and Inkblots: Trayvon Martin and the... →
anticapitalist:
Read this whole thing
Write this down if you need to.
Tweet it to yourself.
Put it on your Facebook wall, never to be deleted from your ever-growing and cluttered timeline.
Memorize it.
Trayvon Martin is not an inkblot, the meaning of which is yours to interpret.
He is not a walking Rorschach, whom one is free to see however one wishes.
He was not put on this Earth to be...
“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and...”
– Wendell Berry
“The pressure is always more on for girls in every sense. You have a really rough...”
– Benedict Cumberbatch on body image pressure within the media (x)
The Perks of Being Gainfully Unemployed →
Over the years, our gainful unemployment portfolio has evolved with our changing needs, resources, and interests. In the beginning we mowed lawns, rented out rooms, helped on construction projects, did community development consulting work, did graphic design, painted decks, weeded people’s gardens, and worked on two different farms. Today we keep bees, sell meat, make salves, candles and soaps...
“Does this person, with his vast spaces for entertainment, honestly believe that...”
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Charles P. Pierce (via azspot)
I H8 RELIGION: Ten Commandments for Ethical... →
ih8religion:
Thou SHALT NOT believe all thou art told.
Thou SHALT seek knowledge and truth constantly.
Thou SHALT educate thy fellow man in the Laws of Science.
Thou SHALT NOT forget the atrocities committed in the name of god.
Thou SHALT leave valuable contributions for future generations.
Thou…
I like this.
People are always so quick to defend gender...
my-journey-my-thoughts:
zorascreation:
Why the fuck is it not okay for me to invest in “women’s” clothes? A lot of the shit in the women’s section is not only pretty and creative, a lot of it can also apply to gender neutrality. Since when did flowers only grow for girls and women?
Why the fuck is “androgynous” clothing typically found in the men’s section?
Why the fuck is it okay that...
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The Commencement Address That Won't Be Given
robertreich:
Members of the Class of 2012,
As a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you’re picking up today.
You’re f*cked.
Well, not exactly. But you won’t have it easy.
First, you’re going to have a hell of a hard time finding a job. The job market you’re heading into is still bad. Fewer than half of...
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“The other part of the student debt crisis is all of the debt that students...”
– Derek Thompson, on America’s trillion-dollar student debt crisis. (via theatlantic)
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60 Percent Of Young Adults Misinformed About Birth...
hellyeahscarleteen:
Sixty percent of young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 may not truly understand how proper use of contraception can prevent pregnancy, according to a new study from the Guttmacher Institute, which reports abstinence-only sex education may be leaving young adults with a subpar understanding of sexual health.
After quizzing a nationally representative group of 1,800...
Activate the Mechanism!: Let’s just say it: The... →
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hobbit-hero:
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hobbit-hero:
abaldwin360:
Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican, was recently captured on video asserting that there are “78 to 81” Democrats in Congress who are members of the Communist Party. Of course, it’s not unusual for some renegade lawmaker from either side of the aisle to say something outrageous. What made…
i disagree. republicans are...
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NIGELLA'S NUTELLA CAKE
aspoonful-of-sugar:
When I asked my friend Jordan what kind of cake he’d like for his birthday, he replied…“Is it possible to make a Nutella cake? Does such a thing exist? I bloody hope so”. I knew there I was one place to look….Nigella Lawson. And I was right!
Here’s how I did it…
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE CAKE: 6 large eggs, separated Pinch of salt 125g soft unsalted butter 400g Nutella (1...
“I guess I never caught that bug where you’re only supposed to care about your...”
– Cenk Uygur commenting on the 49 bodies that were recently found decapitated in Mexico and on the continued War on Drugs, which has claimed over 62,000 lives since just 2006 (via mohandasgandhi)
It’s so amazing to finally hear someone say this. People being brutally, violently killed in Mexico is...
We give prison sentences for smoking marijuana,... →
anticapitalist:
About half of our world-leading prison population is in jail for non-violent drug offenses. Americans have also been arrested for handing out free food in a park. Mothers in Ohio and Connecticut were jailed for enrolling their kids in out-of-district schools. As of 2003 in California there were 344 individuals serving sentences of 25 years or more for shoplifting as a third...
“A new study from the Guttmacher Institute unsurprisingly finds that greater...”
– Because Of Abstinence Education, 60 Percent Of Young Adults Are Misinformed About Birth Control’s Effectiveness | ThinkProgress
This is the crime! Jeezuz H. Christ!
nonplussedbyreligion: [TW:Racism] I really can't... →
nonplussedbyreligion:
I’ve said that a few time, but it’s not a suicidal ideation. It’s me not wanting to inhabit the same earth as some of the most disgusting people that I’ve encountered recently. As I don’t usually associate with such people in my everyday life, I’ve come to find that many of them exist here on…
It’s crap like this that makes me dissapointed in humanity. Just...
“The myth of redemptive violence thus uses the traditions, rites, customs, and...”
– Walter Wink
Could not agree more
Historical Slut: stfusexists: I, and many mothers... →
stfusexists:
I, and many mothers of my generation, thought that when our daughters came of age, they would enter a world of unprecedented equality, with autonomy over their own bodies and life choices, and the guarantee they would be paid according to their value in the workplace, not by…
Fuck this.
Religious Ragings: The 10 Commandments of Logical... →
ladyatheist:
Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the argument. (Ad hominem)
Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person’s argument in order to make them easier to attack. (Straw man fallacy)
Thou shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. (Hasty…
I hope all the mothers I follow enjoy your day...
blueandbluer:
…whether you’re a mommy to 2-legged critters, or critters of any leg count whether they came from your own uterus or no.
Have a wonderful day.