September 2012
mrs-tomhiddleston:
“But the swastika was used in so many cultu-“
mrs-tomhiddleston:
“But the swastika was used in so many cultu-“
Food Stamp Program Helping Reduce Poverty -... →
scoldylox:
thejennismightier:
A new study by the Agriculture Department has found that food stamps, one of the country’s largest social safety net programs, reduced the poverty rate substantially during the recent recession. The food stamp program, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, reduced the poverty rate by nearly 8 percent in 2009, the most recent...
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[[MORE]]Ugh I think this cute boy in my class was going to ask me out but then he didn’t.
We got these little slips of paper and on the back of his he wrote “have you ever been to Cake 22?” and then he sat there and crossed it off and flipped it over!!!!! uggggggghhhhhhhh he wants to study water i would have gladly asked him about what the ham cake 22 was.
and also what if it...
“I must ask the wounded man where he is hurt, because I cannot become the wounded...”
– Paper Towns by John Green (via quote-book)
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The people who live above me are fucking weird.
Like.
Their most active time is now.
And by active I mean “hey let’s rearrange the furniture again!”
“Let’s chant!”
“let’s bounce this ball for fucking eva’!”
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rapeculturerealities:
oswink:
legitimately do not understand the practice of shouting and whistling at girls when you drive by
do you expect me to run after your car screaming WAIT COME BACK I WANTED TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU
The tag on this was #proof that it’s about power and that exactly sums it all up. It’s about letting people know that you can control them in public, that you’re entitled...
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“The thing about this appropriation of the burqa that people need to understand...”
– My friend Khadijah and her thoughts on Lady Gaga recently being spotted donning a “burqa” (via eastafrodite)
“The moment I heard Michelle utter the words mom-in-chief, I was flooded with...”
– Michelle Obama and the Myth of Black Motherhood (via planetsconverse)
Don’t mind me, just diligently avoiding writing two paragraphs for class.
“Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of...”
– Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery (via hollow-gram)
“I would rather have Obama do nothing for another four years than have Romney do...”
– a union member’s wife at a party I was at last night (via ofallmediums)
Anti-femininity Revisited: Why Anti-femininity Is...
taxidermygirl:feministrocker:
Anti-femininity is not feminist. In fact, quite the contrary, anti-femininity is anti-feminist. Of course, this is not to suggest that femininity is feminist - but neither is femininity necessarily anti-feminist. Feminism is not about saying that women have to act like men - but, rather, that women should have a right to do the same things that men can do. It’s...
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sinidentidades:
balalaikaboss:
sinidentidades:
Lol at this history section in my American lit book.
“When the settlers arrived with John Smith, many of them were not aware so much work would be involved in maintaining Jamestown. John Smith required that everyone contribute to the communal work, or they would not be given food to eat or have access to any of the other services provided by...
badcgijosh:
I think my sexual orientation might just be a photo of me sort of shrugging
