January 2012
1 post
December 2011
12 posts
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's... →
Love this article.
Social Media Reduce Allure of High School Reunions... →
And this is why I unfriended a ton of high school folks on facebook. I would like my badassery to remain a mystery, thank you.
“I don’t jive with the climate of blogging right now. When marketing moved in, I...”
– Interview with Feminist Ryan Gosling Author Danielle Henderson | She Posts
I Am So Not Sorry About My Vagina, And Other... →
“Words have the power to form our experience and thus our reality. The more unnecessary apologies we make, the more we unwittingly convince ourselves that we are at fault for everything — even a vicious crime in which we were the terrified victim. We are a generation that arrived pre-empowered thanks to the work of our moms and grandmothers and great-grandmothers. We’re smart,...
Paralympian Eyeing The Olympics After Crash... →
Crazy.
November 2011
11 posts
Sam Brownback's Office Get's Tweeting Teen in... →
Please tell me this is a joke.
Herman Cain’s supporters call his latest accuser... →
stfuconservatives:
Disgusting… this whole thing just gets more and more gross by the hour.
Jessica Valenti: #mencallmethings →
jessicavalenti:
Twitter is aflutter with a new hashtag, #mencallmethings, where people (mostly feminists and women-identified folks) are sharing online harassment stories. It’s not pretty.
Online harassment is a subject close to my heart (unfortunately) - it’s something I’ve written about at length and…
One of the best stories that has ever been told in...
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'You Are the NOW of Now!' The Future of (Online)... →
Great article about feminism’s proliferation online. My original thesis topic was all about this.
October 2011
38 posts
Google Denies Requests To Remove Videos of Police... →
Do you ever dwell on that moment where you said too much or said the wrong thing and then feel like an ass for the next three weeks?
STFU, Conservatives: I was talking to my dad about... →
whatfreshhellisthis:
And my dad said “Wow, [the queer community has] so many labels, don’t you.”
Me: “Cisgender, heterosexual, white, able-bodied, neurotypical, male. These are your labels. You just don’t notice them in the same way you notice ours, because yours are assumed. It goes…
“In Rome a vagina is una fica, a term deriving from the fig, a great thing, a...”
– Pubic hair as public space (via nodicesoldier)
Siri and the sex of technology | Life and style |... →
Siri, the digital PA on Apple’s latest iPhone, is female in the US and male in the UK. Apple has declined to comment on the reasoning behind this, but theories abound.
Stephen Ebbett, of gadget insurer Protectyourbubble.com, says: “Apple has decided that Brits trust an authoritative male voice, while Americans traditionally favour and are more receptive to a female voice.”
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Racing world in mourning for driver Dan Wheldon -... →
As an Indiana girl, I’ve followed Indycar most of my life. Wheldon was a favorite of mine. This is so, so sad.
Cain's 9-9-9 Plan: Just Like SimCity? : The... →
“Long before Cain was running for president and getting attention for his 999 plan, the residents of SimCity 4 — which was released in 2003 — were living under a system where the default tax rate was 9 percent for commercial taxes, 9 percent for industrial taxes and 9 percent for residential taxes.”
myNotreDame - Sheen, Estevez Find “The Way” to ND →
Despite many political failings of the University, there is still room for something beautiful.
Miss Representation →
365 Things To Do in South Bend: #109: LangLab →
It’s been called everything from a concert venue to a cultural club to an idea incubator. LangLab is your friendly neighborhood abandoned-factory hub-o-culture. Yes, this “space” is a former factory, and yes, they have periodic events featuring music, dance, art, environmental living, and oh so much more.