May 2013
70 posts
“1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with...”
– Juan Cole, 08/09/2012
Juan Cole actually wrote this 4 days after a white terrorist, yes, terrorist, murdered 6 and injured 4 people at a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin. The terrorist who committed said crime spoke of an impending “racial holy war” beforehand and was a member of white...
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“The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens (‘wise...”
– Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (via thejunglenook)
“Okay, guy, so why do you feel like you want/need/deserve to settle down with a...”
– Female ‘Purity’ Is Bullshit
Hitting the bullshit nail right on its head.
Feminists don’t hate men, we hate the bullshit power structure that exists that allows men to take advantage of women rather than dealing with their emotions.
(via teacheremmalee)
seifukucat:
here we have a wonderful piece of 13th century art
wow isn’t that just majestic okay let’s take a little closer look at this masterful work
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“How homonationalism works:
1) The Inclusion Argument: Sexual minorities...”
– Trending Homonationalism – Natalie Kouri-Towe
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“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes...”
– Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. (via riverran)
#mary shelley #this quote though #it’s all kinds of wonderful #hey remember that time one asswipe was like you have 30 seconds to name something invented by a woman… #…and Mary was like SCIENCE FICTION MOTHERFUCKERS #that was awesome #thanks Mary Shelley...
awildellethappears:
Working title: The Cupbearer’s Tale, current length 1,300 words.
Oooh, shiny, reminds me to finally get that book, Lady With a Mead Cup by Michael J. Enright.
supermassiveasshole:
i was teaching my grandma to use computer so we can talk on skype and such but today she went kinda mad at me because “i didnt show her the knitting programme” and i was like what
and it comes out she accidentally opened ms excel and found out its a great way to create knitting patterns
my grandma is 82
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Watchcarbonstuff:
Mitotic division in a animal lung cell under a contrast microscope.
It consists of two main stages.
Karyokinesis : This is the main part of cell division, which is the division of the nucleus. It is further divided into four stages.
Prophase : The nucleus of the cell breaks apart. The individual chromsomes are visible as the chromatids condense.
Metaphase : The...
“After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If...”
– Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be. (via finedineonmyvegangenitalia) 