September 2011
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“Ma’am. Specificity is the soul of all good communication.”
– The Middleman, The Middleman 1.01 “The Pilot Episode Sanction” (via goshyesthemiddleman)
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mixedbyziggy:
Reggie Clemons could be the next Troy Davis.
From http://www.justiceforreggie.com:
In 1991, two young women went missing after visiting the abandoned Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis Missouri — a popular hang-out with local teens — with their cousin. The cousin told the police an impossible tale: that the girls had been pushed from the bridge, but he was ordered to jump by...
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Budget Blog: Darling, Grothman say Taylor should... →
Co-chair Alberta Darling said Wednesday morning that Dem Sen. Lena Taylor should be removed from the Joint Finance Committee, calling her behavior in meetings disrespectful.
Two old White people think their comparatively young Black co-worker is “disrespectful”? Why didn’t she just say “uppity,” since that’s clearly what she meant?
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Derrick Mason is scheduled to die in Alabama...
meloukhia:
The judge in his case has requested clemency, not least because he had inadequate legal representation which led to the suppression of mitigating factors in his case.
And again, for those who say that the death penalty in the United States is not about race—Derrick Mason is a Black man accused of killing a white woman.
You can contact Alabama Governor Robert Bentley to ask him to...
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“Courts in GA sought the death penalty for 70% of black defendants with white...”
– ACLU (via black-culture)
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karnythia:
I have a lot of black men in my life that I love. My husband, my sons, my nephews, my friends…I’m crying right now so this may be scattered. Any of the men I love could be Troy Davis. My husband’s first brush with the law was at 13 when a cop beat him up. Didn’t arrest him. Didn’t even tell him why he hit him. He was playing with friends one minute & being beaten the next. Think...
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“My son was conceived in Texas. A place where my family has lived in relatively...”
– Thoughts of an Ivory Tower Interloper: Thoughts on Saving the World on A Night When We Could Not Save One Man (via curate)
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this ain't livin': Be An Informed Patient...But... →
fresafresca:
But the claim that patients should be informed and should be proactive in the doctor’s office is often belied by the behaviour of health care providers in clinical settings, where informed, assertive, confident patients are sometimes penalised for doing what they’ve been told to do. There are undoubtedly many reasons for this; doctors are increasingly forced to take short...
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this ain't livin': Be An Informed Patient...But... →
But the claim that patients should be informed and should be proactive in the doctor’s office is often belied by the behaviour of health care providers in clinical settings, where informed, assertive, confident patients are sometimes penalised for doing what they’ve been told to do. There are undoubtedly many reasons for this; doctors are increasingly forced to take short appointments that do...
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Fry-Cook!Snape, Suicidal!Harry, what is going on... →
causticidealism:
One of the best, and also very difficult to explain, Snarry fics ever.
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Apparently Stinky Pete's particular markings are... →
More generally, he is a grey (or dilute black) bicolor cat. I got quite lost in the Wikipedia entry for cat coat genetics today.
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kellicraven:
havent gotten a call from the doctor so i assumed i passes the 1 hr glucose test that i took 2 weeks ago
I would call them anyway. It’s amazing what people will overlook when it’s not their body.
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Moniquilliloquies.: People please. →
liquornspice:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
sitaraspeaks:
moniquill:
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moniquill:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
You can’t be ageist against children. Society favors youth, it is something everyone goes through, and everyone, provided they live long enough, will grow out of. Calling it ageism is to call it on…
This arguing intent bullshit is getting annoying. Don’t use the...
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Liquor&Spice: even if you're single you might be... →
kyssthis16:
peecharrific:
call your local health and human services office and ask what the maximum for a single adult without children is - if you make less than that (and a lot of ppl do), you might be able to get $100-$200 a month for food assistance.
hey, you may not need it, but…
Honestly, you may be better off just applying, even if you ask and it seems like you’re not...
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Suit Contends Black Children Exposed to Lead... →
A leading medical research institute in Baltimore stands accused of intentionally allowing black children, some as young as 12 months, to become increasingly poisoned by lead as part of a study conducted during the ’90s. The Kennedy Krieger Institute constructed experiments meant to address the chronic problem of lead poisoning for poor children in the city, seeking to measure the efficacy...
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cypheroftyr:
Note-a-bear: Oh, and another thing:
cabell:
deluxvivens:
note-a-bear:
Stop saying “Hair is hair.” Or, “It’s freedom of choice.”
Fuck you.
Fuck you so hard.
I don’t get a choice in how I manage my hair if I want a job. There is a notable difference in how I am perceived by others depending on how much my hair resembles an acceptable white hairstyle.
So don’t you…
Also,...
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Note-a-bear: Oh, and another thing: →
deluxvivens:
note-a-bear:
Stop saying “Hair is hair.” Or, “It’s freedom of choice.”
Fuck you.
Fuck you so hard.
I don’t get a choice in how I manage my hair if I want a job. There is a notable difference in how I am perceived by others depending on how much my hair resembles an acceptable white hairstyle.
So don’t you…
Also, the next person I see referring to Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” as...
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“You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out...”
– Anne Lamott (via verybusyandimportant)
wow.
(via vodkaandlace)
I wish Anne Lamott had a twitter. (via verybusyandimportant)
Seconded on the Twitter thing.
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“I know I’m not the only woman who has experienced the “Smile!” phenomenon....”
– Is this the most annoying thing a man can do to a woman? - Lifestyle - MSN CA (via greaterthanlapsed)
Agree. I hate when men tell me to smile as if I need to put on a mask for them so that they feel better about themselves. If women look happy then apparently they are happy, everyone gets along,...
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Dread drama →
so-treu:
notyourkinddear:
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tranzient:
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dumbthingswhitepplsay:
letthetruthlaugh:
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failedblackwoman:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
white allies, come collect this shit
You know why I hate white people dreads? Because I’m selfish, it doesn’t mean anything to them and I personally think they’re gross. The lazy...
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littlesassafrass replied to your photo: Meet Andromeda Jane Gathman-Brandl, “AJ” for…
and her name is andromeda?! that is so, so awesome. i think that just became my second-favorite girl baby name, after athena.
Haha, thanks. :D
Three out of her four grandparents made faces when presented with this as the girl name, but whatever, who cares what they think.
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ragmatical replied to your photo: Meet Andromeda Jane Gathman-Brandl, “AJ” for…
Hello Andromeda! (That is a very awesome name, by the way.) I’m glad she’s doing well! How are you doing - how is your nausea these days?
Well, before I was taking maximum dosage ondansetron and still felt like shit most of the time. Now if I take two tabs a day (max dose is four), I feel fine.
I thought...
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Dear White Privileged People: This Post Is Not...
karnythia:
One of the great things about the internet is how it lets people do things like exchange information. In many ways it has replaced things like the Green Book or word of mouth for transmitting info about places where stopping for more than gas (or stopping at all) wouldn’t be safe, where hotels will be welcoming, & where to avoid after certain times/at certain points of the year....
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so fucking fucked
maevele:
No matter how I twist and turn the numbers, at absolute best I can pay 2/3 of this months rent once Z pays me the rest of my share for this month. And not the electric bill. I AM SSOOOOOOOOOO FFUUUUUUUCCCCKKKED. I keep trying to think of anything I can sell, and I seriously have nothing left that’s worth enough to make any difference here. The van is fucking worthless and not sellable...
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thestoutorialist said: It’s like the companies are either saying “PASTEL MOMMY” or “OMG hide your hideously huge body in dark colors.” Which whatever buddy.
Yeah, there does seem to be this whole trend for maternity clothes that are supposed to make you look LESS PREGNANT. I don’t get that.
And I’m such a clothes horse, the lack of options is really painful for me. It’s not...
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And another thing.
The woman from whom I bought the so-called “maternity” turtleneck sweater that I am wearing today, I now realize, has WAY smaller breasts than me. This turtleneck does not fit at ALL like it was made with extra room for the belly, perhaps because all its extra room has been taken up by my tits.
Also I have a migraine from the weather abruptly shifting (and from being pregnant, which...
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karnythia:
I just had a convo with a parent at my son’s school about how she has to straighten her hair to keep her job. Like her white boss actually came to her & said her kinky hair is not professional enough. I told her what I could about resources for fighting back, but we’re in an at-will state & she’s a black single mom. I doubt she’ll try to fight it since I’m sure she doesn’t...
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I have blue hair.
alierakieron:
And it’s more or less an admission that I won’t be going on the job market this year. Academia, especially in a field like mine, is like nothing so much as Newland Archer’s New York: a world transcribed in hierogylphics. The problem is not that you can’t be a prof (in my field, which is fairly conservative to begin with) with blue hair: it’s that you can’t interview with it. It’s...
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A Picture of the Jobs Crisis--in Black, White, and... →
I linked this in an addition to my post about the wage gap. These data are very recent, from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, although they are not disaggregated by education. As thatblckgrl noted, American Indians, who would likely be at the top of the unemployment rates and the bottom of the wage distribution, are not included—this may be because there is not enough data to compare,...
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You know, I never realized it was so hard to find...
Seriously, everything is pastel or burgundy—and it’s not that I DISLIKE burgundy but I already have like three burgundy tops. Nothing is RED.
At this rate, practically my entire wardrobe is going to be black. Good thing I have my hair. I better get those extensions just to add color.
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Diversity Activities for Youth & Adults →
maishaparadox:
Came across this while researching for work yesterday. While all of these activities have limits (there’s only so far an analogy can go) and imperfections, most of them seem like good starting points for interactive lessons on diversity, difference, privilege/oppression, compassion, empathy, and respect.
I really like the poster-making activity.
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A 14-year-old boy got into a fight at a school bus...
karnythia:
maevele:
abaldwin360:
SAN ANTONIO (CN) - A 14-year-old boy got into a fight at a school bus stop and the school district’s police officer responded by shooting him to death, the boy’s mother says. She says the cop had been reprimanded 16 times in the previous 4 years, suspended without pay 5 times, and “recommended for termination for insubordination,” but the school kept him...
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see once i start, i can't stop: more on CEO,...
honestandunapologetic:
again, i’m taking everything from here—
EXTREMELY MISGUIDED (put lightly) ANONYMOUS COMMENTER: You’ve exemplified another problem with affirmative action: you and other high-achieving minority students may not be given the deserved credit due to people thinking you only got accepted into the university because of your race (I’m not saying it’s right that people think that...
