February 2012
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Young Women Often Trendsetters in Vocal Patterns →
”’If women do something like uptalk or vocal fry, it’s immediately interpreted as insecure, emotional or even stupid,’ said Carmen Fought, a professor of linguistics at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. ‘The truth is this: Young women take linguistic features and use them as power tools for building relationships.’”
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Dealing With My Specialized High School Alumna... →
Re: The New York Times article about Rudi-Ann Miller’s experience as a black student at Stuyvesant, which in turn, reflects the nature of the specialized high schools and in a larger scope, the disparity of the New York City Department of Education. These opinions are solely mine, and does not reflect ANYBODY’S view except my own. Feel free to disagree, but any attacking comments WILL be flamed....
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Why the Confederate flag is not a symbol of... →
After the Civil War, you pretty much got shot for having one.
Probably because it’s the symbol of a failed rebellion against the federal government, and the Stars and Bars was a fucking battle flag. It had no political symbolism. It was a battle flag. It meant the person carrying it was going to shoot at you.
It was gone for a long time, and guess when it came back. It came back at the start of...
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She, the decision maker →
“In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week ruled that the right to abort a pregnancy in a marriage rests with the wife and not husband.”
YES.
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“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege
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“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
– Confucius
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What does it mean to be Asian American?
It means that you’re bi-cultural: both Asian and American, yet neither at the same time. In Asia, you’re American; in America, you’re Asian. You are also bi-cultural in the sense that you walk a fine line between being a person of color and being a token white.
It means that you’re a perpetual foreigner: it doesn’t matter that you were born here, or that English was...
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Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love of All
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The God Squad: Tim Tebow, Jeremy Lin, And... →
“Religion, thus, becomes another marker of difference, as a means to celebrate and differentiate Lin and Tebow. Whereas black athletes are seen within the national imagination to be guided by hip-hop values rather than religious values, Lin and Tebow practice an evangelical ethic on and off the field/court. Tebow and Lin operate as “breath of fresh air.” Writing about Tiger Woods in Sports...
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When Rights Conflict →
In light of the discussion occasioned of yesteday’s post about why it seems Rick Santorum doesn’t understand rights, I thought I might say just a little bit more. In particular, it’s important to note that Santorum isn’t alone when it comes to misunderstanding what the language of rights actually means.
I’m reminded of the beginning of Mary Ann Glendon’s book Rights Talk from the early 1990s, in...
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“I find it slightly ethnocentric that whenever Japanese appropriate some aspect...”
– Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics
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The two worst parts of being bipolar is watching yourself slide down into depression and admitting to yourself how incredibly difficult, for good reason, it is for others to love you.
The high of hypomania is wonderful. So much energy, so much creativity, so much focus. But what goes up must come down, and the slow creeping of dark coldness into your body, under your skin, to your chest is...
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liberal activism
of-praxis:
how can i do things to help people worse off than me without compromising the convenience afforded to me by their oppression
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January 2012
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“To define racism only through extreme groups and their extreme acts is akin to...”
– Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer in What is Racial Domination?
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In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad →
“Some former Apple executives say there is an unresolved tension within the company: executives want to improve conditions within factories, but that dedication falters when it conflicts with crucial supplier relationships or the fast delivery of new products. Tuesday,Apple reported one of the most lucrative quarters of any corporation in history, with $13.06 billion in profits on $46.3...