March 2012
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Watchfuckyeahrachelmaddow:
Run, Rachel, Run!
(I love the hilarious dichotomy when she stands up from the desk of her TV lady on top, dykey jeans on the bottom look. Way to keep it real, Maddow.)
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Proust Questionnaire
Q: What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A: Loud bar, good band, cold beer, ride home.
Q: What is your greatest fear?
A: Becoming dickish.
Q: What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
A: That’s easy: chastity.
Q: What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A: That Susan loves me so much
Q: If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
A: Statistically, it’s likeliest I’d be a Chinese peasant. So would you.
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The Neuroscience of Your Brain on Fiction (New... →
psychotherapy:
via The New York Times:
Amid the squawks and pings of our digital devices, the old-fashioned virtues of reading novels can seem faded, even futile. But new support for the value of fiction is arriving from an unexpected quarter: neuroscience.
Brain scans are revealing what happens in our heads when we read a detailed description, an evocative metaphor or an emotional exchange...
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“There are myriad reasons why adolescents become parents including wanting to be...”
– California Latinas for Reproductive Justice’s Marisol Franco, “Keep Your Stigma: Latin@ Youth Need Real Support”, RH Reality Check, 3/13/12 (via racialicious)
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Rebecca Wind at Guttmacher Institution: Sex... →
Teens who receive formal sex education prior to their first sexual experience demonstrate a range of healthier behaviors at first intercourse than those who receive no sex education at all. This is particularly so when the instruction they receive includes information about both waiting to have sex and methods of birth control. These findings come from a new study, “Consequences of Sex Education...
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“In 2008, the Democratic Party had a tough decision to make. Would we give...”
– Rush saw his shadow today. Six more weeks of stupidity… « Margaret and Helen (via apsies)
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Happy International Women's Day!
lipstick-feminists:
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
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An Alphabetized List of 1,027 of the Prettiest... →
Lesbian: female sexually attracted to other women, exclusively
I love finding this included on the list! It’s a word with superpowers, you know. Why else would some people find it so difficult to say and always hesitate or stutter when attempting it?
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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Can Depression be Good... →
psychotherapy:
via Psychology Today:
“Let us begin by thinking very broadly about the concept of depression. There are important geographical variations in the prevalence of depression, and these can in large part be accounted for by socio-cultural rather than biological factors. In traditional societies human distress is more likely to be seen as an indicator of the need to address important...
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Wisconsin Republican Senator Proposes Bill To... →
*headdesk*
Yeah. Seriously. Read it for yourself.
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“Admit nothing, deny everything, make counteraccusations.”
– A senior Stratfor executive quoted by a senior figure in the company in one of the exposed e-mails
WikiLeaks Publishes Intelligence Firm Emails
Monday 27 February 2012
by: Somini Sengupta, The New York Times News Service | Report
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Nebraska Resurrects "Justifiable Homicide"... →
The legislation, LB 232, was introduced by state Sen. Mark Christensen, a devout Christian and die-hard abortion foe who is opposed to the prodedure even in the case of rape. Unlike its South Dakota counterpart, which would have allowed only a pregnant woman, her husband, her parents, or her children to commit “justifiable homicide” in defense of her fetus, the Nebraska bill would...