February 2012
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“The first is an intense and focused absorption that makes you lose all sense of...”
– Four key features that characterize flow. Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus - life - 06 February 2012 - New Scientist (via George Kelly)
“I am a queer Sicangu Lakota woman living in Minneapolis. I grew up on the...”
– Coya White Hat-Artichoker: Indigenous, Queer, and Organizing
Excellent, excellent, excellent. Coya’s got a new ongoing column at Huffington Post.
naomikritzer: Santorum in MN →
Informative, sensible, and also mildly entertaining.
I fully expected Santorum to win in Minnesota, but people all over my Facebook seem to be shocked. Here’s why Santorum won.
Prop 8 Trial Tracker » The top 10 quotations from... →
Prop8TrialTracker.com had the opportunity last evening to sit down and thoroughly read Judge Reinhardt’s compelling ruling striking down Prop 8 as unconstitutional. (You can find the full decision here.) Below are our 10 favorite quotations, chosen for their clarity and persuasiveness, their importance to the fight for full LGBT equality and (perhaps surprisingly) their humor.
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Who is funding Minnesota's gay marriage ban... →
minnpost:
We’ve created two interactive tables: one of donations from marriage ban opponents, one of the supporter donations.
You’ll see a huge discrepancy in the financial disclosure from the supporters of the ban. Read more about it here.
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“On Super Bowl Sunday, Roland Martin of CNN issued some homophobic tweets that...”
– “CNN’s Roland Martin suspended for homophobic tweets,” Washington Post, 2/8/12 (via racialicious)
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Activate the Mechanism!: Why Don't We Pay People... →
abaldwin360:
One. How many people work and are still poor?
In 2011, the US Department of Labor reported at least 10 million people worked and were still below the unrealistic official US poverty line, an increase of 1.5 million more than the last time they checked. The US poverty line is $18,530 for a mom and two kids. Since 2007 the numbers of working poor have been increasing. About 7...
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Munson Archie
littleknownblackhistoryfacts:
First person to yell “awww sookie sookie nah!”
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milkeemountainmama:
i been wondering this forever.
flint has just as many beat up run down decaying houses that detroit does. in fact, flint has had many of the same proposals surrounding it to “deal” with blight that detroit has—downsizing, 1$ houses, etc.
and yet—when it comes to the whole “zomg i luuuurv abandoned houses!”—the narrative focuses almost exclusively on Detroit. the “once great...
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Gloris Phillips
littleknownblackhistoryfacts:
First person to carry her own hot sauce to a restaurant.
Prop 8 Trial Tracker » BREAKING: Proposition 8... →
Continual updates on today’s news.
“If you want to step up to the next level in any area of your life, you have to...”
– Gratitude Twenty-Four Seven (via mellemusic)
What makes for a good point guard? |... →
Chip Scoggins talks to Ricky Rubio (Timberwolves), Lindsay Whalen (Lynx), Rachel Banham (University of Minnesota), and Tyus Jones (Apple Valley HS). Quotes from each on different aspects of the game. Nicely done.
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“This is not, however, an issue that arises only as the temples start to gray....”
– It’s Not Me, It’s You - How to End a Friendship - NYTimes.com
I’ve definitely felt this. On both ends.
“The trouble with a generally pleasant life is that it makes it, apparently,...”
– Mitt Romney’s first-world problems - The Washington Post
“When President Obama criticized Citizens United two years ago in his State of...”
– Stephen Colbert is winning the war against the Supreme Court and Citizens United. - Slate Magazine
By the always awesome Dahlia Lithwick.
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Timmy "Too Hype" Benson
littleknownblackhistoryfacts:
First person to get a party started right, and also quickly.
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kaeti:
As I’m working on the site, I’m watching Star Trek: Voyager. It got me wondering about the character trope of the talented-bad-girl-turned-officer (think Starbuck, Ro Laren, B’Elanna Torres).
Outside the system, they are just rebels — dangerous and uncontrollable, in need housebreaking. Once they are incorporated into the system, then they become valuable/safe/subordinate.
Let’s tame...
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“I swear to god I will lose my mind if I hear the “sex sells” fallacy one more...”
– (via littlelightx)
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“But the employees that the report claims may be overcompensated are hardly those...”
– Where the CBO report on federal pay went wrong - The Washington Post
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secretarysbreakroom:
guerrillamamamedicine:
“Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans are indigenous. So, in a strange way, I’m pleased that the racist folks of Arizona have officially declared, in banning me alongside Urrea, Baca, and Castillo, that their anti-immigration laws are also anti-Indian. I’m also strangely pleased that the folks of Arizona...
“As an African American and a gay man, Griffin has seen discrimination on both...”
– Sheila Regan profiles PCYC’s Carl Griffin, a longtime force for social justice. (via tcdailyplanet)
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“It’s all about basic human and civil rights. Contrary to the dominant narrative...”
– Mary de Leon Denton of the St. Paul Teachers Federation, one of many labor unions mobilizing to fight the proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in Minnesota. (via tcdailyplanet)
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racialicious:
“At the center of this debacle are, of course, the poor, often rural women who rely on the free or low-cost clinical breast exams, referrals and followup provided by Planned Parenthood. By Komen’s own account, socioeconomic factors (translation: being po’) are likely contributors to the high breast cancer mortality rates of black and Latina women. Here’s more of the race story,...
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Bucky Bostic
littleknownblackhistoryfacts:
First person to use the word “conversate” in a sentence.
Damn you, Bucky! *shakes fist*
An actual conversation I had about where to get...
Me: *enters work lobby carrying Chipotle*
Mexican Co-Worker: Chipotle? I can't believe people like that.
Mexican Co-Worker: I ate there once. It was terrible.
Me: Where around here would you suggest I go instead?
Me: *expecting recommendation of restaurant owned by latin@ people*
Mexican Co-Worker: Qdoba? Have you been there? I've heard people say that's good. I don't know, I've never had it.
Me: Really...?
Mexican Co-Worker: Or Taco Bell. That chalupa? It's... yeah *nodding vigorously*
Me: Taco Bell is not food!
Receptionist: *snort*
When Is White History Month? →
Oh dear.
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“I hate the franchise. I think it is bad for America and little girls. You...”
– Baratunde Thurston hate-tweets Twilight. Here’s why. (via nprfreshair)
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SLAM ONLINE | » She’s So Money →
“WNBA Finals MVP Seimone Augustus has persevered and now sits at the top of her sport.”
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January 2012
169 posts
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Imaginary Aggression Brings Real Aggression
racialicious:
racismschool:
Ever been described as “Aggressive” when you feel like you’ve been going out of your way to keep your cool? Yes, it’s another tool of the racist.
This one took me years to figure out.
When I moved to the all white school, people (some that I didn’t even know) would walk up to me and say “I’m not scared of you.” This was the strangest thing in the world to me. I...