January 2012
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Thought of the day:
My thoughts on queer issues are, and always have been, influenced by libertarian thought, even before I knew what it was. But basically: your sexuality and your gender are your rights, because being queer doesn’t really affect anyone but you or the people who are having consensual relations with you. Nobody’s rights are being violated, so the government doesn’t have any grounds...
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Microchipping and Hot Branding Similarly Stressful... →
This is fascinating. Personally, I believe branding, whether hot or cold is a preferable procedure to microchipping, because it provides a more obvious means of identification. (Anybody can find a horse with BOB on the hip, whereas you need to be actively looking with a device to find a “Bob’s Horse” microchip.) This study, although it has a small sample size, certainly suggests...
call me militant.: 'If you must miss class for... →
callmemilitant:
It’s the beginning of a new semester, which means that I’ve been reading this sentence on syllabus after syllabus. My university has what they consider to be an open minded religious observance policy. That is, every course offered on campus is required to provide students with two excused…
My school also offers religious exemptions to fire code for candles, holiday...
Not exactly... →
adentrodemisojos:
misandry 19429 up, 621 down
A term created by a group of straight white men who habitually confuse their “brain” with their anus. These men’s rumination are usually too moronic for anyone without brain damage. They use this word to refer to what they perceive as “hatred of…
Let’s be honest, 98% of MRA’s are little more than a very scary grown-up He-Man...
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Things I've Learned Over The Past Few Days
Feels like it’s time to make a list here. In no particular order:
Aftermarket seat heat components for cars are the best. It basically adds a quick-heating theraputic heating pad to your butt and your lower back. This is The Best Thing Since NSAIDs if you have cramping.
“Relaxes your uterus” means “cramps like a motherfucker.”
Samsung makes product that is to...
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http://jessicavalenti.tumblr.com/post/15572724723/c... →
jessicavalenti:
Here’s the thing. I get why people want to talk about whether or not Rick Santorum’s wife had an abortion in her second trimester of pregnancy. Santorum is anti-choice like a motherfucker - he’s not just anti-abortion, he’s anti-birth control. So I really do understand the desire to call him out…
No. No we cannot. We cannot stop talking about this, because it says...
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