December 2011
72 posts
A Dangerous Place To Tread...: Let's Talk About... →
butyoudontlooksick:
Okay, so I am going to apologize in advance, because in this post, I am not holding back. I don’t exactly know who reads this blog (uh, hi mom?) so I’m sorry if it is TMI, or you find it offensive. The point of this blog is to share stories, pain, and gripes and to help…
Teach for America: The Hidden Curriculum of... →
Of course, liberal notions about the potential of education to serve the ends of justice are nothing new to American social thought. Progressive educators since John Dewey have sold their wares as instruments of justice. And yet, education reform has almost always propped up the social order: just as current reform success is calculated by how well students score on standardized tests, the ...
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“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the greater...”
– Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
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Men’s Love-Hate Relationship With Condoms →
“… having to use a condom is like watching a pigeon shit on your Ferrari. Annoying, but you still have a Ferrari.”
adangerousplacetotread:
I kind of want to scream “noooooo” to the pulling out method and I’m allergic to Trojans, which a lot of people seem to prefer but it’s nice to hear men not bitch about condoms for once.
bedsider:
Very interesting post from Jezebel, in...
“If you were to press your heart close up against somebody else’s heart...”
– Andrea Gibson (via kelsofication)
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List of Reverse-Recipe Search Engines →
So awesome.
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"I wonder how many people get choked up while...
playingthecards:
The correlation between a poor education and incarceration.
It’s just too much.
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This post I’m reblogging reminded me of a series of comics about the prison system done by this organization. I read it in my Women in Prison class a couple summers ago and thought they were a cool read and a neat...
