August 2012
July 2012
plasticbieber is the result of warped fanaticism, and one’s ability to spread hate, ignorance, and bottom-feeding intellect via Social Media, from the confines of incognito.
Way to go guys.
This plasticbieber is your own doing. I’m not surprised, nor do I care. I’ve seen people under anonymous profiles and fraudulent accounts attack minority groups, homosexuals, and social...
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“I think the reason why twentysomethings are so fixated on age is because we feel...”
– Why Do Twentysomethings Always Feel So Old | Ryan O’Connell (via juneandafter)
it’s especially difficult when the college experience i’ve had thus far (at 24) has not been conventional (and, considering i’m going back in a month to finally get my bachelor’s, will continue to not be conventional)...
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How one ThinkProgress writer left work in an... →
think-progress:
Ian Millhiser writes about his full experience at TP:
Three weeks ago, I left work in an ambulance and a great deal of pain. In the night that followed, doctors determined that I had a bowel rupture leaking digestive fluid into my abdominal cavity, and a truly outstanding surgeon removed about 8 inches of my small intestine. A few days later, my doctors told me I have Crohn’s...
Swiss soccer player expelled from Olympics for... →
willynillylily:
zuky:
From PC Mag:
Days after Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was banned from competing in the games thanks to a racist tweet, a Swiss soccer player has been banned for a similarly insensitive message.
After his team lost to South Korea on Sunday, Michel Morganella, a member of the Swiss soccer team, tweeted that the South Koreans could “go burn” and called them...
Esoterica: So, let me get this straight. →
spastasmagoria:
raisinsandtomhiddleston:
People hate Sally Donovan because she calls Sherlock a “freak”.
But Moriarty, who kidnapped and strapped a bomb to John, who set up Sherlock to look like a fraud, who forced Sherlock to jump off a fucking building, is a beloved character.
Okay…
Esoterica: On Tumblr ignoring racial abuse. →
dionthesocialist:
Read the whole thing on The Black Kids Table.
It looks like everyone on Tumblr’s support staff failed basic Civics and Economics, so let me tell you how freedom of speech works. Your freedoms end where mine begin. You may have the right to blog all you want about…
Know Your Privileges: MYTH: White students have a... →
knowyourprivileges:
For so long, I’ve heard this complaint about White college students finding it hard to get scholarships and how racial and ethnic minority college students are so lucky because there are “so many” scholarships out their for us. I was always intuitively distrustful of this belief, but I never…
Many Students Find Schoolwork 'Too Easy,' Report... →
Drawing on a rich set of student-survey data, the Center for American Progress cites some alarming statistics in the report, released today. Many students, it seems, find their schoolwork is just too easy.
For example, a full 57 percent of 8th grade history students say their work is often or always too easy. Fifty-one percent of 8th graders say the same about civics. The result is better for...
Esoterica: White People always wanna feel... →
ethiopienne:
pityplease:
That awkward moment when Whites have one of the lowest unemployment rates.
That awkward moment when White ex-cons have more of a shot at jobs than a Black man with no record.
That awkward moment when White company owners are the least likely to hire…
Though a few of these cited articles/sources are outdated, I get the gist of the message. Still, that’s...
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Watchsarahlee310:
“Thankfully,” said Colbert, “People are stepping up to defend Chick-fil-A. For example, innocent teenager Abby Farle.”
Farle is a teenage girl who took to Facebook to stick up for the embattled restaurant chain. She also happens to be completely fake.
Apparently, Chick-fil-A decided it needed to take some emergency PR action, and allegedly created a fake Facebook account for the...
Esoterica: jhameia: So some white 14yo kid got... →
jhameia:
So some white 14yo kid got “corrective surgery” to pin back her ears because kids at school were bullying her and calling her “Dumbo.”
As in, she got legit free plastic surgery so she could get her ears pinned back, to escape bullying. A surgery that cost $40,000. Covered by a…
Wait, whatever happened to “loving your flaws, building up your self-esteem, and combatting...