ISIS: thugs and bullies who sideline in rape and murder. outcasts from their home societies. people who feel like they do not belong. men who can’t get laid, find/hold a job, and who feel disrepsected in general by a social structure that offers them no home. But hey, join the caliphate! We’ll give you a signing…

also mentioned in the article is http://www.yazda.org/ for donating to medical missions and services supporting the yazidi

donate to the kurdish red crescent, which operates in the ruined (but still kurdish held) parts of syria, including sinjar where the yazidi are from, and rojava/kobane. they need every dime they can get http://www.heyvasor.com/en/alikari/

ISIS is a return to the 7th century version of Islam. They’re trying to lure the “armies of Rome” to Syria to a specific prophesied battle ground, which they believe will literally begin the apocalypse. This is all rooted in the Koran.

I read the NYTimes piece with my jaw dropped open the whole time. I thought I couldn’t be surprised anymore by the depravity and evil of some members of the human race. I was wrong. These poor, poor people.

Rukmini Callimach has been doing some truly great reporting on ISIS/women and I highly recommend following her on Twitter

And then it totally ruins your sleep but the idea of getting up and peeing is just NOT POSSIBLE.

Damn. That was me this morning. I held it for like two hours.

I so don’t care if you think that because it shows you’ve missed my point entirely.

Thank you for the links. Very enlightening.

This is a really tragic result, and this:

And sometimes that decriminalization brings more trafficking.

It's so exciting when this one shows up.

I haven’t seen you around these parts for SO LONG! Don’t be a stranger. Long time commenters NEED you on here.

YOU GOT PAID INTERNSHIPS???!?!! ahahahahahhaa!!!!

Interesting. Hip hop is so blatantly misogynistic - I mean it’s brutal when it comes to how women are viewed - but always seems to get a pass for whatever reason.

What the fuck? That’s horrible and beyond offensive! And I highly, highly doubt that the teens dressing up like that don’t know what the Nazi symbols mean, so in this case “virtually unknown” doesn’t cut it for me.

okay but like i get maybe not knowing the history of the american civil war