According to Buzzfeed/Insta, hot Blake left early so he could be with his grandfather who was in the ICU :(.

Go Cookie Cousins! Proud to know ya :)

East Nashville is the worst- my students from the Dickerson Pike/Hunter’s Lane area always hated it because they felt v unwelcome as young black/brown folks. The part that bothers me the most (which as I wrote it turned into a whole list of things that bother me) is that all these people w money are moving in right…

hm? Are you talking about being able to naturalize after having a green card for 5 years?

yes, friends, it would have been nice if the lawmakers had read the bill, however, it was placed on the consent calendar, which is typically reserved for non controversial “recognition” type resolutions that people put forth to recognize the girl scouts, valedictorians, sports teams, and so on so that those people can…

There’s a long history of Asian immigrant folks serving as a “merchant class” in communities they (generally) distrust- Chinese shopkeepers operate in South American countries like Bolivia and Peru with a lot of the same dynamics described here, as well as in SE Asia.

Pastor’s kid here- the biggest issue is a global schism because the UMC is a worldwide church. The North American and European delegations to General Conference *generally speaking* support gay marriage but delegations from other parts of the world do not. The fastest growing part of the church is in Africa, while the…

This is an important step towards college affordability for middle class students, however, it, like, TN Promise (TN’s much-vaunted free CC initiative), is a last-dollar scholarship, meaning that it does not increase funding for low income students who are covering their tuition with Pell or other need-based grants.…

Lower-income people are the primary utilizers of the Pell Grant, as per the article, people using other need based grants such as Pell are excluded from this new scholarship program, therefore this program is a college affordability program for the middle class.

the question was “what matters to you and why?”

just for clarity’s sake, Stanford’s application is a bunch of short answer questions, with limits between 50-150 words- he answered one of those short answers with the hashtag (hence why he ostensibly did not submit a similar essay to his other schools)

Stanford’s application is a bunch of short answer questions- he answered one of them with #blacklivesmatter

fun story the federalist paper started out as a conservative newspaper and is now satire- a perfect analogy for our times.

I get what you’re saying, but sometimes words aren’t just words. I don’t experience racism/sexism as random isolated incidents where someone said something mean to me- misogyny is not the same as when some asshole gives you the finger after cutting you off one time (in which case, yeah, that sucked but you will be…

yup yup it’s definitely makeup that keeps men sexist

Just cus ppl seem to be getting in a snit about Lifehacker acknowledging that ppl wear makeup...I consider myself to be intelligent and value myself based off of my accomplishments/actions, not off of my looks. That being said I think it’s fun to dress up and wear makeup *when I feel like it*. I also think that it’s…

the quote where she says the ““safe space” thing started at these very hoity-toity university systems where you can basically buy your experiences.” is illustrative of a blind spot on race. Safe spaces may have become popularized at hoity-toity universities but the movement on campus was started largely by women of…

At least in Nashville, BLM activists are forming the core of the resistance against Trump and are currently protesting the murder of Jocques Clemmons and doing everything they can to hold the city and police department accountable. The media may have gone silent but BLM is still going strong.

Samoas are called Caramel DeLites in some parts of the country- depends on which of the two Girl Scout Cookies bakers is supplying them. That’s probably why the cereal is called “Caramel Crunch.”

heyo useful info to maybe include? quota system wasn’t actually revised to be less racist until 1965. there were adjustments after Magnuson but Chinese/Asian immigration was still basically illegal cus the quotas were limited to like 100 admissions a year. :( that’s why Asian immigration skyrocketed in the late…