"My dream is that every terminally ill American has access to the choice to die on their own terms with dignity."
"My dream is that every terminally ill American has access to the choice to die on their own terms with dignity."
We do still criminally prosecute the poor and those outside the social hierarchy for crimes that, when it comes down to it, basically amount to nothing more than being poor and outside the social hierarchy. (The war on drugs; the mere fact of being homeless; debtors' prisons, etc.)
This is a great post. You know what I wish? I wish there were more posts on Jez that dealt with things of historical and scientific feminist-related interest, like this one. I recall a few, but not too many. Websites like Cracked are proof to me that the natural and social sciences can actually make for good…
"They were men and women who were discriminated against"
I'd be all for this if I trusted Disney to handle the topic with any sensitivity.
I think Carl Sagan expresses this idea well:
Now that's really crazy.
I have this crazy optimistic belief that through science, understanding, and education; humanity will overcome it's limitations, reach the stars, and not fall extinct due to overpopulation, hatred, and scarcity.
I'm a Truther Truther. Truth is, the government sucks at doing things. The government can't pave a fucking road, much less do a drone strike without incinerating a wedding party in Yemen. What makes you think they can perpetrate massive, decades-long conspiracies? Having worked in government, including at levels where…
Right. Because every rape victim ever has always been immediately aware of the severity of what took place and never tries to excuse, rationalize or blame themselves for what happen. No rape victim has ever remained silent because they feared shame, reprisal or further abuse for making "a big deal" out of having been…
So, that lead photo of Columbia just got me, a Barnard alum, thinking. Columbia is famously and hilariously obsessed with their lawns, particularly the South Lawn pictured in the photo above. The red flag on the left indicates that you are NOT under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES supposed to WALK ON THE LAWNS. DO NOT. JUST DO NOT…
I agree with you, but maybe for a different reason. I worked in a prison for almost two years on a "transparency and accountability" project. Basically, whenever something happened in the prison (from missing spoons to murder) my team would have to interview everyone involved.
Please don't lecture me about this, as I'm intelligent enough to understand the distinction without being condescendingly talked to like I'm some sort of confused teenager who is shrieking, "I'M NOT A FEMINIST, I'VE NEVER BURNED A BRA ONCE!"
My biggest issue is that the critics seem to listen to the one seemingly offensive line ("I'm bringing booty back /Go ahead and tell them skinny bitches that") but not the line immediately after that which clarifies she was joking and not even at their expense: "No I'm just playing. I know you think you're fat/ But…
Is to "whitesplain" a verb yet? If not, it should be. Because the NYT totally whitesplained this shit.
But as we've already seen, the publicizing of domestic violence as an issue does cause more women to report abuse.
Why so much hate? Does it really make them feel better about themselves? There are so many valid targets for why an individual's life is hard. Some random gay guy is almost never one of them. I don't understand misdirected anger. It seems so.... counterproductive and cruel.
For the people who don't know: any person has the right to refuse to show an ID to the police. Refusing to show an ID is not cause for arrest.
You mean Honey & Honey, and it is amazing. I've hung out in the lesbian bar they go to in Nichome. Sadly, it shut down earlier this year. When I do the manga list, it will be on it. It's written up, it just needs its own post.
You can do it; but it takes YEARS of dedicated practice and good teachers. I'm a Massachusetts native, and I went into broadcast news. I had to tape myself, listen to myself, and talk to myself with the dedication of a Marine recruit going through basic training to go from a 5-thousand watt radio station on the NH…