I feel totes discriminated today
What with this “Ask an Atheist” day? What about us folks who wish to answer every question with “I just don’t know” or “I really …
A new use of Social Media services: Cybershame your friends
via Location-based app uses peer pressure to motivate users We’ve seen countless initiatives set up to motivate people into completing tasks they may otherwise shy …
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/09assault.html?_r=3 Have you seen this? “It’s just destroyed our community,” said Sheila Harrison, 48, a hospital worker who says she knows several of the defendants. “These boys have to live with this the rest of their lives.” Because the rapists and the town are the real victims here.
Oh yes, the infamous New York Times rape apologia article. Funny thing is that I had posted about the case and a very similar rhetoric …
The strange political implications of living somewhere else
I just got a letter from the Argentinian embassy reminding me that, come October, I should vote in the National Presidential elections. In Argentina voting …
i rarely check my dashboard, except on rare occasions, so i manage to miss most of your posts via dashboard and instead come upon them directly on your tumblr page. i love your blog and how it negates my ignorance. Most of the time, I don’t even realise there are issues out there that I am unaware of, and you really do inspire a need and desire, within me, to keep on track, keep aware and abreast of these things, and most importantly, make a stand when i come face to face with problematic issues in real life. THANK YOU.
You just made my day! Seriously. I read your message and sat here with this big smile on my face, like a child that just …