January 2011
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I'm backkkkk
After a long hiatus that I want to call writer’s block, but probably was more the result of laziness & forgetting I had a tumblr in the first place, I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m back.
Firstly, let me start off by saying that as happy as I am to be here, I’ve been a bit busy with school and such. However, to avoid another extended (extended, extended) hiatus...
February 2010
5 posts
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“Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how...”
– Shakesville: Rape Culture 101 (via loudandsoft) (via ratsandcandy666) (via penismonolog) (via sexismandthecity) (via cutmywires)
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The Prison Cube
For those of you who think this is an article on the failures of the penal system or promoting reforms, I am sorry to disappoint you. This is about something different then the sorry state of prisons in this country: it is about the prison my school has created.
Across from my dorm, the University has constructed, with financial assistance from a major athletic company, ‘The Cube’...
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Summer Job Interview
For someone who believes that the system of economics serves to disenfranchise some people for the benefit of others, employment is a very touchy subject for me. Today, I was invited to an information session about a Summer Internship through a speaker in one of my classes. At first, as they seem to always do, they made it sound great: make lots of money, get experience, blahblahblahblah.
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“Ignorance is our bible
Glory is our cross
Wealth is our leader
That will...”
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Injustice? Look who's talking...
I was never one for formalities, so I’m going to jump right into this. The topic? Oppression. So before I begin my mini-Rant (this won’t be a full-sized rant, I promise), I will provide a little bit of background: several days ago they found a swastika painted on the floor of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT for short) Center at my school. Now today, they had a big rally...