April 2009
110 posts
#ASU’s Prof. John Johnson: “There are a lot of things to be afraid of in this world. Statistically, serial killers isn’t one of them.”
100 days of Barack Obama's Facebook news feed. →
Obama’s first 100 days in office, as told through his Facebook page.
Hanging out at the gender and sexuality panel discussion at San Pablo Res Hall with the #ASU LGBTQ Coalition and genderWHAT?!
Of Montreal, “Gallery Piece”
noteasybeingred:
The U.S. House has passed the fully inclusive Matthew Shepard Act.
Bureaucrats make me cranky. :-/
I think a vampire just walked into my class.
Now following the CDC for updates on swine flu and all that jazz: @cdcemergency
Particularly hard day in Serial Killers class. Topic was capital punishment & executions. Watched some EXTREMELY graphic crap.
Fall Semester '09 (revised)
SWU 194: Intro to LGBT Studies
WST 300: Womyn in Contemporary Society
SHS 101: American Sign Language 1
JUS 394: The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights
PHI 306: Applied Ethics
16 credits, no class on Friday!
Colbert Study: Conservatives Don't Know He's... →
A study from Ohio State University, which proves, with math and stuff, that lots of conservatives seem to not understand the intrinsic, underlying joke of The Colbert Report:
Finally done with my paper! It’s never taken me that long to write 2,000 words about a book I actually DID read.
Taking a break from my paper-writing for a good hour and picking up a quick bite. Then it’s back to the studiousness!
Com. Serv.
I’m tired of the way we romanticize community service in our society. It should just be something you DO. It’s like feeding your children, or not abusing your elderly parents. It’s what you should already be doing, and you shouldn’t expect additional praise for it.
It’s not supererogatory.
I hate that I have to say how much community service I do to get...
My human evolution professor is trying to freak us all out about swine flu. bleh.
Dinner at Pita Jungle with friends!
http://bit.ly/aKWTK http://twitpic.com/42shj
radicalism ≠ extremism
anarchy ≠ chaos
“Only a perspective and lifestyle based on true compassion can destroy the...”
– Brian A. Dominick, Animal Liberation and Social Revolution: a vegan perspective on anarchism or an anarchist perspective on veganism
“Some animal advocates think that recognition of animal rights means opposition...”
– Anna E. Charlton, Sue Coe & Gary Francione, “The American Left Should Support Animal Rights: A Manifesto” (via totalveganarchy)
“Still, although I can’t point to any of my beliefs and say ‘That is...”
– Jonathan Bennett, The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn
rt @asulgbtq Last LGBTQ Coalition meeting of the semester this Thursday at 6:00 pm in MU 240. ICE CREAM SOCIAL! pls rt.
Look at this fucking hipster →
Danced with all my beezies tonight at Queer Prom! Love you all!
Need more rest. Fell asleep in public today :-/
Charmsandlegs
I love that you are a budding feminist. <3
Torture And Murders Of Iraqi Gays Continue With... →
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has uncovered a brutal and horrific torture method being used against gay men by Iraqi militias. Roving squads are capturing men accused of being homosexual and using superglue to seal their anuses - then forcing them to consume a diarrhea-causing drink. The men then die in horrible agony.
BREAKING: student admits class grades correlate with attendence, interest in course material, study time, exclaims “D’oh!”
17 Foods With The Most Caloric Bang For Your Buck →
The info doesn’t look good for Chilis.
Prof Devlin: When it came to sex and TV, my mother shamed me into believing both were very bad. So I've never had a TV.
rt @gruber Gay marriage opponents inclde Giuliani & Gingrich, who between the 2 of them have been married 6 times. But: not yet to each othr
rt @genderfork It’s getting harder to see reflections of myself in gender-deliberate spaces.
I’m the 1st to admit that #ASU is a bureaucratic nightmare, but thank god we have an Office of Radiation Safety. http://twitpic.com/3o09z
FUCK YEAH: BJÖRK →
for Kendall Joy
I can’t really tell what’s going on since the TV is on mute, but judging by the “REVERSE RACISM” headline, I’m pretty sure it infuriates me.
Big thanks to @mutemanifesto, @kendalljoy, @d3fygravity, @ladykeelah, and @sirgimpofbaath for helping with NDoS and keeping me sane!!
Kendall: I wrote Joshua a letter.
Joshua: Was it actually a dental dam?
Kendall: Oh. Yeah.
Germany Bans Monsanto →
Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court and Berlin could face fines totalling millions of…
1,500 farmers commit mass suicide in India →
“Farmers’ suicides are increasing due to a vicious circle created by money lenders. They lure farmers to take money but when the crops fail, they are left with no option other than death.”
Afghan Women Protest New Restrictive Law →
feminision:
About 300 Afghan women, facing an angry throng three times that number, walked the streets of the capital on Wednesday to demand that Parliament repeal a new law that introduces a range of Taliban-like restrictions on women, and permits, among other things, marital rape.
wow, there was a lot of bad hair going on in the 80s.
Al Franken officially wins Minnesota Senate Seat... →
Over five months after the election, a three-judge panel has declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the Minnesota U.S. Senate race.