January 2012
15 posts
“So keep your big asses and long legs. Keep your doctorates in comparative...”
– I’m More Of A Breast Man And Completely Worthless Human Being, Myself (via The Onion)
Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More... →
filed under “things I wish I’d read before I interviewed for my last job.”
The 5 Stupidest Habits You Develop Growing Up Poor →
True story right here.
like, 100%.
Get Over It: Men and Women Are from the Same... →
jtotheizzoe:
Agustín Fuentes shreds a recent paper from PLoS ONE that claims a litany of “sex differences” in trying to define “masculinity-femininity” at the SciAm guest blog:
“Sex” and “Gender” are not the same thing. Sex is a biological state that is measure via chromosomal content and a variety of physiological and developmental measures. Gender is the roles, expectations and perceptions...
Rep. Barney Frank is a total BAMF
cognitivedissonance:
His latest interview with The New York Times is fantastic. An excerpt:
Interviewer: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed?
Barney Frank: No.
Interviewer: Why not?
Barney Frank: Why do you ask a question, then act surprised when I give an answer? Do you think I lie to people?
Barney Frank: I thought you might explain why you...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2012-1-1) →
Fleet Foxes (7)
The Submarines (6)
Grouplove (4)
The Shins (2)
Broken Bells (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“It was a widely misinterpreted movie, I think…. People tend to say, “Why didn’t...”
– Joseph Gordon-Levitt on (500) Days of Summer (via theshadowofyoursong)
December 2011
30 posts
Tumblr Holidays 2011: I'm Dreaming Of A White...
Ohio just voted to ban abortion coverage with...
what is wrong with this state.
I am the 1% of student debt →
for anyone who lays blame into people with high student loan debt, shitty shit happens to people.
Why You Shouldn't Donate to the Salvation Army... →
greaterthanlapsed:
Since 1986 the Salvation Army has engaged in five major assaults on the LGBT community’s civil rights and attempted to carve out exemptions that would allow them to deny gays and lesbians needed services as well as employment.
When New Zealand considered passage of the Homosexual Law Reform Act in 1986, the Salvation Army collected signatures in an attempt to get the...
Drupal, why are you reformatting everything...
DRUPAL, YOU ARE DRUNK.
HOW TO DRAW CAT IN TWO EASY STEP
puppytoast:
Welfare drug-test debate rekindled in Ohio →
columbusdispatch:
A Republican state senator from Lancaster says he hopes to break “the cycle of drug-induced poverty” by requiring Ohio adults seeking welfare to first pass a drug test.
Sen. Tim Schaffer gave the first testimony yesterday on his legislation to create a drug-testing pilot program for Ohio Works First, the state’s cash-assistance program.
Similar laws have passed in Arizona,...
RHPolitics: I love pro-life twitter spam first... →
robot-heart-politics:
You may remember this guy from his earlier twitter post: pregnancy is merely an inconvenience that any pregnant person should be able to put up with.
Let’s go over some of the horrible things that can happen during pregnancy. I’ll leave out the minor ones because, well, I don’t want to take up too much of your dashboard.
Various permanent...
November 2011
12 posts
My poster at the Society for Neuroscience is...
…and I am freaking out.
Not, like butterflies nervous. Thinking about it makes me want to have a panic attack.
I am terrified that if any of my potential committee members see it they will never be on my committee because it is an embarrassment.
I don’t know. I just don’t know.
Watch
the-mtblog:
Jon Stewart took to The Daily Show last night to talk about the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal, and gave a serious commentary about how people knew of Sandusky’s abuse and didn’t do anything, as well as the recent student rioting over the firing of coach Joe Paterno.
List: Ways in Which She Could Have Blinded Me With... →
jtotheizzoe:
From McSweeney’s:
She exposed me to excessive ultraviolet radiation, which gave me terrible cataracts.
She removed all traces of vitamin A from my diet.
She launched well-targeted projectiles at my eyes, causing severe trauma.
She poisoned me repeatedly with steroids, which over time caused the formation of a pituitary tumor that pressed against my optic chiasm severing my...