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Cross your fingers
I’ve got two tests in the next few hours that I haven’t studied for enough because I’ve had a migraine almost every day for the past 3 weeks. ***UPDATE*** That didn’t go very badly at all 🙂
In their dreams: only rich white people get to vote
Losing your house because the economy sucks? Hoping to vote for someone who’s going to do something about the sitution? Guess what? The Republicans are going to make sure you don’t [via Feministing]. The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Michigan, a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to […]
Overturning Roe v. Wade: killing babies AND women
In light of the fact that John McCain thinks Roe v. Wade should be overturned and it looks like many people are actually going to vote for him, I thought I’d remind you why overturning Roe v. Wade is a very very bad idea. I’ve written about it before, but this pre-Roe v. Wade doctor […]
Handwriting
Natt Nightly wrote about handwriting and gender the other day. I don’t think my gender would be identified by someone just from my handwriting (though two choices does give anyone pretty good odds). I do associate both neater and more rounded handwriting with feminine and messy or almost childish handwriting with masculine. I’m not sure […]
Weekly top 5
Santogold – Santogold Deb Talan – A Bird Flies Out Deb Talan – Something Burning Deb Talan – Sincerely The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
What I’ve noticed
From what I observed growing up in the South, I’d say this has a lot more to do with racism than class. Sarah Palin charged rape victims for their own rape kits. As Majikthise puts it Do fraud victims have to pay for forensic audits? Do banks have to pay the police to watch the […]
Books
What I’m actually reading vs. what I’d like to be reading.