January 2012
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Reflections and Hope « Greater Than Lapsed →
What was the best thing that happened to you in... →
December 2011
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11 Quotes From 2011
think-progress:
1. “There’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won.” — Warren Buffett
2. “Gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights.” — Hillary Clinton
3. “Today, we are all Troy Anthony Davis. Tonight, a little piece of all of us will die.” — Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
4. “Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who’ve been...
Just finished watching the first series of...
This was the best decision I’ve made this week.
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“The function of high school, then, is not so much to communicate knowledge as to...”
– Jules Henry (via cultureofresistance)
kateinalabcoat replied to your post: In other news, I cut the roof of my mouth on a…
DANG I LITERALLY JUST ATE ONE O’ DEM SUCKAS
This is what I get for biting them instead of sucking on them.
So much pain.
In other news, I cut the roof of my mouth on a Tootsie Roll Pop, and it HURTS SO MUCH.
Keys to being successful in the United States:
Privilege
Luck
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Hard work doesn’t hurt, but being able to work hard is a function of privilege and luck.
rabal840 replied to your post: So, I officially have a job now. Filling out paperwork on Tuesday.
how comes u did not have a job in 3years??????????
I did have jobs, but it was primarily temp work, and some of it was part time. Then I was unemployed for several months in early 2011 before getting the temp position that has led to the permanent position I will be entering next week.
I was a...
People need to stop buying the idea that the US...
“This is very sad. Teaching children that war is never a good idea is a very...”
– 1-Star Review of Alice Walker’s children’s book War is Never a Good Idea
Yes, you read that right. Teaching children that war is bad is EXACTLY like teaching them that Hitler was good.
Makes perfect sense.
So, I officially have a job now. Filling out...
The prospect of being fully employed (not unemployed or under-employed) for the first time in over three years is pretty darn exciting.
Report: Rich-poor gap growing - Mackenzie Weinger... →
The SSA said 50 percent of workers made less than $26,364 last year — and most Americans have fewer job opportunities available to them. But the wealthiest Americans are relatively unscathed, with those earning $1 million or more jumping 18 percent from 2009.
Total employment fell again last year, dropping from 150.9 million in 2009 to 150.4 million in 2010. And in 2007, at the height of the...
“Finally, if your solution to sexist abuse on the internet is, “Just don’t let...”
– You are awful, too « Kate Harding
“What is a non-bitch anyway? She is like the unicorn: a myth, a fantasy that some...”
– Ellen Snortland (via lavender-labia)
“You know, in Western cultures, we give a lot of lip service to motherhood. We...”
– Lauren Bruce
“To many, pregnancy and parenthood is the punishment teen moms should bear for...”
– Lauren Bruce
“Sadly, forced sterilization programs often take root under the guise of...”
– femonomics: Involuntary Sterilization, Cowboy Doctors, and the West in Africa
“When the topic of misogyny comes up, and men change the subject, it trivializes...”
– Why “Yes, But” Is the Wrong Response to Misogyny | Greta Christina’s Blog
“Each person who ever was or is or will be has a song. It isn’t a song that...”
– Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
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I'm increasingly convinced that the reason that...
kateinalabcoat:
greaterthanlapsed:
Which is not to downplay the marginalization of atheists, which is very real, but it does create a problem, especially for women. The outright hostility and blatant misogyny I see among (predominantly white, male) atheists is disheartening, and the internalized misogyny among so many atheist women who are trying to fit in and be taken seriously is just...
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I'm increasingly convinced that the reason that...
liberalchristian:
greaterthanlapsed:
Which is not to downplay the marginalization of atheists, which is very real, but it does create a problem, especially for women. The outright hostility and blatant misogyny I see among (predominantly white, male) atheists is disheartening, and the internalized misogyny among so many atheist women who are trying to fit in and be taken seriously is just...
Gah. You would think after almost 15 years in the...
Not so, actually.
This is what I get for spending my entire adult life working at dead-end jobs.
My last 3 years have been spent in temp positions, and the 6 years before that were at a restaurant, which isn’t really applicable even if I was still in touch with anyone that I worked with there.
It’s so depressing.
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I'm increasingly convinced that the reason that...
woody:
greaterthanlapsed:
Which is not to downplay the marginalization of atheists, which is very real, but it does create a problem, especially for women. The outright hostility and blatant misogyny I see among (predominantly white, male) atheists is disheartening, and the internalized misogyny among so many atheist women who are trying to fit in and be taken seriously is just...
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I'm increasingly convinced that the reason that...
mynameisjuthika:
greaterthanlapsed:
Which is not to downplay the marginalization of atheists, which is very real, but it does create a problem, especially for women. The outright hostility and blatant misogyny I see among (predominantly white, male) atheists is disheartening, and the internalized misogyny among so many atheist women who are trying to fit in and be taken seriously is just...
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I'm increasingly convinced that the reason that...
grrspit:
mynameisjuthika:
greaterthanlapsed:
Which is not to downplay the marginalization of atheists, which is very real, but it does create a problem, especially for women. The outright hostility and blatant misogyny I see among (predominantly white, male) atheists is disheartening, and the internalized misogyny among so many atheist women who are trying to fit in and be taken seriously is...
“This gaping maw, the prison system, doesn’t chew people up and spit them out...”
– Juvenile Offenders: Farming the Next Generation of Prisoners – this ain’t livin’
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I'm increasingly convinced that the reason that...
Which is not to downplay the marginalization of atheists, which is very real, but it does create a problem, especially for women. The outright hostility and blatant misogyny I see among (predominantly white, male) atheists is disheartening, and the internalized misogyny among so many atheist women who are trying to fit in and be taken seriously is just heartbreaking.
“There are things one loses in giving up God, and they are not insignificant....”
– Good Minus God: The Moral Atheist - NYTimes.com (via morefunthanbeingsad)
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Looking for Great Movies for Kids « Greater Than... →
squashed replied to your quote: “Before, what I believed, what Chinese people…
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To clarify, Christians are not evil, at least not moreso than any other people, and people in general are a mixed bag. Christianity isn’t even necessarily more evil than any other religion or philosophy.
However, the central tenet of Christianity, namely that humanity is fundamentally, totally depraved...
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“They say that the smartest thing Satan ever did was to convince people that he...”
– Everything In The Medicine Cabinet Has Expired: On Evil
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“Before, what I believed, what Chinese people believe, is that people are...”
– Chinese Atheists Lured to Find Jesus at U.S. Christian Schools - Businessweek
There is so, so much wrong in this article, but this is the part that makes me want to weep.
Christianity is fucking evil.
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“NBC’s Saturday Night Live this weekend predictably did a sketch mocking...”
– Noel Sheppard @ Newbusters
Right. That’s definitely what that meant.
“The US is an oppressive police state that has substandard social care, an...”
– Clopper, via reddit (via darklydreamingd)
