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artmonia: Marta Orlowska

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:18:48 -0400

Marta Orlowska

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Wed, 22 May 2013 22:37:09 -0400

"The SAT is a scam. It has been around for 50 years. It has never measured anything. And it continues..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:47 -0400

“The SAT is a scam. It has been around for 50 years. It has never measured anything. And it continues to measure nothing. And the whole game is that everybody who does well on it, is so delighted by their good fortune that they don’t want to attack it. And they are the people in charge. Because of course, the way you get to be in charge is by having high test scores. So it’s this terrific kind of rolling scam that every so often, somebody sort of looks and says—well, you know, does it measure intelligence? No. Does it predict college grades? No. Does it tell you how much you learned in high school? No. Does it predict life happiness or life success in any measure? No. It’s measuring nothing.”

- John Katzman, founder of The Princeton Review (via thepeacefulterrorist)

But all those test prep folks sure do make a shitload of money off it.

(via eshusplayground)

javert: miss-cannabis: javert: stop calling things/people your spirit animal because it’s a...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:13:34 -0400

javert:

miss-cannabis:

javert:

stop calling things/people your spirit animal because it’s a really gross and shitty thing to say

I will never apologize for calling Randy Marsh my spirit animal.

you really should because it’s a term that really erases and twists the beliefs of many Native American people. here is a list of words that you can use instead.

youarefuckingmajestic: VANITY AS SELF CARE ALWAYS. YOU TAKE THOSE SELFIES, GIRL. SHOW THE WORLD HOW...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:31:47 -0400

youarefuckingmajestic:

VANITY AS SELF CARE ALWAYS.

YOU TAKE THOSE SELFIES, GIRL.

SHOW THE WORLD HOW FUCKING MAJESTIC YOU ARE.

HELLO GORGEOUS. How are you doing? Big hugs and bigger cups of coffee x

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:55:14 -0400

I am SO TERRIBLE at my tumblr inbox but YOU ARE AMAZING and I wish I could give you big hugs INSIDE coffee cups! xo

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY MY DEAR.

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:54:39 -0400

You are perfect.

Haaaaaa, does he know you're pretty infertile now?

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:53:47 -0400

That’s what started the “lecture”! He got an earful. We argued a bit. It was, ah, interesting!

"They ain't lose a daughter got a son"

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:50:05 -0400

satanic2chainz:

oh look, there’s jay-z dismantling patriarchal views of marriage along with taking beyonce last name but aint nobody want to talk any shit about that

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Wed, 22 May 2013 19:08:29 -0400

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Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:35 -0400

The conversation I just had with my grandpa went from “Do you remember when you were all big...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:05:56 -0400

The conversation I just had with my grandpa went from “Do you remember when you were all big about being queer?” —and upon reassurance that I was STILL queer— “But you’re a total sell-out then, dating a dude… I guess that’s good you have an identity…” and why that identity will change “once married and pregnant” to a lecture on why I should have my eggs harvested and frozen “for a rainy day” because, as you know, I’m “like a chicken, only able to lay a certain amount.”

Grandparents

youuidiotkid: you’d think by now autocorrect would know i’m saying fucking and not ducking

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:44 -0400

youuidiotkid:

you’d think by now autocorrect would know i’m saying fucking and not ducking

fuckyeahhardfemme: Art and text by me, Grace Kettenbrink Check...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:03:08 -0400

fuckyeahhardfemme:

Art and text by me, Grace Kettenbrink

Check out my other work if you like it!

http://grace-morgan-art.tumblr.com/

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Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:25 -0400

thechroniclesofrin: dollyfarton: dangerousperson: blua: Tatto...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:39:41 -0400

thechroniclesofrin:

dollyfarton:

dangerousperson:

blua:

Tattoos by Russian tattoo artist S asha based in St. Pete, Florida.

The whale one though oh my actual god need

holy shit.

woah

"A system that values obedience over curiosity isn’t education and it definitely isn’t science."

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:57 -0400

“A system that values obedience over curiosity isn’t education and it definitely isn’t science.”

- Florida Teen Tried With Felony For Trying Science

A beautiful rant about misguided public science education and how the fear of punishment kills curiosity, especially for minorities because they tend to receive harsher punishments, and for the poor because punishments end up being harsher on them when something like bail ends up putting their families even farther in debt.

(via kindofamenace)

In regards to 16 year old Kiera Wilmot’s case, there is a petition going around to drop the charges against her:

http://www.change.org/petitions/the-bartow-police-and-bartow-high-school-drop-charges-against-kiera-wilmot

(via gender-and-science)

Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI’s Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorist List | Democracy Now!

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:16:21 -0400

Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI’s Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorist List | Democracy Now!:

iinventedeverything:

the FBI’s actions is an open invitation to apprehend or kill assata shakur. (lennox hinds, assata shakur’s attorney)

(keep in mind, shakur is still considered an *active terrorist threat* by the FBI—even tho what she has done in the past 30 years has been to write and give speeches. it is, as angela davis says, an act of terrorism by the FBI—it’s an attempt to terrify young organizers such that they don’t organize for change.)

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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:34:26 -0400

Ursa Major ♀: fromonesurvivortoanother: i don’t like the whole “you can’t love...

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:52:36 -0400

Ursa Major ♀: fromonesurvivortoanother: i don’t like the whole “you can’t love...:

fromonesurvivortoanother:

i don’t like the whole “you can’t love someone until you learn to love yourself” idea because uhhh

wow people who are hurt and abused and damaged deserve love just as much as someone else

love generally does not work when it’s one-sided. love is the interaction…