August 2011
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Writing a “satirical article” about the homeless that compares them to cockroaches, calls them all drug addicts, and accuses them of begging for your hard earned money misses the point of satire. It dehumanizes them, stereotypes them, and only serves to widen the gulf between the classes. There’s no reason to try to get a cheap laugh out of the downtrodden, especially when...
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The reboot. It just happened.
thelastofcreatures:
comicism:
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Did you feel it?
^ lol
^:D
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DarkJedi always has the best Bjork remixes, and this Crystalline remix is no exception. It’s so much fun, and is so much better than the Matthew Herbert remix.
Back at school on a campus with hundreds of...
Are there any student co-ops in the area? They won’t do much for your study skills, but are a great way to make friends.
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microaggressions:
I’m teaching summer school for middle school students in Washington Heights. My male students are lying on a couch next to each other. My assistant principal walks in and says, “What are you guys doing? That looks a little… weird.” The students spring up. Made me frustrated that an adult played off of the students’ homophobia, heartbroken for any of my queer or ally students,...
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Maroon 5 + Gay = Scissor Sisters?
Maroon 5 have recently hit me as a straight version of Scissor Sisters (well, chronologically, I should say SS are a gay version of M5). I must confess that I’m not very familiar with M5 apart from their hits and this awesome little number:
Other than this song though, they don’t sound terribly similar, other than they’re both basically pop-rock bands. Maybe it’s the...
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Sound's like...
Sounds like :
Gosh, Mika’s is even disco. Now I understand when reviewers called his material bland and generic.
(Thankyou Boing Boing for showing me Sheila)
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"…recruitment of children is absolutely necessary...
homotronic:
Heterosexuals are so consumed by the idea of homosexuals recruiting, but, i mean, they’re the ones who keep giving birth to them.
I know they assume we discuss our recruiting techniques at the big, secret, gay meetings, but honest to Judy Garland i’ve never heard these plans. SHould i be angry? Did my invitation to the meetings get lost in the mail?
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Every time Don Draper cheats, I want to dunk his head in bucket of cold water.
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