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polianarchy: Would.

polianarchy:

Would.


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Live and LetGive: Calling all App Developers, Game Developers, and Hackers,

letgive:

LetGive is inviting you to take place in our first annual LetGive “Hack For Good” contest—the first time (well, to our knowledge!) that developers can build an app or game in support of a charity of your choice. The contest will take place during the month of September, with a kick-off event…


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feel the illinoise: Real Women

transitive-propertiesss:

Real women do not have curves. Real women do not look like just one thing.

Real women have curves, and not. They are tall, and not. They are brown-skinned, and olive-skinned, and not. They have small breasts, and big ones, and no breasts whatsoever.

Real women…

(Source: madamelic, via roald-darling)


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nom-chompsky: coooooool Are there gif t-shirts yet? 

nom-chompsky:

coooooool

Are there gif t-shirts yet? 


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I’ve had librarians say to me, “People in my school don’t agree with homosexuality, so it’s difficult to have your book on the shelves.” Here’s the thing: Being gay is not an issue, it is an identity. It is not something that you can agree or disagree with. It is a fact, and must be defended and represented as a fact.

To use another part of my identity as an example: if someone said to me, “I’m sorry, but we can’t carry that book because it’s so Jewish and some people in my school don’t agree with Jewish culture,” I would protest until I reached my last gasp. Prohibiting gay books is just as abhorrent…

Discrimination is not a legitimate point of view. Silencing books silences the readers who need them most. And silencing these readers can have dire, tragic consequences. Never forget who these readers are. They are just as curious and anxious about life as any other teenager.

David Levithan - Supporting Gay Teen Literature (via cake-light)

SERIOUSLY!  I’m sick of LGBTQ culture being treated as just some political issue.  Queer people aren’t just a handful of people who want to get married, okay?  We’re real, and we’re fucking important, and we need to be represented accurately and positively in the media and on the book shelf, especially in schools, where kids are still discovering who they are and maybe they feel really alone and they need a book they can relate to …

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it says a lot about the age of internet

nom-chompsky:

that i’m already tired of hearing about a story (weiner press conference) before a lot of people have even heard about it for the first time

Totally.


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almondlace: Good mornin’.

almondlace:

Good mornin’.

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Education spending per child in twelve different countries compared to literacy and test score rates.

Education spending per child in twelve different countries compared to literacy and test score rates.