June 2011
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NY Marriage Bill Passes →
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Senator Stephen M. Saland, a Poughkeepsie Republican, became the critical 32nd vote, telling his colleagues in an emotional address that he believed the issue came down to a question of equality.
—The New York Times, “New York Gay Marriage Bill Gains Key Votes”
I never switched my Maryland voter registration to New York while at Vassar, but I know lots of people who...
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Ah, family.
Certain people in my extended family need to learn, that when you tell a story, and you mention someone’s race or ethnicity, but that detail has no bearing on the point of the story, that doing so is racist and ethnocentric.
A paraphrased example: “I was at an info session for business school, and there was this Indian guy who was in his 40s, quit practicing medicine and wants to go...
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"Bus tour?" said Sarah Palin. "What bus tour? I... →
Grammar? said Sarah Palin, What Grammar? I don’t know of any rules for the real American sentences or ideas or prepositions, who I talk of.
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Operation Birthright | International | The... →
This is true, but it’s not news. Most progressive Jews already know that Birthright is just a propaganda tour.
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Seeing Teenagers As We Wish They Were: The Debate... →
I read a lot of dark stuff as a teen, especially dark fantasy books, stuff about wars between worlds and apocalypse and stuff like that. And you know, it actually made me feel like I could get through my own life. I was on medication for depression and anxiety disorder in middle- and high-school, I hated my therapist and ate whenever I was bored because I just couldn’t think of better...
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“You know what? Based on how you eat pizza, Donald, I wanna see your long-form...”
– JON STEWART, on Donald Trump’s incorrect New York City pizza-eating style, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
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