August 2011
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The Best of Blog - 1000notes.com: no shit. →
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This weekend I was told a story which, although I’m kind of ashamed to admit it, because holy shit is it ever obvious, is kind of blowing my mind.
A friend of a friend won a free consultation with Clinton Kelly of What Not To Wear, and she was very excited, because she has a…
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i swear to find the sun: When I say I'm... →
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speakfortheweak:
It doesn’t mean I’m religious. Because I’m not. It doesn’t mean I hate LGBT community. Because I am a supporter. It doesn’t mean I force women to give birth. Because I never will. Take what you want from my blog, but never assume I’m just your…
February 2010
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November 2009
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October 2009
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"Date-rape drugs are largely an urban myth used as... →
The study this article was written about was published in the British Journal of Criminology. May I repeat - a criminology journal. Yes, this is the kind of thinking that apparently goes on in the legal system, and suddenly it makes sense how horribly “alleged” rape victims are treated when they try to come forward.
I don’t know a single woman who hasn’t personally...
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Domestic Abuse Victims Struggle To Find Insurance →
It completely blows my mind that having been abused by an intimate could somehow disqualify you for health insurance. Talk about victim-blaming! I’m not sure how often it happens - the article says it’s unknown - but the fact that it has or could happen at all is definitely enough to cause outrage.
Today on the news I also read that a large baby was denied health insurance because...
homelessness: another area where we have chosen a...
abbyjean:
the united way of greater los angeles recently performed a homeless cost study (pdf) to do an in-depth analysis and comparison of people who were chronically homeless before and after being placed in permanent supportive housing. the study tracked the social services used by the group before and after housing placement to determine the cost-effectiveness of housing the homeless.
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September 2009
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Early Risers Crash Faster Than People Who Stay Up... →
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Early birds may get the best worms—or at least the best garage sale deals—but they also tire out more quickly than night owls do. In a new study researchers Christina Schmidt and Philippe Peigneux, both at the University of Liège in Belgium, and their colleagues first asked 16 extreme early risers and 15 extreme night owls to spend a week following their natural sleep schedule....
The Radical Honesty Movement →
What if we did just say what we were really thinking?
I try to be as honest as possible in my close relationships, and I’ve found that it makes people closer. It makes me feel happier, too, in the end. Anything is better than being passive aggressive.
However, there IS a difference between honesty and tactlessness… a difference that I’m not sure everyone knows about…
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WatchGreg Giraldo - “Not Hispanic Enough”
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Ok, about this speech our president recently gave... →
Whoa! How did a simple plan to make a PSA encouraging kids to stay in school and work hard get people so paranoid about a potential socialist brainwashing session? And then someone actually thought of giving schools the ability to opt-out, and some schools did?
To my confusion, my father actually did consider opting-out my brother - who is 17, and a senior in high school. And I don’t get...
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WatchMegan Mooney - “Drunk Racing”
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