December 2011
15 posts
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Dec 30th
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“I took on my depression like it was the fight of my life, which, of course, it was. I became a student of my own depressed experience, trying to unthread its causes. What was the root of all this despair? Was it psychological? (Mom and Dad’s fault?) Was it just temporal, a “bad time” in my life? (When the divorce ends, will the depression end with it?) Was it genetic?...
Dec 29th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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“It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is...”
– Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Dec 21st
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Fluff pieces on news broadcasts don’t warm my heart. They make me worry about what it is the news anchors aren’t allowed to report.
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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An editorial has not fulfilled its purpose until it has pissed off at least one person.
Dec 13th
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Ten Things You Should Know About International... →
1. One in three women die or are seriously injured as a result of gender-based violence. Violence against women results in more deaths among women ages 15 to 44 than the total number of women who die because of war, malaria and cancer. 2. An estimated four million women and girls are bought and sold worldwide each year, either into marriage, prostitution or slavery. 3. One out of every six...
Dec 7th
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“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good....”
– Charlotte Whitton
Dec 7th
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“No one could argue that I hadn’t worked hard at Ole Miss. While my friends...”
– The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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“According to the Supreme Court, money is now speech and corporations are now...”
– Robert Reich (via sirmitchell)
Dec 2nd
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