By now you’ve likely seen his amazing rant.
The Duncanville High School student who erupted on his lazy teacher for handing out “a freaking packet, yo!” has been identified, and Jeff Bliss says he has no regrets: “No, not at all, I believe somebody needed to say this,” he told News650. WATCH THIS COOL INTERVIEW HERE.
THIS! THIS! THIS!
ALL. DAY. LONG!
—On May 10, 1993, Andrew Sullivan published his seminal essay “The Politics of Homosexuality,” which changed the course of gay rights and presaged many of the modern debates on marriage equality. (via explore-blog)
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Brilliant, just brilliant: NRA youth magazine recommends kids build indoor home shooting ranges.
I only WISH this were a farce.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH US?!?!?!?!?!?!!
Mapping the sudden move towards marriage equality between 1970 and 2012, in an animated GIF. Compare and contrast with a map of European laws about LGBT marriage.
Now that the numbers are in on same-sex marriage, many Republicans are falling like dominos all over themselves to express their support for something that only a few months ago they steadfastly claimed to stand against. They’ll probably soon claim that this is how they felt all along, and they were simply too hamstrung by politics to be able to say what they really meant. Well, okay. In the spirit of openheartedness and what life is really all about, I’ll go so far as to say that the fear of others may mask some deep-seated desire to understand, and maybe even to love. Because really, what is there to be afraid of?For Mother’s Day, the New Yorker celebrates marriage equality with this heart-warming cover of a two-mom family by cartoonist extraordinaire Chris Ware.
My family has one mom.
This one has two.
BOTH homes are filled with love and happy children.
And in my home, LOVE is our abiding family value.
Moose is ready for an evening stroll.
Joe Hanson examines the sciences of what it is about music that makes us feel all those feelings. Pair with 7 essential books about music, emotion, and the brain.
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Georgia O’Keeffe
This one’s for Sam. ;-)
—Janice Galloway, The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
Then there are the frequent and often inane searches for lyrics. Paul working on “Get Back”:
Joe-Joe left his home in Tucson,
Arizona but he knew it couldn’t lastPaul: No, that won’t do … class, bass, mass, what about looking for another blast.
Ringo: Thought it was going to be a gas.
Paul: Hoping he would find a gal.
Paul: It’s just a little production (sings):
Oh Commonwealth?
John (sounding like a Boston matron): Yes?
The Beatles twelfth and final album Let It Be was released 43 years ago today. Read about the making of the Beatles’ last film and album.
Committing to one path is hard when your journey’s been so crooked.
Here we go…
I resigned from my job yesterday as a matter of principle. I was given a letter to type by a senior secretary to the auditing firm that had recently been in our books. A woman headed up the team of accountants at our company for several weeks.
The letter was opened to “Gentlemen.” I changed it to “Greetings.” I was told that the letter must be redone because it was the policy of the company to use the salutation “Gentlemen.” I was told that management determined company policy, not uppity secretaries who didn’t know their place. I decided to resign and didn’t redo the letter.
I’m looking for another job, but I did raise quite a few eyebrows and, hopefully, someone’s consciousness.
Name Withheld
September 12, 1982
—One of the small acts of courage and defiance that sparked the Second Wave of Feminism and paved the way for much of what we take for granted today. (via explore-blog)
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