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charliethechocolatier: teenytigress: DUCK UPDATE: IT HAS...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:22:15 -0400

teenytigress:

DUCK UPDATE: IT HAS IMPRINTED AND THINKS THIS BOY IS IT’S MOMMY. OMG

The duck has grown so much! I feel emotionally invested in his upbringing.

junryou-reblogification: Dawwwww… The puppy’s like, “Hey, may I...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:06:32 -0400

junryou-reblogification:

Dawwwww… The puppy’s like, “Hey, may I please have some grooming too?” So he ever-so-politely nudges in and licks the cat, then places his head down nicely. THEN THE CAT OBLIGES AND GROOMS HIM.

I. just. can’t. I needed this. This is cute and happy and makes me calm down about certain dumb drama going on.

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Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:37 -0400

vexenort: stripeydani: rat2rrj: more proof canon jesus is...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:38:57 -0400

vexenort:

stripeydani:

rat2rrj:

more proof canon jesus is cooler.

Canon Jesus was awesome.

fucking 4kids

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Sat, 25 May 2013 01:34:10 -0400

"I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:33:09 -0400

“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”

- Stanley Kubrick (via nezua)

liberalsarecool: We are a consumer society, not a outsourced,...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:32:42 -0400

liberalsarecool:

We are a consumer society, not a outsourced, tax haven society.

missgingerlee: shamaninasuit: Please help! Richmond, VA,...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:32:15 -0400

missgingerlee:

shamaninasuit:

Please help!

Richmond, VA, 23235

This is my cat Butterball, whom I’ve had since he was born. (I helped deliver him.) He’s a very good cat, and very important to me. However, I am going to be homeless starting on the 29th of May— I won’t have any way to support him or a place to keep him.

I love him very much, and I don’t want to take him to an animal shelter— I’d much rather see him go directly to a loving home, so I’m hoping that someone in the area can take him in. (In the future, if it’s possible, I’d really like to get him back, but as long as he’s with a loving family…)

He is an orange and white adult (older, but not elder) male cat who has been neutered. He’s very smart, and knows several words, including ‘no,’ ‘food,’ ‘snicker snacks (treats)’ ‘outside,’ and ‘lay down’. He’s litterbox trained but prefers the outside. He’s usually too lazy to hunt, but he loves to cuddle with people and is a very affectionate cat. He also loves people food, and is a terrible begger— and be careful if you have roast beef around him, he’ll go straight for it!

His health is good, but he sneezes a lot and sometimes likes wet cat food when he can get it because he is missing some teeth. (This is not a requirement, but he’ll love you for it!)

He’s a very lovely cat, and he deserves to find a loving home. Please, if you’re in the area and can possibly adopt him, please send me an ask and I’ll give you contact details to reach me. If you can’t, I humbly ask that you reblog this— I trust tumblr to help me find someone loving for him.

Signal boost, y’all.

Because Butterball.

Senate Accepts Deal to Kick Formerly Incarcerated Off Food Benefits - COLORLINES

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:31:32 -0400

Senate Accepts Deal to Kick Formerly Incarcerated Off Food Benefits - COLORLINES:

katoptrikos:

revolt-revolt:

If this amendment ends up in the farm bill and passes, it would hit African Americans particularly hard.

oh fuck

in breaking news, the world never fails to disappoint and disgust me.

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Sat, 25 May 2013 01:29:50 -0400

"We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face, they’re not stupid...."

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:26:06 -0400

“We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face, they’re not stupid. They see the loudest applause is for the kids on the field. They know teachers are paid poorly and don’t drive fancy cars. They know people plan Super Bowl parties but mock the National Spelling Bee. In other words, they see the hypocrisy, and we can’t expect society to correct itself. If we want to have any lasting influence on the way our kids approach education — the way future generations approach education — then we have to grab our pom-poms and paint our faces and celebrate intellectual curiosity with the same vigor we do their athletic achievements.”

- Why I’m raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com (via its-salah)

fuckyeahdementia: [video]

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:23:27 -0400

fuckyeahdementia:

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Sat, 25 May 2013 01:22:15 -0400

stfuconservatives: grrrl-riot: I saw this post among the slew...

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:40:52 -0400

stfuconservatives:

grrrl-riot:

I saw this post among the slew of comments on this Planned Parenthood post regarding the decision on the after 20-week abortions ban in Arizona.

It was nice to see a conservative man standing up to the anti-choice bullies on the page.

The horrors we inflict on pregnant people by forcing them to keep nonviable pregnancies are just… I mean, I can’t even imagine. This is what late-term abortion bans do. I wouldn’t wish that woman’s experience on anyone, and good on her and her father-in-law for being willing to publicly stand up for choice now.

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Fri, 24 May 2013 18:02:25 -0400

hackhaseo: hermoso lo quiero

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:29:56 -0400

hackhaseo:

hermoso lo quiero

fuckyeahdementia: “Judas Priest! My favorite band is...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:32 -0400

fuckyeahdementia:

“Judas Priest! My favorite band is Judas!”

[via]

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Fri, 24 May 2013 15:02:11 -0400

A Story on Dress Codes

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:04 -0400

Here’s a tale from my senior year, waaaaaaaaaay back when the first millenials were coming of age.

It’s about all of these dress-code violation stories I’ve been seeing on my dash, and how little things have changed, but also how smart high school students are.

One of my classmates wore a tank top to class. Details are a bit fuzzy on whether it was a regular tank top or a cami style (thin straps). Classmate was fine for a good part of the day, until one of the school’s strictest teachers took notice. Said teacher publicly humiliated her, and forced her to change into a more “appropriate” shirt.

Now this girl was fairly popular, and had a lot of guy friends. Her guy friends decided to retaliate against the school by having a “wifebeater day”, where all the boys wore basic white tank undershirts (known as wifebeaters) in solidarity of their friend. Yes the school was upset. Someone else wrote to the school paper stating that berating students for their choice in attire is way more distracting than a student choosing climate-appropriate attire to go about their day in.

fezturions: thatsnotwhathipposdo: This was the outfit I wore...

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:53:50 -0400

fezturions:

thatsnotwhathipposdo:

This was the outfit I wore to school today. I spent forever doing my hair, made an effort to actually wear makeup, wore jewelry, the whole nine yards, which I seriously never do. I wanted to get away from the normal t-shirt and jeans I usually wear so that I could take cute pictures with the Seniors on their way out of high school for the last time.

If you’ll notice, the front of the skirt is more than halfway down my thigh and I even had shorts on underneath. There’s no way anyone was seeing anything under this skirt.

At my school we have a “knee length” rule for all bottoms. I got through periods 1 through 4 with not even a comment from a teacher or administrator. All I got was compliments from many students, which made me feel awesome about myself.

In lunch, I go to the vending machine to get water. The second I turn around, there’s the Principal right in my face. “Hi there, your skirt is very pretty, but it’s way too short.”

“Well Mr.Crouch, I am pretty tall, and—“

“But that’s not what matters. I’m saying that if the sheer fabric wasn’t there, the part underneath wouldn’t be legal. So you’ve got two options, you can either go to ISS, or change into something appropriate. What do you want to do?”

“Um, well I think I might have something. I’ll change.”

“Okay, and come right back and show me what you’ve changed into.”

I knew I didn’t have anything to change into, because I’d worn this skirt before with no trouble.

I went back to my table to finish my lunch, and shortly after he approached me again.

“I thought you were going to go change?”

“I will, I just wanted to finish my lunch first.”

“Alright. And when you change, go show the front office to see if they approve.”

Now we’re standing at the door waiting to be released from lunch. Bear in mind, this will be 3 times he’s approached me in maybe a 10 minute time span.

“Are you going to change?”

“Yes, I just want to let my 5^th period teacher know where I am.”

“What’s your first name again?”

“Emily.”

“And who’s your next teacher?”

“Mrs. Solburg.”

“Which one?”

“Drama.”

“Well I’ll let Mrs. Solburg know you’re going to be a few minutes late to class, alright?”

“Okay…”

So I went to class and let Mrs. Solburg know Mr. Crouch would be coming by soon because of my skirt and that I had no intentions of changing.

He walks in the classroom through the back entrance and says, apparently before scanning the room to see if I’m even in there, “Emily is going to be a few minutes late because she’s changing clothes. Oh, is she in here?”

Duh.

“Make sure you change.”

“Alright.”

He left, and I told my teacher that I didn’t have anything to change into. We looked in her closet and couldn’t find anything that normal people would wear that was both appropriate and matched what I was wearing. I told her to not worry about it, that I’d have my mom sign me out to go home.

When I hung up with my mom, here comes Mr. Crouch again. Mrs. Solburg tells him that I am signing out because I couldn’t find anything to change into.

“Oh, well she told me she had something to change into.”

“Mr. Crouch, I said that I might.”

“No, you said you had something.”

And he walked out.

Let’s count the things that were more wrong than my skirt, shall we?

1.      Him approaching me twice while I was trying to eat in our already short lunch time

2.      Him interrupting my theatre class twice just to tell me to change

3.      The fact he said my skirt wouldn’t be “legal” without the sheer fabric, and also, why would I wear the skirt without the outer fabric?! It’s the whole skirt!

4.      My friend Melissa had been trying to schedule a meeting with him since 2^nd period to start up a donation drive for the suffering families in Oklahoma, and he was too busy following me around to help her

5.      So many Seniors were dressed way more inappropriately than me with tank tops and booty shorts

6.      I would have had to miss the Senior Walk even if I didn’t go home because I’d have been in ISS, so I didn’t get to say bye to all of my senior friends

7.      I had to disrupt my mom at work to sign me out

8.      I had to miss my last two classes when I had already been absent the previous day and needed to make up work

9.      He singled me out to the extreme, embarrassed me, and made me cry in front of my class

10.  My friend David wore shorts with a 5 inch inseam a few weeks ago and wasn’t even approached by an administrator. It was just shrugged off as him being a “silly boy”

11.  He didn’t even want to hear what I had to say about being tall (proportions, man. Put my skirt on any short girl and it would be fine. They don’t make cute skirts that are knee length on a 5’11” girl. It just doesn’t happen.), and he completely dismissed me when I said that I told him I *might* have a change of clothes, even though it was the truth

If he put just half as much effort as he did checking up on me every 5 minutes into, maybe, /running a school/, then everyone probably wouldn’t hate it so much.