October 2011
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September 2011
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"That's not our demographic.": American Apparel... →
extrawiggleroom:
This evening (September 13) at around 7:30 PM, I received an email from Iris Alonzo. I had not intended to share any quotes or specific content from this email with anyone, other than to explain that American Apparel had declined to offer me a prize for receiving the most votes in their…
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“Most women spent a good deal of their lives plowing, hoeing, and picking cotton....”
– Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow by Jacqueline Jones (page 15)
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Your Vision Breathes Life Into My Soul: So This Is... →
hueymcfly:
I heard the word nigger the other day.
I go to college in Maine, Brunswick to be exact. One of the northernmost places in the country. 99% white or something like that.
It’s late thursday night. My homie Tyrelle had just gotten off of work and we were looking for something to do for the first…
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“If working women earned the same as men (those who work the same number of...”
– (National Women’s Law Center)
Just for all those people who keep trying to claim that paying women the same amount as equivalent men is an unimportant issue to society.
(via lucypaw)
aaaand again no one talks about race in this quote, despite the article. what working women vs what working men?...
New Model Minority: Anyone calling teaching a... →
mauricecherry:
agracelamb:
Needs to teach a class. It’s more than a desk job, it’s more than a day job, it’s HARD. It’s a job that takes over your life and is incredibly demanding.
I realize doctor’s go to school for longer and that this isn’t the argument, but seriously. Show some…
