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May
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I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

Feb
11th
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Reminder - keep winning tickets to amazing shows by fave bands. So so the essence of rock stars. 

Feb
10th
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10% rad fem brain

childbirth is the oppression of all womankind. 

Jan
3rd
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"The whole airplane rule of 'put your oxygen mask on first, then help the person next to you' is a great metaphor for life" -Mindy Kaling
Dec
28th
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Last.fm stats

Top Artists, last 12 months:

1. Das Racist (119 plays)
2. Florence + The Machine (65 plays)
3. Best Coast (44 plays)
4. Arcade Fire (43 plays)
5. Adele (41 plays)
6. Feist (36 plays)
7. PJ Harvey (32 plays)
8. Basia Bulat, Shabazz Palaces, Lana Del Rey (27 plays each)

Huh.

Dec
17th
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thought fragment to be expanded

Travel is a privilege, not a right. The world is not your fucking oyster. It is a collective of living, breathing, working, laughing, suffering organisms. And they do not all look like you. And they do not all share your viewpoints and your experiences. And they sure as hell don’t appreciate being your Third World Muses. 

Dec
5th
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not-megan:

1990 Simpsons on the 95%.

(Source: meganpotentially, via simpsonian)

Oct
24th
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Sometimes I feel really left out, and stupidly lucky, when I read feminist blog posts on women in the workplace. Apparently, health research is one of the few occupational fields where patriarchal standards of professional beauty do not apply. My co-workers are some of the frumpiest, smartest ladies around town. 

Sep
1st
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nehrujackets: Now that I’ve had some of my old family photos scanned (some in India and some that help construct a diasporic narrative) I need to figure out how to incorporate them into something I can sell to white people as Art. This is where the real creativity comes into play. It’s also hard to not to Tumblr every one of these photos.

nehrujackets:

Now that I’ve had some of my old family photos scanned (some in India and some that help construct a diasporic narrative) I need to figure out how to incorporate them into something I can sell to white people as Art. This is where the real creativity comes into play. It’s also hard to not to Tumblr every one of these photos.

Jul
13th
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http://www.thestar.com/article/1023979--mallick-some-toronto-schoolgirls-are-always-second-rate#article

This shit is so difficult. Some thoughts:

- Yes, Islam can be misogynistic. We get it, journalists. As can every other organized religion. And non-religion! Patriarchy is omnipresent. But fine - I’l admit that Islam’s growing pains in the West are concerning me more and more. I need to hear more voices between the extremes.

- But but, there are mosques where men and women pray side by side! There are queer Muslim prayer groups! Why are they never profiled in the MSM? 

- Religion and schools generally shouldn’t mix. But religious children do go to public schools, as we should want them to. The last thing we want is for them to feel alienated by public education.

- Journalists are assholes - way to embarrass a 17-year old girl by publishing and making fun of her email. Muslim women really don’t require the pity and ridicule of first-world feminists. REALLY.

- I want someone reasonable to write an article about this. A Muslim woman - is that too much to ask?