January 2011
6 posts
Give Peace A Chance.: What's Happening in Egypt... →
promotingpeace:
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai peninsula, is in Asia….
A primer for people who are not at all acquainted with the starting...
a grammar: offended by rank OBJECTIFICATION of... →
agrammar:
There is this thing currently going around tumblr about why dating a writer is good. I think it’s nice that this thing is going around, because I like writers, and lots of us could use more dates. As a writer who has dated people, though — including other writers — I would like to offer some…
Clients From Hell: The Asshole Lawyer Boyfriend →
clientsfromhell:
[I’m not a designer but the attorney hired by a designer. I’m informing the client over the phone that he’s being sued for not paying the amount specified.]
Me: “Good afternoon, my name is [xxx], representing [designer] and [company]. We’re calling about payment that has not yet been…
How You Shop When You Are Poor
elfstaranymore:
I had to put this behind a cut because it’s way long for Tumblr, but I really hope you’ll read it because I think it’s a very important post.
I started discussing this a little bit here, but I wanted to expand on the idea of how shopping on a very tight budget works, because obviously some people have no idea. I will add the caveat that this is how shopping was done in my...
“This is rape culture at work. This is why we object to events you consider...”
– Trolls defend Assange against rape accusations by threatening rape : The Hathor Legacy (via alisdee)
Healing Sakina: confession: i am completely... →
healingsakina:
i have difficult relations with other women too. yeah, damn, relationships/friendships/dealing with other humans requires effort and thoughtfulness.
but really?
“girls are stupid”/”girls are boring”/”girls are all just skanks”/etc.
(because the folks saying things like this aren’t satisfied…