February 2012
“So when the Irish, when Germans, when Italians were coming, and they didn’t...”
– Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Race-The Power of an Illusion (via volviomarilia)
Fuck Yeah Sociology!: HELP! →
thesetvcoupleskeepkillingme:
Tumblrs,
I am a sociology major and im working on my capstone project for Data Analysis. We are required to survey 300 undergraduates. My survey has been IRB approved but I have come to a standstill and not enough people have been taking my online version of the…
“I am always sad, I think. Perhaps this signifies that I am not sad at all,...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via smited
)
“Making fiction for children, making books for children, isn’t something you do...”
– (via neil-gaiman)
Why don't they just install metal detectors at all...
jpegartifacts:
The gay agenda:
wake up
pray that Rick Santorum becomes gay
push straight people who are riding bikes off of their bikes
have gay lunch
go for a gay walk in the gay park
go to gay work and make gay money
go gay shopping
buy gay things
have gay dinner
pray that America will be destroyed
watch a gay television programme on a gay television set
go to sleep
have gay...
“Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.”
– David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility (via bookmania)
“Don’t attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because...”
– Ingrid (White Oleander)
BEST ADVICE EVER!!!!!
“Why does it feel so different at night? Why is it so exciting to be awake when...”
– Katherine Mansfield, “At the Bay” (via drinkmyfill)
“Everything speaks in its own way.”
– James Joyce, Ulysses (via thegirlandherbooks)
“It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the...”
– -John Green.
On his twitter account.
(via epicjohngreenquotes)
“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who...”
– Amy Poehler (via stupidhandshakeything
)
Minorities Are More Generous Than Whites, Study... →
darling80m:
This isn’t news, and especially not to those from communities of color, but it’s good to share:
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) released a new report, “Cultures of Giving: Energizing and Expanding Philanthropy by and for Communities of Color”.
… Recent trends show that communities of color are giving at increasing rates and levels. For instance, 63 percent of Latino households...
“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life...”
– Emma Thompson (via theprobablestars)
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's... →
Since the 1980s, the main driver of Finnish education policy has been the idea that every child should have exactly the same opportunity to learn, regardless of family background, income, or geographic location. Education has been seen first and foremost not as a way to produce star performers, but as an instrument to even out social inequality.
In the Finnish view, as Sahlberg describes it,...
“We have to make the best out of a bad situation”
– Rick Santorum, on why, if a person is raped, she or he should bear their rapist’s child. (via goodreasonnews)
FUCK YOU RICK SANTORUM. HOW ABOUT YOU GIVE HER THE OPTION OF GETTING AN ABORTION AND TRYING TO MOVE ON WITH HER LIFE?