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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:55:06 -0400

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Tue, 21 May 2013 08:21:55 -0400

Top of da world.

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:49:53 -0400

Top of da world.

Grad giftsss!! Shh don’t tell. 🎉🎉

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:18:30 -0400

Grad giftsss!! Shh don’t tell. 🎉🎉

titlefightclub: iu2: Coffee stain portrait by Hong Yi are you...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:45:59 -0400

titlefightclub:

iu2:

Coffee stain portrait by Hong Yi

are you serious

blozman: mightyhunter: This 17-Year-Old Coder Is Saving...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:43:37 -0400

blozman:

mightyhunter:

This 17-Year-Old Coder Is Saving Twitter From TV Spoilers

Imagine you forget to watch a new episode of Game of Thrones the night it airs. Even if coworkers stay mum about important plot points, Twitter is abuzz with spoilers. Fortunately, there’s Twivo, a new program that allows Twitter users to censor their feeds from mentioning a certain TV show (and its characters) for a set time period. Jennie Lamere, a 17-year-old girl, invented the software last month—and won the grand prize at a national coding competition where Lamere was the only female who presented a project, and the only developer to work alone. Internet: Meet the reason we need more women in tech.

(From Mother Jones)

Get it girl.

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Wed, 15 May 2013 16:46:54 -0400

Mother’s Day walks!

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:59:03 -0400

Mother’s Day walks!

Like mother like daughter

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:55:25 -0400

Like mother like daughter

Sleepie pup.

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:46:51 -0400

Sleepie pup.

msnbc: The new Democratic senator from Massachusetts introduced...

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:26:05 -0400

msnbc:

The new Democratic senator from Massachusetts introduced her first bill Wednesday, the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, offering students temporary relief from the burden of high interest rates rates on loans.

Why I love women in Office.

In just no time at all: Well perhaps you're a man who's in search of his heart. Journey on.

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:25:13 -0400

In just no time at all: Well perhaps you're a man who's in search of his heart. Journey on.:

thattallgirl:

Residents are starting to move out…

And I feel simultaneously relieved that my RA responsibilities for this semester are almost over and kind of sad that I’m not going to live on the same floor as these lovely people next year.

Ladies, not that you read my blog, it has been a pleasure….

This is a beautiful thing; beautiful writing, beautiful thoughts, beautiful writer. Congratulations to the ever lovely middle Verria.

Seema Jilani: My Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:20:42 -0400

Seema Jilani: My Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner:

jacquesofalltrades:

Racism is sadly still alive in America, and not just in the lonely corners of the country. This post is a powerhouse, and the whole thing is worth a read..

As I left the hotel and my husband went to the ballroom for the dinner, I realized he still had my keys. I approached the escalators that led down to the ballroom and asked the externally contracted security representatives if I could go down. They abruptly responded, “You can’t go down without a ticket.” I explained my situation and that I just wanted my keys from my husband in the foyer and that I wouldn’t need to enter in the ballroom. They refused to let me through. For the next half hour, they watched as I frantically called my husband but was unable to reach him. Then something remarkable happened. I watched as they let countless other women through — all Caucasian — without even asking to see their tickets. I asked why they were allowing them to go freely when they had just told me that I needed a ticket. Their response? “Well, now we are checking tickets.” He rolled his eyes and let another woman through, this time actually checking her ticket. His smug tone, enveloped in condescension, taunted, “See? That’s what a ticket looks like.”

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Tue, 07 May 2013 20:11:43 -0400

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Tue, 07 May 2013 20:10:20 -0400

Skies out thighs out.

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:01:51 -0400

Skies out thighs out.

mattwilstein: Veep and VP take a selfie.

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:29:28 -0400

mattwilstein:

Veep and VP take a selfie.

forloveiseverlasting: Nothing but good #boston (en Mildred F....

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:55:57 -0400

forloveiseverlasting:

Nothing but good #boston (en Mildred F. Sawyer Library)

"Elie: I don’t like to compare one atrocity to another. That would be demeaning to both. Oprah:..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:23:24 -0400

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Elie: I don’t like to compare one atrocity to another. That would be demeaning to both.

Oprah: It’s an insult to all those who were involved and sacrificed their lives.

Elie: It’s an insult. Every tragedy is unique, just as every human is unique. When a person loses someone dear to her, who am I to say that my tragedy was greater? I have no right. For that person, her tragedy is the greatest in the world—and she is right in thinking so.

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- http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Oprah-Interviews-Elie-Wiesel/3#ixzz2RUX0oQd9 (via girlfallsfromthesky)

"the first word I teach my daughter will be “no” she will sing it to me and scream it at me and I..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:17:59 -0400

“the first word I teach my daughter will be “no”
she will sing it to me and scream it at me
and I will never tell her to quiet down
she will say it when I tell her to go to bed
when I tell her she can’t have anymore candy
or watch anymore television
“no” will be my daughter’s favorite word
not only will I teach her how to say it
but I will teach her to repeat it over and over
again until every single atom in her tiny little body
hums with it
If it makes her less soft than the other girls
I will take her to museums and show her
what marble and stone can become
I will brush her hair and let her wear whatever
she wants
whatever that makes her
she will know
that the world has been built upon “no’s”
upon rejections and refusals and swords
if this makes her a warrior in a field of
flowers, then she will walk without fear
of being trampled on
the first word I teach my daughter will be
“no”
and when she grows up
in a world that tells her
she can’t walk down the street by herself
that “no” will be heard
it will roar and echo down the block
and she will never be told to keep
silent
she will not know the meaning of the word.”

- The First Word I Teach My Daughter (via alonesomes)