February 2012
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“People who urge you to be realistic generally want you to accept their version...”
– Unknown (via ageofreason)
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Texas taking health care away from 130,000 poor... →
The rule, signed by Commissioner Tom Suehs on Thursday, takes effect March 14. Unless some last-minute agreement is brokered, the program, which receives $9 in federal funds for every $1 in state funds, will be either phased out or cut off by the end of March. At least 130,000 poor Texas women will lose access to cancer screenings, well-woman exams and contraception.
“No one’s politics should...
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The Box: Americans these days. →
gracedyetunrequited:
So that new movie Brave by Pixar. Looks like a good movie. Great characters. Great story.
But something about it irks me.
It looks like all Pixar did was take a tradition breaking feminist and put them in 10th century Scotland. Disney’s been into this feminist thing…
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ROBOTS, FISH, etc.: Woman in Comedy: A really... →
gabydunn:
Part of me thinks it’s too soon to be writing about this because I don’t think I’ve completely processed how I feel, but I also think maybe this has happened to other women and I should talk about it in as raw a way as possible. I’m still really embarrassed and ashamed and garbled…
Art and Superheroines: Psylocke as Drawn by Greg... →
dresdencodak:
Costume and character designs are just part of effective characterization in comic art. How those elements are portrayed are just as important, and a solid execution can make even a mediocre design work. ComicsAlliance has put up a great comparison of two artists depicting the same superheroine in wildly different forms, one being bizarrely sexualized to the detriment of all else...
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“Some of America’s poorest communities – many of them with spotty broadband...”
– How Post Office Closings Could Increase Economic Inequality
The Postal Service is not even exploring the economic effect that its office closings will have. And the closing under review would hardly save the USPS any money. In fact, “closing all of the post offices under consideration would save...
dont play a game called SCP-087
boxotron:
davespritebudgie:
all it is is stairs
just stairs
forever
but then….
after a longtime of cranking noises, hissing and creepy noises…
just…
you see something
seriously what is that?
its just a white floating-
NOPE NOPE NOPE N OPENOEPNEOPENEOPNEOEPENOEPENOEPNOPE
NOPES INTO THE STRATOSPHERE
NEVER RETURNS TO EARTH
I love the SCP shtuffs. Didn’t know about this...
The FBI Might Cut Off the Internet For Millions of... →
the title is a bit more inflammatory than it might need to be, but this is a somewhat important thing to take note of.
eschergirls:
This is an excerpt of something I wrote in my regular blog about this story:
http://www.themarysue.com/inclusion-what-jennifer-heplers-story-is-all-about/
Basically, a female video game designer did an interview 5 years ago and expressed some opinions about how video games could become more inclusive to other kinds of gamers outside the narrow niche (presumed to be hetero male...
