May 2012
“That’s Alexis de Tocqueville. Honestly, when I searched him online, I was...”
– my Comparative Politics teacher on the following portrait
(via ajisonaquest)
1996
english: nineteen ninety six
french: thousand nine hundreds four twenties sixteen
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“You’re also starting to see new migrants coming into Mexico. For example, there...”
– Taco expert Jeffrey Pilcher responding to the question, “So at the same time, what’s happening with tacos in Mexico?” | Where Do Tacos Come From?, Smithsonian Mag
I love this story, I love food, I love my Lebanese brothers and sisters, and I love the world.
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“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– (via buildingmosaicsoutoflife)
Do you know that the House voted last night to...
bbc03indisguise:
Of course. Why would we want a rigorous and thorough understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of our system of government, right?
1 tag
Are there no liberals on tumblr?
Go through the liberalism tag and everyone is hating on it. I realize that this is rather endemic of the internet in general but damn kids, all of you?
I guess I’ll just migrate over to the utilitarianism tag
POLICY LOVERS: Economic Globalization: The Only... →
policylovers:
Economic Globalization:
The Only Option
Megan Anderson
Globalization, economists claim, is hardly a new phenomena—it’s actually been going on for centuries. Trade has been the key driver behind global economic relations throughout history. Economic globalization constitutes the…
Exactly why you SHOULDN'T listen to society.
society: Everyone's beautiful.
society: Don't eat though, you don't want to get fat.
society: You don't eat? Anorexic freak!
society: You're a size 4? You're supposed to be a size 0!
society: You're an A cup? What are you, 8?
society: You're a C cup? That's my mums size.
society: You had sex?! Slut!
society: You haven't had sex? Hah, you're frigid!
society: You don't think you're pretty? Attention seeker!
society: You think you're pretty? Conceited much?
society: You believe in gay rights? Homo!
society: You're depressed? Attention seeker!
society: You cut yourself? Still attention seeking!
society: You can't go on? How much attention do you want?!
-someone kills themself-
society: Oh, they were so beautiful! Society sucks!
Newsflash.
philosophy-of-praxis:
Being 23 feels exactly the same as being 22.
I'm so fucking angry at everyone and everything
Thanks, prof, for assigning one last thing I have to do or else I’ll fail (when I’ve checked the syllabus and it’s fucking impossible for me to get less than a 70) TWO
FUCKING
WEEKS
After the last class so I sent all my books home.
“Either greed belongs in a war zone, or it doesn’t. You can’t unleash it in the...”
– Naomi Klein (via amaranthineflux)
TV MONTH: Louie (2010 - present)
brightwalldarkroom:
LOUIE.
by Andrew Root
“This is how my brain works: It’s stupidity followed by self-hatred and then further analysis.”
– Louis C.K
1. Stupidity.
Who would approve a show like this? Who would take the structure of Seinfeld (single comedian, playing a version of himself living in New York, each show bookended by standup sets) and saturate it with dark, feverishly...