October 2010
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Oct 15th
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Is "whore" the N-word for women? - Joan Walsh →
And I have to say, most women I know don’t think whore is anything like the N-word. The only word that I’d say comes close, with its power to demean and shock, is that nasty C-word. If Brown or an aide had [said] Whitman got her eBay job for trading sexual favors for power, that would be outrageous, whether or not they used the word whore. Suggesting she may be trading a political position for...
Oct 14th
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“Religion gives you bad reasons to be good, when there are better reasons”
– Sam Harris, author of The Moral Landscape,  The Daily Show, October 4th 2010
Oct 5th
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TheChicagoRose: LIST:10 Things That Are Only... →
thechicagorose: Crazy to think that my little college bubble will soon be bursting. I’ve made an entire lifetime worth of memories and in looking back (‘cause y’all know all I do is reflect), I can only shake my head at some of the things I thought were okay. Things that were in fact NOT okay, but only ACCEPTABLE… I’m not doing college correctly… I only have one year left, I...
Oct 4th
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