June 2012
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WatchNick Offerman aka Ron Swanson…my hero.
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The Supreme Court Just Upheld the Affordable Care...
Here are some of the incredibly important protections and opportunities the Affordable Care Act offers women.
Being a woman is no longer a “pre-existing condition.” Yes, women were denied coverage for just being women before the Affordable Care Act was law.
Insurance companies can’t charge you more for being a woman either. Before the Affordable Care Act was law, women were...
12 Most Insightful Quotes from Mr. Rogers →
teachingliteracy:
amandaonwriting:
1. “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.”
2. “Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of...
Emergency Petition - - Demand a Fracking-Free New...
The Department of Environmental Conservation’s plans to begin fracking in New York leaked to the New York Times. It’s not pretty. The plans would allow fracking to begin right away in New York’s Southern Tier — one of the poorest parts of upstate New York. But we believe that a child in Broome County deserves clean water just as much as a child in Manhattan. Gov. Cuomo and the DEC are...
“The axe forgets, the tree remembers…”
– Ether Eden just posted something with this as the caption. So. Good.
A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words
truthmagic:
A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words
smallzoo:
Cheiloproclitic - Being attracted to someones lips. Quidnunc - One who always has to know what is going on. Ultracrepidarian - Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge. Apodyopis - The act of mentally undressing someone. Gymnophoria - The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you. Tarantism -...
“So this is a call for each of you to remember herself and himself, to reach for...”
– Audre Lorde (via blacqueerwomyn)
“Leptin raises a big question: did the food industry knowingly create foods that...”
– Why Our Food Is Making Us Fat - Jacques Paretti for The Guardian UK
Willy C: that's real. There's a dude that I used to be friends with
that i haven't talked to in a while
that I'm not that close with
that I'm not that juiced about seeing
staying with me this weekend
so get juiced off that shit
“Don’t trust anyone who can’t apologize.”
– David Scott (via colinresponse) the homie d scott knows (via creelfish)
“Sometimes it’s good to grow a tough hide, but when I hear people say that they...”
– Fiona Apple (via pitchfork)
#SelfEsteemFriday
