mom: oh be careful! the stove is hot
me: The stove is hot? The stove is hot? You have the entire English language, with its vast spectrum of adjectives to describe the stove and you settle for “hot”? You have done it a great disservice. The stove is far beyond beautiful. The stove is enamoring,…
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THE BIG PICTURE
Mustang: Nepal’s former Kingdom of Lo
- Photographer Taylor Weidman was given special permission by the government of Nepal to travel in the restricted area of Mustang. He writes, “Mustang, or the former Kingdom of Lo, is hidden in the rain shadow of the Himalaya in one of the most remote corners of Nepal.” (22 photos total)
5 Countries That Do It Better: How Sexual Prudery Makes America a Less Healthy and Happy Place
Sexual attitudes in Europe are the stuff of the Christian Right’s nightmares — yet many of those societies are better for having more open attitudes toward sexuality.
To extreme social conservatives of the far right, the word prude is not an insult — it’s a badge of honor. Prudes, they would argue, should be upheld as exemplary role models because a sexually repressive society is also a society with fewer unplanned pregnancies and fewer sexually transmitted diseases. But not only do the facts not bear that out, they also demonstrate that the exact opposite is true. Countries that embrace many of the things social conservatives detest (comprehensive sex education, pro-gay legislation, nude or topless beaches, legal or decriminalized prostitution, adult entertainment) tend to be countries that have less sexual dysfunction than the United States, not more. And when one compares sexual attitudes in the United States to sexual attitudes in Western Europe, it becomes evident that there is a strong correlation between social conservatism and higher rates of teen pregnancy, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases.
I’m going to start responding to every ‘bisexuals are selfish/greedy’ comment with pictures of myself laughing and eating delicious food that you can’t have
First Book wants to give away 1 MILLION BOOKS TO KIDS IN NEED OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS. Here’s the catch: We want the world to know about the issue of illiteracy and how they can help us fight it. In support of our effort, we will give away a book for every “re-blog”, “retweet”, and “share” we get of this message on twitter, tumblr and facebook. Get to sharing.
COME ON TUMBLR.
WE CAN DO THIS.
can we get a link that actually directs to this survey?
It’s http://yahoo.com Scroll down
oopsiessss
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO
c’mon tumblr you’re breaking my bawls
come on guys. scroll down its on the right side
it’s already gone up a percent, keep reblogging this jank
Tumblrbombing the fuck out of this. It’s a major website so it’s gonna be harder than tumblrbombing a local news site. Please go help change this.
I hate the options. Just “Yes or no”, none of that “no, boys and girls are different” bias. FUCK YOU YAHOO.
Yes is up to 17% now.
Reblogging again!
These percentages are still shitty, guys. Tumblr bombers, go!
I’m annoyed with how many people hate the ideas, with how many people are calling liberals out. I read the article and didn’t see the poll for this particular topic. There was a poll for patriotism. :(
My partner’s remix. Have a listen, show some support.
What History Should Teach Us About Blockading Iran
“It’s a policy fierce enough to cause great suffering among Iranians — and possibly in the long run among Americans, too. It might, in the end, even deeply harm the global economy and yet, history tells us, it will fail on its own. Economic war led by Washington (and encouraged by Israel) will not take down the Iranian government or bring it to the bargaining table on its knees ready to surrender its nuclear program. It might, however, lead to actual armed conflict with incalculable consequences.
The United States is already effectively embroiled in an economic war against Iran. The Obama administration has subjected the Islamic Republic to the most crippling economic sanctions applied to any country since Iraq was reduced to fourth-world status in the 1990s. And worse is on the horizon. A financial blockade is being imposed that seeks to prevent Tehran from selling petroleum, its most valuable commodity, as a way of dissuading the regime from pursuing its nuclear enrichment program.
Historical memory has never been an American strong point and so few today remember that a global embargo on Iranian petroleum is hardly a new tactic in Western geopolitics; nor do many recall that the last time it was applied with such stringency, in the 1950s, it led to the overthrow of the government with disastrous long-term blowback on the United States. The tactic is just as dangerous today.”
Read on.
This quote needs to be spread around more; I don’t think enough people understand this.
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Meu Jack ♥
Summer of 2011 I was visiting a friend, we headed out to the beach and after being told “its not jellyfish season!” I got stung by a jellyfish. Thus leading to my obsession with jellyfish. I decided...
