February 2012
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Cameroon: The Cardiopad - an African Invention to... →
theafricatheynevershowyou:
A young Cameroonian engineer has built the first fully touch screen medical tablet that could soon save many African lives. He first has to find the necessary funding to mass-produce the device.
In a country that has only 30 heart surgeons for more than 20 million people, the dream of Arthur Zang, a 24-year-old Cameroonian engineer, is to facilitate the treatment of...
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“I don’t think it’s a virtue or an accomplishment to hide or deny your pain so...”
– #186: The lie of “strength.” « CaptainAwkward.com (via notemily)
Which is why “strong black woman” has never been a goddamn compliment. It is code for “Thank you for being a mule.”
(via crankyskirt)
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More reasons to hate Republicans: they voted...
fuckyeahfeminists:
I am raging so fucking hard this morning. I can’t even.
From the New York Times:
Even in the ultrapolarized atmosphere of Capitol Hill, it should be possible to secure broad bipartisan agreement on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, the 1994 law at the center of the nation’s efforts to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The law’s renewal...
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“Through the process of socialization we learn to be sexist, even if throughout...”
– Stop Being A Bitch! A look at Sexism in Insults | Lawsonry (via sociolab)
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質問!
kittycasscats:
I need to eat. I need it to stop being so cold outside. I need to get laid, like legit LAID, sooner rather than later.
What’s a girl got to do to have really amazing, open, communicative, dirty sex with a guy who isn’t hideous, selfish, immature, or sexist?!
This is a legitimate question I would like to see answered. The guy who I made out with at the Castle…
No. I...
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Capitaliracism? Not a word, perhaps, but true.
mytongueisforked:
Why capitalism needs racism
The capitalist social pyramid is black at the base and white at the top. In South Africa, until apartheid was formally abolished in 1994, this pyramid was legally sanctioned. Elsewhere, while slavery and segregation have been outlawed, the richest people are still the whitest and the poorest are the blackest.
Racism suits capitalism because it’s...
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Facebook censors cupcakes! →
veggielezzyfemmie:
Facebook refuses to remove pages that promote rape and sexual assault and instead asks the page owners to add a [humor] tag to make sure everyone knows the graphic and often threatening content was just a “joke.” But now the site has started taking down pictures of a tray of vulva cupcakes as “pornography.” What gives, Facebook? Rape jokes are cool, women’s anatomy in food...
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“Neuroscience is the Sistine Chapel of Science”
– J.G.Ballard , Project for a Glossary of the Twentieth Century (via artneuroscience)
Amen to that. Sorry, couldn’t resist ;)
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