December 2009
9 posts
Dolly Parton "9 to 5"
Tumble outta bed And stumble to the kitchen Pour myself a cup of ambition Yawnin, stretchin, try to come to life Jump in the shower And the blood starts pumpin Out on the streets The traffic starts jumpin And folks like me on the job from 9 to 5 Chorus: Workin 9 to 5 What a way to make a livin Barely gettin by Its all takin And no givin They just use your mind And they never give...
10-Year-Old Won't Pledge Allegiance To A Country... →
malloreigh:
blownspeakers:
Via Queerty comes a story from the Arkansas Times about Will Phillips, an elementary school student who refuses to say the pledge of allegiance in school because of discrimination against gay people:
“I’ve always tried to analyze things because I want to be lawyer,” Will said. “I really don’t feel that there’s currently liberty and justice for all.”
After asking...
“When I see gangs of angry gay men roaming the street to beat up someone because...”
– Womanist Musings (via notemily) (via mollytov) (via malloreigh)
“Forget for a moment that women are some of the best ski jumpers in the world....”
– Dave Zirin, Women Ski Jumpers Grounded (via TMN)
This is a must read.
(via pterodactyls)
This whole fiasco just seems inane to me. Why the hell not have women’s ski jumping? Isn’t there a women’s branch of just about every other sport already? I’m not inclined to get up in arms about it because I...
Jean-Paul Satre stated that humans differ from human artifacts in that their existence precedes essence. How might this apply to a discussion of android essence?
“More importantly, we have found that people forget she is an android while...”
– Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro in an interview with the BBC.
