February 2010
26 posts
Fiya by Tune-Yards
when a girl feels so alone what a tease to throw a bone should’ve just stayed at home when a girl feels so alone why’d you think i’d put out your fire? why’d you think i’d put out your fire? don’t you know i breathe in fire? breathe out fire? what if my own skin makes my skin crawl? what if my own flesh is suburban sprawl? what happened between us makes sense if...
“The last speaker of an ancient tribal language has died in the Andaman Islands,...”
– 3quarksdaily
“In education news, a new study suggests charter school growth is increasing...”
– Democracy Now! | Headlines for February 05, 2010
“Right-wing activists are meeting in Nashville, Tennessee today for the inaugural...”
– Democracy Now! | Headlines for February 05, 2010
“When Hattie McDaniel, the first African American ever nominated for an Academy...”
– Black Actors and the Academy Awards
“Versions of the Great Beethoven Fallacy are attributed to various Christian...”
– 3quarksdaily
January 2010
110 posts
“Specifically, my hope had been that elevating a progressive African-American...”
– (Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography
“we’ve had some terrible Supreme Court interventions against political democracy:...”
– In Landmark Campaign Finance Ruling, Supreme Court Removes Limits on Corporate Campaign Spending
Sunday Routine - Cornel West - Cornel West,... →
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The US, meanwhile, is being accused of prioritizing the delivery of troops and...”
– Democracy Now! | Headlines for January 21, 2010
Saudi Arabia to lash Filipino rape victim 100... →
fuck the world
negevrockcity:
A Filipino woman in Saudi Arabia is scheduled to be lashed 100 times by the government as punishment for being raped. To add to the tragedy, the Filipino has been held in prison since September 2009. In December 2009, the woman — known only as “Camille” — miscarried. Now, she is facng a medieval crime — all because she was raped.
The Ballsiest Musicians In The World Live In... →
negevrockcity:
Amazing AFP article on the underground punk rock scene in Burma/Myanmar. They’re anti-government and have guitars. Read this. (via @ladykarla45)
“Of the many viral-video meltdowns pop culture has endured, few are as viscerally...”
– 3quarksdaily
“The primordial myth of Southern antebellum culture is the purity and honor of...”
– Unforgivable Blackness | Bob Duggan | Big Think
“World aid agencies are appealing to Israel to unlock the Gaza strip after a...”
– Today’s Ideafeed | January 20, 2010 | Big Think
“The Democrats are a clapped out, gut-free lobbyist machine. The Republicans are...”
– Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic. Glad people are starting to realize (a year too late) that our country is screwed beyond repair. (via doublethink) (via soupsoup)