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whoneedsfeminism:
I and all aspiring actresses in the UK need feminism because being a woman means you almost have no chance of ever playing the Doctor in Doctor Who.
+1. I know Doctor Who has received praise for strong female characters, but it’s always odd to me that they generally play the companion/assistant—which comes off as a “pet” or subservient role. From what...
Obama for America: A note from Brian H.: Dear Mr.... →
barackobama:
A note from Brian H.:
Dear Mr. President -
I don’t know that you will see this response, yet I hope you will.
I can’t begin to tell you what it means to me to hear these words come from my President. I never dared to hope that the leader of my country would ever affirm aloud what I must…
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alacritr asked: Hey andy, happy birthday!
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Whether or not your are healthy, or can be healthy, depends on lots of factors...
– Dollars & Sense, 2001 (via lovelywanderings)
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April 2012
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Sociology
Q: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around--
Marx: Bulldozers. Bourgeoisie bulldozing forests to make a profit.
Durkheim: Maybe the tree felt some anomie and committed suicide.
Foucault: I may have seen it fall.
Weber: There's going to be paperwork about this.
Mead: Am I the tree and everyone else is the forest? How does the forest see me? How do I see the forest?
Cooley: ^^ Ditto.
Mills: You can't look at the tree without looking at its interaction with the forest. I wrote a whole book about it.
Parsons: The falling tree serves a function in the system of nature.
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