j e r r i a n n: Archive

Apr 30th

I love Barney Frank. →

Apr 29th

Sexism - alive and well today.

(Reuters) - When it comes to influence, President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and pop star Lady Gaga have it, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does not, according to a Time magazine list published Thursday. Read the whole article here. I like Lady Gaga as a performer but it would be nice if women were appreciated for more in this country. What do you think?

Apr 29th

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Apr 26th

Watch

This is what I have been learning about in my Sociology of Populations class all semester. My favorite part is when Fred Pearce says “they are saying (women) ‘all right, I’ll have two kids and then get on with the rest of my life.’”

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Apr 22nd

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Apr 22nd

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“Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.”

– Oscar Wilde (via habsosliquch)

Apr 22nd

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constantflux1-deactivated2011020 asked: psst...your reply isn't on...

I was just going to comment on your people watching picture with no people in it..:)

Apr 22nd

Apr 20th

Good Morning: And Happy (Er, Sad) Equal Pay Day

newsweek: equalitymyth: Today, April 20, is Equal Pay Day—a yearly marker of how long women must work into the current year (at 77 cents per every male dollar) to earn what men earned in the year past. We’ll be updating throughout the day, but here are a few figures to get your morning started: 8 months of groceries The amount a woman could buy for a family of four if she were paid equal...

Apr 20th

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“The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow...”

– Albert Einstein (nathanielstuart)

Apr 18th

Sunday morning music

Sometimes in the morning I am petrified and can’t move Awake but cannot open my eyes And the weight is crushing down on my lungs I know I can’t breathe And hope someone will save me this time And your mother’s still callin you insane and high Swearin it’s different this time And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her That god never blessed her...

Apr 18th

“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of...”

– Mary Anne Radmacher (tobia)

Apr 18th

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Apr 18th

“I don’t want to earn my living; I want to live.”

– Oscar Wilde (suzywire)

Apr 18th

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Apr 18th

““You, reader, likely have this conception of writers as living on beaches...”

– -Stephen Markley

Apr 15th

Dear President Obama

“Whatever it was, it reminded me that a lot of what you political types say is simply “the way it is” in terms of dirty alliances, false accusations, bitter words, and broken promises; has not always been that way. Sure there has always been a share of it, and lately it’s kind of been running away with the dish and the spoon. But don’t let anyone else tell you it has to stay that way. Hey,...

Apr 15th

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Apr 15th

Apr 14th

Funny chat of the day.

Me: Are you going to want to do that though? It is kind of a big deal. 
John: Me!? You are the commitment phobe!
Me: True.

Apr 14th

What Makes NPR and The Economist So Special? →

savingpaper: Ezra Klein: The opinion marketplace is, if anything, more crowded than the news marketplace, and it’s hard to really break through in it unless you’re willing to travel pretty far along the partisan continuum. But because news stories move so much faster and opinion is so much louder, there’s actually more demand for media that explains what those fast-moving stories are actually...

Apr 14th