February 2012
211 posts
“Alexander, a 16-year-old student who was brought here [to the South Bronx] by...”
– jonathan kozol talking to students at morris high school in the south bronx, in savage inequalities, 1991. look at all that truth-bombing going on coming from these children; and then read what comes after:
One of the counselors, who sits nearby, looks at me and then at Alexander. Later he says,...
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Ugh.
That horrid feeling when it hurts all over.
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Cats have been genetically modified to glow in the...
frogglepog:
did-you-kno:
These cats mark an advance in AIDS research, as the modified cells are able to resist the FIV virus that causes AIDS in cats.
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AIDS research is important and all but the only thing on my mind right now is OMG I WANT A GLOW IN THE DARK CAT
NO SCREW THAT I WANT TO BE GLOW IN THE DARK MYSELF
And, of course, we all know where this happened…
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decolonizeyourmind:
Really Latina tag? I still have to put up with this fuckery of over-sexualization and fetishization? Lets continue to take back our tags!
“The church’s decades-old campaign against modern contraception has led to an...”
– When a Country Cracks Down on Contraception: Grim Lessons from the Philippines, Emily Rauhala, TIME World (via pinoytumblr)
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Today, my mom caught me taking a handful of cornstarch from the kitchen, to which her immediate reaction was: “What’s that for?”
I had no time to explain so I just said, “Nothing.”
And she went “Ah, so you’re not sharing your little beauty secret.”
Beauty secret? So now everything I do in the kitchen has a non-food related ulterior motive?!
It...
The Wolf: iwriteasiwrite: I have always looked at... →
iwriteasiwrite:
I have always looked at the anniversary of People Power with mixed feelings. On the one hand, we removed a dictator from power. On the other, many Filipinos don’t even understand that we used to be under the thumb of a dictator; much less what that entailed. There is this…
Stem cells used to 'heal' heart attack scars
femininescience:
Damage caused by a heart attack has been healed using stem cells gathered from the patient’s own heart, according to doctors in the US.
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blogvader asked: I have decided that I will ONLY marry for money, but it's a wee bit different for me as a white guy. The only Filipina girl I know is eminently fabulous, though.
Anonymous asked: Just to let you know before you get called out, "lame" would be considered ableist. I would hate to see your awesome post get derailed.
“The purpose of relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but...”
– Neale Donald Walsch (via lucifelle)
Canadian government is 'muzzling its scientists' →
verbalresistance:
The Canadian government has been accused of “muzzling” its scientists.
Government experts tracked a new ozone hole, but were not allowed to give interviews
Speakers at a major science meeting being held in Canada said communication of vital research on health and environment issues is being suppressed.
But one Canadian government department approached by the BBC said it...
“We do not see the world as it is, we see it as we are.”
– Humberto Maturan (via wethinkwedream)
Last night, I scrubbed a comfort room clean for the first time in my life.
And, in the process, realized that I am such a privileged, middle-class brat.
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Turquoise Traipsing: Women of Color--Let's take... →
tierracita:
Let’s take back our tags! Meaning post yourself being yourself, without any exotifying pretense and tag the hell out of your post. (I originally said Wednesday, Feb 22nd but fuck it, let’s start now!)
I got really upset/annoyed/raging when I opened the Latina tag for the 10th time only to find…
I’m so going to do this right now.
'DNA robot' targets cancer cells →
ohyeahdevelopmentalbiology:
Scientists have developed and tested a “DNA robot” that delivers payloads such as drug molecules to specific cells.
The container was made using a method called “DNA origami”, in which long DNA chains are folded in a prescribed way.
Then, so-called aptamers - which can recognise specific cell types - were used to lock the barrel-shaped robot.
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