July 2012
83 posts
Designer Kitchens And Why We Think We Need Them →
npr:
” … people have cooked for centuries using nothing more than simple tools and heat from a fire or the sun. So how did Americans get this way, expecting expensive kitchen trends and technology to show up in even very average priced homes?
‘People see their kitchen as the centerpiece of their house, in terms of entertaining and people hanging out,’ says Arlington, Va., real estate...
History Lesson: Hanapepe Massacre →
fascinasians:
After 1,600 Filipino plantation workers went on strike for 8 months in Hawaii, local police shot dead nine strikers and fatally wounded seven.
By 1922 Filipino labor activist Pablo Manlapit had organized a new Filipino Higher Wage Movement which numbered some 13,000 members. In April 1924, it called for a strike on the island of Kauaʻi, demanding $2 a day in wages and reduction of...
Watchoccupyiowa:
The YouTube corporation and CBS have now censored the original video of Anaheim cops shooting at children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MST4RhWdlMQ “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by CBS.” Spread links to the mirrors. Keep firing.
Breaking: The police are bringing in tear gas and...
Police are now firing pepper balls at civilians.
#NowPlaying on @8tracks: “well behaved women seldom make history” at http://8tracks.com/esconditoe/well-behaved-women-seldom-make-history - Sent from the 8tracks Android app
“Continuing this line of discussion, we can advance a certain number of...”
– Michel Foucault, The History Of Sexuality Vol. 1 (via hookedonsemiotics)
communismkillsitonthedancefloor:
If you think someone deserves to be punished for naming and shaming their rapist, I hope you get punched in the fucking throat.
“So do we seriously want to maintain that kicking a woman when she is down is not...”
– Pastor Douglas Wilson: Fifty Shades of Prey
#NowPlaying on @8tracks: “Well I Heard He’s Bad” at http://8tracks.com/hhongo/well-i-heard-hes-bad - Sent from the 8tracks Android app
Near Riot Breaks Out After Officer-Involved... →
cops in anaheim: shoot a dude because hes in an alley, shoot protesters, shoot a kid, then buy the video of it
pussy-envy:
I try to talk about how media desensitizes people and alters perceptions of violence
and someone brings up child soldiers.
nope.
children pressured into warfare dont compare to adults in north america picking up a gun and shooting strangers.
come on.
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totally different contexts. if you see 2nd amendment proponents twist the shooting in colorado into an argument for...
werthequeerkids: elizabitchtaylor: film about a... →
elizabitchtaylor:
film about a group of men getting into shenanigans= “comedy” film about a group of women getting into shenanigans= “chick flick”
film about a friendship between two men= “buddy flick” film about a friendship between two women= “chick flick”
emotional film about…
“As much as the government tries to control information through censorship, there...”
– What Twitter Can Learn From Weibo: Field Notes From Global Tech Ethnographer Tricia Wang | Fast Company (via kenyatta)
DEFEND NEW ORLEANS: At 'Uncle' Lionel Batiste's... →
npr:
defendneworleans:
Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune
Thousands of New Orleanians passed through Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home on Thursday, July 19, to pay their last respects to “Uncle” Lionel Batiste, who was – well, “lying in state” wouldn’t exactly be an appropriate description, since the body of the former Treme Brass Band drummer and co-founder was displayed standing,...
