August 2011
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“Are you going to permanently straighten your hair or get a weave? I mean, you’d be a lot prettier if you did.”
—White female friend to me. I’m biracial (half black, half white) and I have extremely curly, thick hair. My whole life I’ve been told that I should change it. It makes me feel ugly, different, and disrespected. (via microaggressions)
What Your Awful Font Choices Say About You [CHART] →
cracked.com
If graphic design was a religion, fonts are its priests - some are brilliant and enhance your understanding of the text and others are, well … best avoided.
Why A Rape Doesn't Get Prosecuted(via @Jezebel) →
jezebel.com
When University of Iowa grad student Rebecca Epstein reported her rape, Asst. County Attorney Anne Lahey declined to prosecute. It’s not completely clear why, but we’ll consider a couple of possibilities.
How A Rape Case Went Off The Rails(via @Jezebel) →
jezebel.com
When University of Iowa graduate student Rebecca Epstein reported to police that she’d been date-raped, she hoped she’d get justice. But because of the circumstances of her case —
Ugandan National; Dr. Frederick Balagadde, Ph.D., is Co-Inventor of Microfluidic Device
Dr. Frederick Balagadde, a Ugandan National, is working on a microfluidics technology that could revolutionize bioscience the way microchips transformed computing. This easily portable technology has, among numerous applications, the potential to become a powerful tool in the effort to combat infectious disease in the Third World, a cause dear to Balagadde’s heart.
Post-Split, Will North Sudan’s Women Be Left Behind?
The establishment of the Republic of South Sudan came with high hopes that it might improve the lives of women there. But women’s rights activists in the country left behind–the mostly Muslim Sudan–are bracing for a battle against an escalation of Islamic fundamentalist law.
Following South Sudan’s independence, its neighbor to the north, Sudan, is left in the hands of the widely-acknowledged-to-be-corruptNational Congress Party. President Omar al-Bashir, who took power in a 1989 military coup, was criticized for introducing Sharia law (based upon patriarchal interpretations of the Koran) in 1991, in a move that was opposed by the country’s Christian and Animist population. He vowed last December that if South Sudan split off, he would seize the opportunity to impose even stricter Sharia law:
If South Sudan secedes, we will change the constitution and at that time there will be no time to speak of diversity of culture and ethnicity. … Sharia and Islam will be the main source for the constitution, Islam the official religion and Arabic the official language.
Breaking: IOM Recommends Free Birth Control Under Health Care Reform Law →
feministing.com
For a full pdf copy of the report, see the link at the end of the article. Or click here. Your choice :)
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So What the Hell Are We Supposed to Put on Google+?(via @Gizmodo) →
gizmodo.com
Here’s the problem: I hate my friends. You do too. I’m using the word “friends” in the social networking sense. Facebook and Flickr “friends.” Twitter and Tumblr Followers.
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World-Shaker: If the first world war was a bar fight... →
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I wonder if this could be used in the classroom…
Germany, Austria and Italy are standing together in the middle of a pub when Serbia bumps into Austria and spills Austria’s pint. Austria demands Serbia buy it a complete new suit because there are splashes on its trouser leg. Germany expresses…
Best Headline of the Day:
“Killer Bear Owner Chokes to Death on Sex Toy”
'Ex-terrorist' rakes in homeland security bucks →
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For an older article that goes more in depth on this phenomenon, look here.
