Recently, I stumbled across a fascinating reddit thread started by a high school student who wanted badly to get into MIT, but felt he simply wasn’t as smart as he thought he was. It led to a number of illuminating comments by MIT students about intelligence, and hinted at the long-standing debate about nature v….
Credit goes here This infographic was created specifically for my blog; the statistics and data come from this Sociological Images blog post on the CDCP report and the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2010 Summary Report.
I recently ran across a brilliant idea for a prospective new organization – Giifa, which crowdfunds charity workers’ wages. Giifa is still in its initial stages and doesn’t have a website yet, but the idea is quite compelling: Giifa is a website that will serve as a platform for crowd-funding jobs in non-profits. Member organizations…
This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to…
Recently, Penelope Trunk has written several blog posts about her current experience as a survivor of domestic violence. She has been in an abusive relationship with her husband, the “Farmer” — and in the comments, many individuals accused her of not leaving, and subjecting her children to further abuse. Penelope quotes an interesting comment from…
Even the introduction of “Feminism for Real: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism” by Jessica Yee is so badass. She talks about how feminism has started as a white woman’s movement, and that indigenous women and women of color were not always allowed to be part of this movement. I can’t wait to read…
