This just in: Virginia Woolf could probably do a mean Julia Child impression (and vice versa).
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Peace Corps Announces New Service Opportunity for Same-Sex Couples
We’re proud to announce that we will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as Volunteers overseas!
Same-sex couples may begin the application process starting Monday, June 3.
The non-military federal government is so awesomely socially progressive.
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Why isn't New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting a 'national tragedy'?
cs-k:
“So I shouldn’t be surprised that the Mother’s Day Parade shooting has largely been forgotten. On Sunday, shots were fired into a crowd during a parade in the New Orleans 7th ward. Police said they saw three suspects running from the scene.
This is the largest mass shooting in the United States where the shooters were still at large after the crime was committed. Think about that for a minute. From Columbine to Virginia Tech to Fort Hill to Aurora, all the shooters were either killed or apprehended on site. But the person or people responsible for shooting 19 Americans are still free.”
One of the people who got shot was an antiviolence blogger. Somehow we aren’t seeing massive solidarity for New Orleans or the entire city going on police lockdown to find the perpetrators. Two reasons: 1) This mostly affected Black people, and we all know how much the media and the police give any fucks about Black people in New Orleans; 2) This was a gun crime, so we can’t criticize it because GUNS ARE FREEDOM!
Wait what…? I hadn’t even heard about this! The fuck.
This happened about ten blocks from where I lived until two months ago. Though I think a very very small part of the lack of coverage is the fact that no one died, it is mostly because horrific violence in poor communities of color is seen by many people as expected as opposed to a shocking tragedy. I know I’m saying things others have said better, but I wanted to reiterate.
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“DELIVERY workers tramp through tunnels under Gaza — carrying bags and buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The famous fast food has gone underground as Palestinians order the takeaways from Egypt.
Boxes and bags emblazoned with Colonel Sanders famous red and white logo move swiftly through the smuggling tunnels that run beneath the border.
The fried food has to make its subterranean journey across as there is no KFC restaurant in the Palestinian region.
Israeli restrictions on Gaza crossings make it difficult to open an international fast food branch in the area.”
And all of a sudden I feel that I should get KFC to honor the cause - if it’s so comparatively easy for me to get KFC whenever I want, shouldn’t I be getting it all the time?
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Chris Person fixed TIME’s new magazine cover. Now it’s accurate. (TIME version #1, Person edit #2)
Update: And here’s another stellar contribution from @direlog
EXCELLENT
From @EARNEST_CYBORG9
Fuck TIME, I love our generation.
the last one is my favourite
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