Aurajoki River, Turku, Finland
Paul Simon & Wynton Marsalis.
I don’t know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. But I do know this, that in his heart, he’s not an American. He’s just not an American.
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colorado), speaking to supporters. Coffman later said he “misspoke.”
Seriously, why don’t these guys just buy one of our mugs?
(via barackobama)
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Most people have hobbies: golf, model trains, restoring old cars, whatever. A year after Ron Paul announced his Republican presidential bid, I have concluded that his supporters must not do these things. They can’t possibly have the time. While others are at rest or at play, Paul’s supporters are on the Internet, googling his name and diving into the comments sections of news articles to register their opinions. Maybe it’s a measure of their dedication or their web savvy, or both. I don’t know.
Best comment of the week, from Adam Sorensen, on Ron Paul fans. (via pantslessprogressive)
Women’s participation in sports has always been a threat to the gender roles prescribed from on high. From the beginning, talented female athletes have faced taunts of acting- or being- male. As female athletes defy stereotypes of physical limitation, they undermine society’s notions of women’s abilities, destabilizing gender roles, and producing in many a response of fear and hatred rather than an admiration of athletic greatness. Some of the sharpest expressions of this fear are homophobic attacks on lesbian athletes and the depiction of all female athletes as ‘masculine.’
“What’s My Name, Fool?” by Dave Zirin (via sociolab)
There are ethical corporations, yes, and ethical businesspeople, but ethics in capitalism is purely optional, purely extrinsic. To expect morality in the market is to commit a category error.
William Deresiewicz, “Capitalists and other Psychopaths” (via bostonreview)
Fuck Yeah Sociology!: The specter of the faggot
“The relationship between adolescent masculinity and sexuality is embedded in the specter of the faggot. Faggots represent a penetrated masculinity in which ‘to be penetrated is to abdicate power’ (Bersani, 1987: 212). Penetrated men symbolize a masculinity devoid of power, which,…
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Zora Neale Hurston (via akonekpo)
by K. Verhulst
