May 2012
3 posts
Why Ableist Slurs Are Retarded
gimpunk:
As an innocent child I was informed by a teacher in my O.H. class (the equivalent of special ed at the time) who overheard me refer to myself as cripple that the term was offensive.
To whom?
To me.
“Oh, I don’t care,” I tried to explain but was cut short.
Those people who make fun of me for being disabled or wont let their children near me or who want to make sure those like me are...
April 2012
7 posts
More people voted in last season's American Idol...
sarahlee310:
thepoliticalfreakshow:
Number of people who voted for the Season 10 finale of American Idol: 122,400,000 (Season 10 total: nearly 750,000,000 votes (3/4 billion)
Number of people who voted in the 2008 Presidential Election: 129,391,711 (Votes for John McCain: 59,934,814 / Votes for Barack Obama: 69,456,897)
That is just sad.
Sad yes… but lets see what population numbers...
70% of Sunday news guests are Republicans →
sugarazor:
86% are male, 92% are white.
Between June 2011 and February of this year, 70 percent of all one-on-one interviewees on the four biggest political talk shows — NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation and Fox News Sunday — were Republicans. The numbers were even more lopsided in favor of men and white guests:
Coupled with the news that came out earlier this week...
Long Read but Relevant: Molecules to Medicine:...
nonplussedbyreligion:
The recent presidential candidate debates, fights over insurance coverage for contraceptives, and the Virginia and Texas legislatures’ imposition of intrusive, unnecessary ultrasounds prior to any abortions are highlighting the fundamental issue of the role of religion in health care and the separation of Church and State. While the emphasis has been on reproductive care,...
