January 2010
73 posts
#56: PETA
american-apologies:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was founded in 1980 and based in Virginia as an animal rights organization seeking to end abuse against animals. While PETA always claims to have the best intentions for animals, their methods have been anything but respectable. Even if you ignore the fact that they objectify women by sexualizing them for the sake of...
New Health Rule: Quit Worrying About Your Health →
Give yourself a break!
“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be...”
– Nelson Mandela (via caraobrien) (via kassie)
“But really, the idea that only other people’s illnesses are culture-bound...”
– The Mind In The World: Mental Illness, Culture, And Why America May Not Know Best - Mental Illness - Jezebel
Interesting article, particularly on the discussion of the American way of labeling and treating mental illness.
“Better yet, think of weather as a one-night stand. Then climate would be raising...”
– Confusing Weather and Climate: The False Debate About Global Warming
An article about those who argue that cold weather disproves climate change.
Salon: The Aesthetic Gulf Between Miyazaki and...
adamnorwood:
In place of the conventional, reductive versions of morality and psychology shown in Pixar’s films, Miyazaki gives us something closer to actual experience, treating good and evil not as a binary equation but as a sliding scale and presenting people (and characters) that often don’t know why they do what they do and latch on to reductive explanations at their peril. Characters can...
“For Girls Only, Probably…
Being thin. Probably not a subject that you ever...”
– J.K. Rowling (via curvesahead) (via knockturn) (via yerawizardharry) (via marauder-) (via everythingharrypotter)
The 24 before 25: Status Update
Go to ACL for a day. - no 2010 announcements yet. I’ll wait till the schedule comes out to choose what day I’ll go.
Do SXSW Music for a day. - my plan is to hit up a bunch of free shows like I did in college.
Take a self portrait photo every day. New Goal: Take a self-portrait at least once a week for 52 weeks. Every day is way too overwhelming!!
Research dog breeds/dog ownership...
