February 2012
10 posts
“Boys, the patriarchy is coming for you, too:
“This taste of a future in...”
– I Spent a Year Watching Rom-Coms and This Is the Crap I Learned
On diversity and the helping professions
This is certainly representative of the textbooks and other resources I’ve had in my counseling classes including my “Counseling Multicultural Populations” class.
But how are social workers of color supposed to see themselves reflected in the profession at all, if all our textbooks and courses operate from a traditional “diversity” model in which White people are the...
Don't trust corporations to define your reality...
Despite the fact that the American Diabetes Association tells us that most overweight people will never get diabetes, the concepts of obesity and diabetes have been so conflated that the term “diabesity” has come into vogue. Except it’s not by crazy random happenstance – the term “diabesity” was trademarked by a group called Shape Up America. According to their website, they are supposed to be...
“I’m always sad when I see fat people posting cartoons on Facebook or Twitter...”
– Wrong Thing Opposite Direction « Dances With Fat
“It doesn’t matter if you’re addicted to Telemundo or counting the number of cars...”
– The Tao of Ru - WWW.THEDAILY.COM
January 2012
13 posts
Facebook may be bad for your mental health
A newly published study suggests the phenomenally popular social networking site may be skewing the way users perceive their lives. It finds those carefully selected photos of cheerful, contented people cumulatively convey a self-esteem-shattering message: Our lives are fantastic! What’s wrong with you?
You know there’s nothing wrong with you, right? I say we should all do the virtual...
“Mrs. Murry, the beautiful, wistful chemist with a home laboratory; Charles...”
– Physics, Miracles, and Witchcraft: 50 Years of “A Wrinkle in Time” | Book Think | Big Think
“You could love yourself, right now, as you are. Your relationship with your body...”
– When Good Friends do Bad Diets « Dances With Fat
December 2011
14 posts
“Finally, if your solution to sexist abuse on the internet is, “Just don’t let...”
– You are awful, too « Kate Harding
“I always wanted the reboot of Ghostbusters to be four girl-ghostbusters. Like,...”
– Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
(via fullofwhoa)
I would see that movie. Hell, I’d buy it on DVD and the only movies I buy on DVD are musicals THAT is how much I’d see that movie.
“The people who love you most don’t see all the imperfections you do; they...”
– How Not to Hate Being Photographed | xoJane
Damnit, that’s what Abby always says.
“This doesn’t mean that a “good man” is always in the wrong when he’s arguing...”
– Why I Resigned from The Good Men Project | Hugo Schwyzer
One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
November 2011
5 posts
October 2011
4 posts
Mockingjay pumpkin carving template →
beinggeekchic:
I really, really wanted to make a Mockingjay pumpkin for halloween, so I created this template for myself. Then I thought - why not share it with my blog readers?
So here it is!
You can download it by clicking on the image or clicking here.
Here’s the basic idea: anything that is in…
September 2011
3 posts
4 tags
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July 2011
4 posts
“M. Molly Backes has some advice for parents who want to encourage their children...”
– Things We Saw Today: She Will Destroy You | The Mary Sue