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WTF Wednesday: I will stab anyone who says “Boys will always be boys”

July 27, 2011 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

I wrote a post titled I will stab anyone who says “Boys will always be boys” in October 2010 at the height of teen (and preteen) suicides. With the nation coming together in the movement It Gets Better, I felt relieved. “People get it now.” I thought. “They are reaching out to our young people. People [...]

Tagged as: Michele "what did she say?" Bachmann, seriously?, STFU will you?, what keeps me awake, WTF Wednesday

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The Curious Case of Ruby, the Anti-Barbie

June 4, 2011 a picture is worth a thousand words

I suspect that you have been seeing this picture popping up on your Facebook and/or Twitter stream this week. I did. Like you, I had a visceral response to it. FUCK YEAH! Was exactly what I said to the monitor as I responded to the plea on Facebook “This was an ad made by bodyshop. But [...]

Tagged as: beauty is as beauty does, body image, Once you realize what a joke everything is being the comedian is the only thing that makes sense, things you should know, what do you know?

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“I have a spare tire in my car.”

May 26, 2011 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

I don’t know what else to say. I will just quote extensively from this news report from KSN News 3 on May 25, 2011. Sometime in May Representatives in Topeka, Kansas “were debating a bill that would ban insurance companies from offering abortion coverage in regular health plans. The bill, that was signed into law [...]

Tagged as: are you fucking kidding me?, seriously?, thing, Why aren't we outraged?

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Things You Should Read

April 15, 2011 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

Instead of reading my blog, here are two things I came across today that you should read over the weekend: From the New York Times, A Gay Former N.B.A. Player Responds to Kobe Bryant, by John Amaechi, who in 2007 was the first NBA player to come out. We have all heard that Kobe called [...]

Tagged as: damn liberals, the personal is political, things you should know, wish i were a better writer so i could adequately express how much i love this and why

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Sucker Punched

March 25, 2011 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

Warning: This post is a RANT with a heavily identity politics bend. So if you have no time nor patience to listen to People of Color whining “Oh no not that wah-wah we want to be represented crap again!”, please just ignore me when I come back down from my high horse. I AM BACK! [...]

Tagged as: Asian Americans, comments are the best part, posts in which i talk about race, psychotic foaming, Shamelessly showing my identity-politics stripes

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Why I have nothing to write about on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day?

March 8, 2011 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

Because Hallmark does not make a card for this. When I opened the newspaper this Sunday, ads with BIG SALES for International Women’s Day did not tumble out of the newspaper bundle. Well, because there was none. It was not even an after thought here in the U.S. if it were not for the Interwebz, [...]

Tagged as: are you tired yet?, body image, everybody now!, Going out on a limb here, rah rah activism, The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it, what is good for the goose is good for the gander

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“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”

February 4, 2011 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

. . . . . But, Wait, There is more! Inspired by Vapid Blonde’s brilliant idea in her comment, that Papa Bear’s words when read out loud could sound almost like a children’s book, I present you with these… . . .

Tagged as: are you fucking kidding me?, are you smarter than a 5th grader?, damn liberals, funny scary, psychotic foaming

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Bring It On: The Can of Worms has been opened!

January 18, 2011 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

Tiger Moms. That’s all I hear/read about these past few days. Ugh. Yeah I hear you. But are you surprised that I need to talk about it? In case you have not heard, the “Tiger Mom Controversy” refers to a WSJ article written by a Yale Law School professor, Amy Chua, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior?” [...]

Tagged as: Asian Americans, Being Chinese, china, Chinese Americans, Going out on a limb here, This is my blog and I'll theorize if I want to

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A sad day. A new low.

January 8, 2011 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head today when a gun man fired allegedly 15 to 20 bullets into a small crowd outside of a grocery store during a meeting held by Ms. Giffords with her constituents. The gunman killed six people, including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge, and wounded 13 others. (Live [...]

Tagged as: a sad day, not talking about what i really want to talk about, psychotic foaming, seriously?, what keeps me awake, what will the future be like? your guess is as good as mine

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This is what hope looks like

November 15, 2010 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

As a researcher, you hate it when you come across a piece of evidence that proves against the theory/conclusion you are hoping to make. How I wish I could sweep it under the rug. Pretend I’ve never seen it. Plead ignorance. I hate being able to see both sides: Why can’t I just believe in [...]

Tagged as: i am a fan, psychotic foaming, strangers I am grateful for, we are all in this

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