Will whites flee to the moon next? Seriously, get a grip.

Learning about other cultures can help you learn about your assumptions. For example, I don't think the chest coverings on these Nazerite(sp?) maidens (NSFW: Nat'l Geo) make their outfits more modest, but they were added for extra modesty. I found that I felt that covering the nipples was an important part of modesty. Of course, my head is often uncovered, so I'm not modest by the standards of many people in the world.

In other news, the Shembe have ganked your dress, Scottish people!

YES! Gothic Lolita Patterns!!

The stupid burns. If you see this stupid or similar in your school or hometown newspaper, please write a letter to the editor to avoid the stupid from spreading. Facts, reality, and book recommendations can fight the massive surge of dumbassness.

An index of how much I suck at life: I have been wondering for a month where that Terry Prachett book Going Postal was. You know where it was? In my big fat pile of untouched grad school literature.

Injured Marine Charity. Give.

It seems that I'll read this book sometime.

What a heartwarming blog. Stuff like this like my main image of gay people being 'married' so I don't understand people who are against gay marriage. Two guys have formed a family group, and have adopted a little girl. Instead of being in the system, the child seems well cared for and happy. I don't see what could possibly be wrong with this.

The word for today is gentrification. Also, historians say stuff about the riots in France.

I'm enjoying The Bookseller of Kabul. It's such a great portrait of family life, and I love the focus on the women of the family.

Doubt #5 is out. I'm enjoying it bit by bit. I'm also hoping that the anime club's supply of Yakitate Japan holds out. I really am enjoying Princess Nine, but I only have a few episodes left. Well, I have two series of Slayers, at least.

The Washington Post has an article about how the World Bank is probably behind the famine in Malawi. We must stop this! Also, find ways to get better technology to the people. I will look for charities that do infrastructure.

Angry White Kid has some interesting musings that may become a productive discussion.

Chris Clarke declares a blog against racism day. Fight the stupid!

Tim Wise fights the stupid.

I have set up a t shirt poll.

The realization that whites don't 'work' like normal people drives me nuts. For example, to me, it makes no sense to waste millions of dollars putting people in jail, when you could educate them, and they'd improve society. Also to me, what use is it to have crappy schools for one group of people, and not improve it? You're wasting talent. Also, white people's time perception is weird. Like where do they think the money that whites got from being allowed to do jobs blacks weren't went? In the sky? Why do they think the effects of slavery went away? And why do they not recognize the sameness between the old white people of today and the young whites of 40 years ago? It's so confusing.

P6 investigates the war on opportunity.

It's time for me to map why I get upset over the war on opportunity. OK, this is how I see it. Whites(outgroup) support blacks(in group) not being accepted to college in as high a number(bad, because college means opportunity for good jobs). They say this is because blacks are unqualified(not true- to me, qualified means you can do what's needed in a position- if a black person has above a 2.0 and is trying hard, they are qualified. Also, many whites aren't very good at college either) or that this is racist(not true to me, because rectifying racism is not racist. Racist is seen in effects not words) Whites seem mean and spiteful because blacks haven't done anything to them, there has been a lot of past oppression(whites are assumed to think this was bad, so I am confused about why they'd like the effects of this to linger) and they seem to like to talk down about black people's poverty. Personal reasons this seems mean: Whites talk about how they think blacks are unqualified in front of black people like me. Also, my view is still shaped by the guy who complained about AA in my case when I had way higher scores than him on everything. It also seems mean to make a big fuss about qualifications because someone is black, but not care when they are white.

Yes, a sequel to Bend It Like Beckham!