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Do not tell me I've been brainwashed

Citywrite wrote 5 days ago: How many ‘Friends’ timelines have you hidden in Facebook due to their increasingly sligh … more →

Tags: twitter, facebook, Brainless

inconvenient truths

brittanyengeman wrote 5 days ago: sprinkles for the win so all of that procrastination resulted in some amount of effective study, and … more →

Tags: General ramblings, kids, Law, death, Cancer, Love, Nanny Stories

Low-Income Women, Texas and the Abortion Debate1 comment

Jessica Noel wrote 2 weeks ago: Remember last year when Texas lost nearly 90% of funding for its Women’s Health Program becaus … more →

Tags: Abortion, Healthcare, Women, Wonder, Women's rights, Texas, Women's Health, Governor Rick Perry

Tomatoes are a fruit, not a vegetable says Dave from Kent: The newspaper and your opinion

stubagful wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve avoided talking about the “your opinions” page in the Metro before because opinion pages in new … more →

Tags: Metroblog Not Sponsored by the Metro, Random, Satire, the metro, Newspaper, Opinions, Journalism, Reporting, politicians

Fitching and Itching and Names

jasdye wrote 4 weeks ago: Trigger warning for abusive ableist and sexist language Mike Jeffries, the Ambercrombie & Fitch … more →

Tags: Politics, Justice, Abuse culture, ableism, Homophobia, Ambercrombie & Fitch, Mike Jeffries, Body Image, names

5 years too many

emilysabet wrote 1 month ago: Hello everyone! I’d like to start this post by thanking all of you amazing readers for the  en … more →

Tags: True Music, Music, Human Rights, Iran, Human Rights Campaign, Baha'i Faith, Reza Allamehzadeh, prisoner of conscience, persecution of Baha'is

Bread of Heaven

Emma Tanner wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been thinking a lot about food this week (some might say ‘nothing particularly unus … more →

Tags: The Journey, God, Bible, Jesus, poverty, live below the line, enough food if, Hunger, OverEating

Gay or straight, we can all learn from Jason Collins.

Jessica Noel wrote 1 month ago: Last week Jason Collins made history by announcing, “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I … more →

Tags: Wonder, LGBT, Sports, LGBT, coming out, Gay, Jason Collins, NBA, Change the World

Dove: "Real" Beauty Sells1 comment

Jessica Noel wrote 1 month ago: Everyone seems to have their opinion on the new Dove ad. For those of you who haven’t seen it: … more →

Tags: Culture, Wonder, Body Image, Women, media, growing up female, Beauty Ideal, Dove ad, Real Beauty Sketches Ad

Guns or People ?3 comments

adropintheocean98 wrote 2 months ago: ok so this happened about 8 hours ago…at lunch. I stayed inside the class room to make up a ma … more →

Tags: Guns, gun policy, Army, Marines, Air Force, confusion, crushes, Friends, Debates

The couch-potato

emilysabet wrote 3 months ago: Hey everyone, I hope you’re all doing great and had a nice week-end. Mine was ok but that … more →

Tags: School, Television, Creative Writing, Middle School, sedentary lifestyle, writing exercises, obesity, Fat, bertha

WARP releases new policies

George Fripley wrote 4 months ago: For all those interested, my political party has released some new policies – there is a loomi … more →

Tags: writing, [warp], election policies

Case study: woman sues Poland after she is denied abortion

Inside-Poland.com wrote 7 months ago: In the year 2007, a woman identified as Tysiąc took Poland to court after she was refused an abortio … more →

Tags: IVF, abortion and contraception, Abortion, ECHR, European Court of Human Rights, Law, Poland, Politics, Tysiąc

Case study: woman sues Poland after she is denied abortion

GdańskPolska wrote 7 months ago: In the year 2007, a woman identified as Tysiąc took Poland to court after she was refused an abortio … more →

Tags: IVF, abortion and contraception, Abortion, ECHR, European Court of Human Rights, Law, Poland, Politics, Tysiąc

Case study: woman sues Poland after she is denied abortion

WarszawaPolska wrote 7 months ago: In the year 2007, a woman identified as Tysiąc took Poland to court after she was refused an abortio … more →

Tags: IVF, abortion and contraception, Poland, Politics, Abortion, ECHR, European Court of Human Rights, Law, Tysiąc

Case study: woman sues Poland after she is denied abortion

Inside-Poland.com wrote 7 months ago: In the year 2007, a woman identified as Tysiąc took Poland to court after she was refused an abortio … more →

Tags: IVF, abortion and contraception, Poland, Politics, Abortion, Law, Tysiąc, ECHR, European Court of Human Rights

Both Presidential Candidates Are Glossing Over What's Next on Big Issues

johnib wrote 8 months ago:   THE SECOND presidential debate was snappier than the first and useful in illuminating contras … more →

Tags: News, Health Care, obama, Growth, Healthcare, Romney, Politics 2, taxes, military spending

My swiss cheese trust6 comments

WitheringTulip wrote 9 months ago: “No, it’s not unusual that there are so many gaps. But usually, with time, these gaps be … more →

Tags: Life, Relationships, Eating Disorder, anxiety, Depression, borderline personality disorder, Mental Health, Isolation, mental illness

Volunteer Day at Farm Sanctuary3 comments

iwishiwerevegan wrote 10 months ago: The cloud which had provided shade for the other volunteers and myself had finally receded, and my s … more →

Tags: ~My Journey~, vegan, Inspiration, vegetarian, animals, cows, pigs, Goats, Sheep


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