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What if American Apparel's Male Models Posed the Way its Female Models Do

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 4 days ago: This is how American Apparel advertises a shirt to a woman: (Image via BusinessInsider.com) What if … more →

Tags: sexism

DEATH BY MEDIA3 comments

beautifuldisaster12 wrote 1 week ago: It starts early with a dose of Morning News Paid presenters filmed by film crews No need to turn ove … more →

Tags: Poetry, Society, Life, media, Brainwashing, Agenda, Depression

When Striving to be "Popular" isn't a Good Thing...(The Issue with the Mainstream Media)

chesleydohl wrote 3 weeks ago: If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufactu … more →

Tags: Commentary, Mainstream media, mainstream news, Alternative, alternative news, Alternative News Sources, avoid mainstream media, best alternative news sources, finding alternative news sources

Day 153: The simpleton character, Part 1

Adrians Journey To Life wrote 1 month ago: Day 153: The simpleton character, Part 1 Today I noticed that there is a tendency within me to want … more →

Tags: character, dumb, Family, Fear, Friends, Hate, Love, party guy, people pleaser

Chapter 9: A Call For Self Improvement

Virtuous Housewife wrote 1 month ago: Child Guidance CH 9 Hi there! I’m Steph’s husband, Jason. Although I don’t get much time to re … more →

Tags: Virtuous Housewife Archives, child guidance, Chapter 9, a call for self improvement, Father's Role, Solomon, Wisdom, wise at home, Never Stop Learning

Is It Time to Act Up Yet?

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 2 months ago: WARNING:  Outrage overload ahead: Bonuses at Wall Street firms will rise 15 percent this year despit … more →

Tags: our tax dollars, corporatocracy

Ugly American: "Jim Bob" Duggar

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 2 months ago: I’m junking out — looking for flat brainwaves tonight — watching “19 Kids an … more →

Tags: the World, They Think We're Idiots/We ARE Idiots

Ugly American: "Jim Bob" Duggar

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 2 months ago: I’m junking out — looking for flat brainwaves tonight — watching “19 Kids an … more →

Tags: the World, They Think We're Idiots/We ARE Idiots

The U.S. Invasion of Iraq, Ten Years On

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 2 months ago: I don’t know what to say on this, the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.  I was against … more →

Tags: Media General, Wars, our tax dollars, George W. Bush and Co., middle east, Foreign Policy, Outrage Overload

Would You Let the Government Take Some of Your Savings to Bailout the Banks?

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 2 months ago: The answer is a loud:  HELL NO! (Image via CNBC.com) Who are the “Don’t Know/Can’t … more →

Tags: financial crisis, corporatocracy

When the Head of the CIA Doesn't Believe in Freedom of the Press

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 2 months ago: It’s pretty unsettling that our new CIA Director, John Brennan, has so little respect for free … more →

Tags: Media General, President Barack H. Obama and Co., Foreign Policy

I Will Not See Oz: The Great and Powerful

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 2 months ago: There’s no way in the world I’m going to pay to see, or spend time watching, Oz:  The Gr … more →

Day 207: Moms on Meds

Cathy's Journey to Life wrote 2 months ago: For context Read: 5 Ways Medication Can Make You a Better Mom Xanax Makes Me a Better Mom Problem: A … more →

Tags: Mind Control, Depression, Addiction, Parenting, addictive behavior, Big Pharma, the faces of depression, Xanax makes me a better mom, parenting magazine

ROFLMAO2 comments

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 2 months ago: Texas, natch: Using taxpayer dollars to finance family-planning services has become politically thor … more →

Tags: WingNutO'Sphere, Republicans, Including Wingers & Moderates, Health - Physical and Psychological, sexism

When Does a "Girl" Get to Be a Woman?

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 2 months ago: I heard women referred to as girls, girls, girls over and over tonight on E! in the run-up to the Ac … more →

Tags: Repression, sexism

Poor Florida Seniors: Get Ready to Die

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 3 months ago: Apropos of this, there’s this: (Image via Wikipedia) Fla. Medicaid Privatization Plans Moving … more →

Tags: 2010 election, corporatocracy, Don't get ripped off, fascist america, Health - Physical and Psychological, our tax dollars, Republicans, Including Wingers & Moderates, Seniors/Retirement/SS, teabaggers

My Reaction to the Dumbing-Down of my Class

tabbi2 wrote 3 months ago: I developed an extensive lesson plan for my creative writing class which even included things like s … more →

Tags: English, Creative Writing, Class

Tim Tebow -- Descending Into Irrelevance

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 3 months ago: I live in “Bronco Country” as in Boulder, Colorado, just up the road from Denver.  As yo … more →

Tags: WingNutO'Sphere, Fox "News"/ Fox "Business" /Rupert Murdoch / Wall Stree, Religion

Bobak Ferdowsi Rocks -- Will Be Michelle Obama's Guest at the SOTU

Say It Ain't So Already wrote 3 months ago: Remember NASA’s “Mohawk Guy?” (Image via Buzzfeed.com) It’s been quite a six … more →

Tags: Republicans, Including Wingers & Moderates, Fox "News"/ Fox "Business" /Rupert Murdoch / Wall Stree, The Environment, Weather, Etc., President Barack H. Obama and Co., Science, 2012 election


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