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What traditional African homosexuality learned from West

Homosexuality has a long history in Africa, says anthropologist Patrick Awondo, contrary...

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“I think marriage in general is not a healthy institution in our society. If people want civil rights, then that’s what I feel we should be fighting...”

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“[Judith] Butler’s argument against unequivocal gendered identities is most powerful when it is seen as a strategic response to the social emphasis on...”

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“As for white America, perhaps it can stop crying out against ‘black supremacy,’ ‘black nationalism,’ ‘racism in reverse,’ and begin facing reality....”

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failnation:

Graduated from college today. This comic sums up my thoughts perfectly.
http://failnation.tumblr.com

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“Physical penetration is sex, which is a very superficial thing. Psychological penetration is love, which is far more deep, far more significant, far...”

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Portugal: Left Bloc calls for a left government to confront austerity

Mark Bergfeld: Across Europe we have witnessed three strands of resistance...

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And now for the leftovers of my dreams. #comfortfood

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“The story of progress up from slavery is a lie, the longest lie. The story of progress up from slavery is told juridically in the form of the rule of...”

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Bertrand Russell’s 10 Commandments of Teaching

Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.
Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.
Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/02/a-liberal-decalogue-bertrand-russell/

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