May242013

publius-esquire:

Founding Father Pin-Ups, 2nd Ed.: Tread on Me

(via fuckyeahhistorycrushes)
May232013
fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Young Oak Kim: soldier, store owner, badass. He was the only Korean-American serving in the 442nd, a segregated Japanese-American regiment serving in World War II. When superiors offered to transfer him he said, “There is no Japanese nor Korean here. We’re all Americans and we’re fighting for the same cause.” He taught his platoon aggressive small unit tactics and was called Samurai Kim. He took another guy with him and they crawled all night into enemy territory to capture German soldiers and gain intel. When his group got captured, he said “YOLO” and escaped with a medic. He reenlisted after WWII and was the first Asian American ever to command a regular combat battalion in war. He has a school named after him. He has like, a billion medals. BOSS.

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Young Oak Kim: soldier, store owner, badass. He was the only Korean-American serving in the 442nd, a segregated Japanese-American regiment serving in World War II. When superiors offered to transfer him he said, “There is no Japanese nor Korean here. We’re all Americans and we’re fighting for the same cause.”

He taught his platoon aggressive small unit tactics and was called Samurai Kim. He took another guy with him and they crawled all night into enemy territory to capture German soldiers and gain intel. When his group got captured, he said “YOLO” and escaped with a medic. He reenlisted after WWII and was the first Asian American ever to command a regular combat battalion in war. He has a school named after him.
 He has like, a billion medals.

BOSS.
7PM

(Source: asexualfactoftheday)
7PM

teganintraining:

hiimjamie:

too-stoned-to-remember:

Why do dogs go mental when they see another dog

I imagine that in their heads they’re like 

THAT IS DOG 

I AM DOG 

DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG

i do this with queer people in unfamiliar environments

THAT IS QUEER

I AM QUEER

QUEER QUEER QUEER QUEER QUEER QUEER

(via southpawscopic)

7PM
“[F]or the first several years the SAT was offered, males scored higher than females on the Math section but females achieved higher scores on the Verbal section. ETS policy-makers determined that the Verbal test needed to be “balanced” more in favor of males, and added questions pertaining to politics, business and sports to the Verbal portion. Since that time, males have outscored females on both the Math and Verbal sections. Dwyer notes that no similar effort has been made to “balance” the Math section, and concludes that, “It could be done, but it has not been, and I believe that probably an unconscious form of sexism underlies this pattern. When females show the superior performance, ‘balancing’ is required; when males show the superior performance, no adjustments are necessary.” ”

“Gender Bias in College Admissions Tests”, FairTest.org

And then people urge me everything is fine, of course it is, when you’re ignoring statistics that is.

(via cwnl)

Fun fact: SAT tests predict college performance pretty well for men, but they strongly underpredict college performance for women. http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/12/20/1948550612469038.abstract

HMMMM

(via brute-reason)

I think I’ve reblogged this before, but that study needs to be shared.

(via conjecturesandconversations)

Seconded- check out that study!

(via satyabear)

(Source: fairtest.org, via idrabear)

aha i'll just go back to hating society again 

3PM

testing fabric content by burn tests are really unpleasant when the fabric is not cotton. i know we have wool scraps somewhere in this house.

stress crafting not back quite yet just getting ready for the summer season of work 

May212013

season finale- what the heck just happened?????? gah cliffhangers!

May192013

southpawscopic:

Notes of an Asexual Muslim: The asexual community is a terrible place to hide from your sexuality

queenieofaces:

This post has been cross-posted to The Asexual Agenda.

A while back there was this big kerfuffle on tumblr* about how aces are secretly harmful to LGB folks. One of the main arguments was that LGB folks have internalized heterosexism, and thus use the asexual community to…

asexuality this is awesome and you should read it 

10PM

thelesbianguide:

horsesfor-fraublucher:

breakthecitysky:

Here is the thing I can’t stop thinking about with what’s happened here in Minnesota over the course of the past week: the display of support in the Twin Cities was staggering.  The level of f*cks not given to those who might be offended by this acknowledgement of equal rights under the law was amazing.

But mostly, mostly.  I think about a queer kid, riding in the back of her parents’ car seeing the city lit up like this.  Maybe she hasn’t come out yet, maybe she’s been bullied, at home, at school, for being who she is.  I can only imagine what seeing this would mean.  And then I get teary and proud all over again.  

Way to go, Minnesota.  Who’s next?

I love my big, gay city.

This is so amazing!

(via bestliars)
8PM
fripperiesandfobs: Shoes, 1860’s From the FIDM Museum

fripperiesandfobs:

Shoes, 1860’s

From the FIDM Museum

desired dresses 

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