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I wish I knew how to quit you, Facebook
A friend of mine recently announced that she is deleting her Facebook account and essentially, living off the online grid. Going rogue, if you will. I stared at her with the same unfocused and horrified look as my Puerto Rican relatives give me when I tell them I'm a vegetarian. After doing a little…
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Arizona Law Curbs Ethnic Studies Classes
"Arizona has adopted a new measure restricting what can be taught in ethnic studies classes in the state’s public schools.
The new law, which suggests that students are “taught to resent or hate other races” in such courses...(Mexican-American history and …
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You in danger girl! Foursquare = Death wish?
So I recently signed up for a website called Foursquare. A few of you may use it, a few of you might be obsessed with it, and a few of you might not give a shit at all. I was more of the latter before I decided, in the name of research of course, to give it a shot. I'm not linking my profile here be…
buzzword that needs to die - 'staycation'
Okay, I realize it's Friday but I just read an article on this nonsense. I know that soccer moms around the word are all a-twitter (figuratively and literally it seems) whenever a new catchphrase shows up on 'The View' but if I may, can I please forever ban 'staycation?'
Urban Dictionary (the only s…
lonely planet magazine?
What!? Lonely Planet has started a magazine. I have fond memories of good ol' LP. Like clutching Australia and New Zealand nervously upon landing in my new home of Western Australia and wondering "do I really have to memorize the sizes of beer glasses?" Some of the features include a "rediscovering …
