Link Me Up, Scotty - Bring on the Cookies Edition

Wednesday, February 3, 2016
A young trans girl sells a butt-ton of cookies in response to a nasty neighbor who told her "no one wants to buy cookies from a boy in a dress." Fuck you, nasty neighbor. Stormi sold over 3,000 boxes, most of which she'll be donating to other foster children. Go, Stormi, go, and thank you to foster mom Kim for being AWESOME.

H/T Brother Steve
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Just when you think people suck so much that the earth may disappear from the displacement, they surprise you by spontaneously doing the right thing again, and again, and again. THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY EYE.
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And then there's this. What. The. Hell. The hubris of white men when it comes to women's bodies - especially the bodies of women of color - is ASTOUNDING.
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But then there's THIS! Dr. Leila D. Denmark practiced medicine for over 70 years before retiring at the age of 103. MIGHTY GIRL.
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Bios of famous male scientists written as if they were women. Tell me again how women in STEM aren't discriminated against due to systemic sexism.
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Why American Muslim women wear (or don't wear) the hijab. I tend to think of this a very personal choice, and it's not up to me to tell some Muslim woman whom I've never met and whose life I don't know how to symbolize her faith or what they should or shouldn't wear. For me, being a feminist means respecting other women's choices, especially when they don't agree with my own.
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A conversation on the value of an education in the humanities. I myself believe a Liberal Arts education has incalculable value (please note I said "liberal arts," not "liberal," as the two are not the same thing).
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Video of my Heart: The Piano Guys mash up Adele and Mozart with lovely results.


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