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Yep, I did it.

NEW TUMBLR

I’ll keep this one up, I think. I’ve been posting here since 2009. My relationship with this tumblr is even longer than my relationship with my fiance. I actually never thought of ending it before today, but it feels right. Lots of changes are happening. This is just one of them.

I’ll repost this a bunch over the next few days and I’ll start following a bunch of you over at my new tumblr. See you on the flip side.

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Yep, I did it.

NEW TUMBLR

I’ll keep this one up, I think. I’ve been posting here since 2009. My relationship with this tumblr is even longer than my relationship with my fiance. I actually never thought of ending it before today, but it feels right. Lots of changes are happening. This is just one of them.

I’ll repost this a bunch over the next few days and I’ll start following a bunch of you over at my new tumblr. See you on the flip side.

Yep, I did it.

NEW TUMBLR

I'll keep this one up, I think. I've been posting here since 2009. My relationship with this tumblr is even longer than my relationship with my fiance. I actually never thought of ending it before today, but it feels right. Lots of changes are happening. This is just one of them.

I'll repost this a bunch over the next few days and I'll start following a bunch of you over at my new tumblr. See you on the flip side.

I think I'm gonna delete my tumblr and start over with a tumblr that publishers can look at. I mean, they could look at this one, too, but there's a lot about how I went crazy and stuff. I don't know. Just something I'm thinking about. I don't have the energy to keep up more than one tumblr and I think I'm ready to have one more linked to my real name and stuff.

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dickenchippers, can we make these for your wedding reception?

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OMG yes these are beautiful!

So stressed. Late assignments, assignment due dates piggybacking up on each other. Can't pay November's rent until Thursday. Can't afford food. Just got my car inspected...$600 for new brakes and tires. We don't have a fifth of that between us so I had to ask my parents for money, again. Starting in December, things will be better. I'll be working more, done with school. It just really feels like I'm drowning right now, if I can be melodramatic for a sec.

Just voted! You should too! #day57 #100happydays

#100happydays #day57

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Elephants are the reincarnated souls of some really decent people.

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Hold on friend, we are coming, it’s ok.

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fun facts: elephants are some of the nicest, most caring animals on the planet. they go through physical depression and suffer grief when their loved one dies and in situations like this, the whole entire herd will work together in order to save one and won’t move on until the one in danger has been saved or is dead.

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HAVE I TOLD YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE ELEPHANTS

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correction: really decent people are the reincarnate of elephants

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Okay but why aren't we talking about how FUCKING ADORABLE that little baby is oh my god its expression I can't

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Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.

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I wish we still used "thou" in English because it would increase everyone's sassy potential by 100%

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this lecture in my "language and the mind" class is blowing my mind. Did not think that was possible in this class. But it's totally speaking to me on a creative-writing level and like what? Maybe college isn't useless

MAYBE

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Police response to white protesters at an armed Open Carry March vs. unarmed black protesters demanding justice for Mike Brown

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It’s very comforting to think we’ll be able to solve America’s nutrition crisis by building more grocery stores in low-income neighborhoods and educating low-income families on how to cook healthy, nutritious meals. But the unfortunate truth is that more grocery stores and nutrition education (while helpful to some people) doesn’t address the larger problem — which is that eating is expensive. According to the Population Reference Bureau, the number of low-income families is increasing. The report defines low-income working families as “those earning less than twice the federal poverty line.” In 2011, the low-income threshold for a family of four with two children was $45,622. If you estimate rent at $1000/month, which is quite low for a family of four, that leaves about $33,000 for health care, transportation costs, clothing, and groceries for four people. That’s $687.50 per person per month for every single expense except rent. Let’s do some more math. Gala apples are among the cheapest fruit nationally. The USDA lists them at $1.16 a pound at the time I’m writing this article. There are about three apples to a pound, so if you wanted to buy your two kids an apple for each day of the week, you would spend $5.80 just on an afternoon snack for your kids. And let’s keep in mind that apples are relatively low-calorie, which means they aren’t very filling. Six bucks doesn’t seem like much to someone with a middle class salary, but when you’re working with a weekly budget of under $700 per week for everything you need, including car repairs, gas money, winter clothing for constantly growing children, toilet paper, laundry detergent, electric bills… $5.80 starts to look pretty hefty for a snack that won’t even satisfy. “I look at this list and can’t help but wonder how she’s supposed to do it. If $11 of apples equals two snacks, but $3 in Ramen will feed her entire family for dinner, how can she possibly pick apples with her limited food stamp budget?” McClay wonders.“And how will she ever afford to fill half of every mealtime plate with fruits and veggies, the amount recommended by the same government that issued her food stamps?” It’s a good question. The US government heavily subsidizes some foods, such as corn and soybeans. The result is that processed foods that are heavy in these ingredients end up being cheaper than fresh produce, which is not as heavily subsidized, if it is at all. There is a serious disconnect between what we should be eating to stay healthy, and what the economic reality is.

Why Judging People for Buying Unhealthy Food Is Classist by Wiley Reading

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Seriously. Anyone who thinks it's cheaper to eat healthy has never truly been broke.

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Ask a woman if anybody’s ever complained about her voice and, chances are, you’ll get a story. Watch the above animated video, and you’ll see what we mean.

Your voice is too squeaky, it’s too loud, it lacks authority, it sounds childish, it’s grating or obnoxious or unprofessional.

Why is talking while female such an offense?

Animation by Kelli Anderson for NPR/YouTube

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Okay, as a linguist and a woman and a feminist I am all about this research...but what is WITH the repeated "it's biological" explanation for why people associate deep, lower-toned voices with confidence, strength and authority? I mean, read that again. That doesn't even remotely sound like it's a biological preference, right? It sounds a whole lot like a socialized preference, though. It sounds a whole lot like we are taught from a very young age that men are leaders, men are confident, men are authoritative and so we are also indirectly taught that people with manlier voices possess these traits. HOW is it biological? Show me the "lower voice means capable" gene, please.

The "it's biology!" argument gets under my skin like nothing else when it comes to human behavior. Ugh.