- “After a global search for a suitable bride, herdsman Bao Xishun ended up marrying a saleswoman from his home city of Chifeng in northern China. Mr Bao, who stands at 2.36m (7ft 8.95in) tall, tied the knot with Xia Shujian, 29, several days ago.”
- Hat tip to Sylvia. “For years, sexual harassment has been rampant in Nigeria’s universities…a pattern emerges of women being held back and denied passing grades for rebuffing teachers’ advances, and of being advised by other teachers to give in quietly.
- This post is genius! About Kal Penn teaching at U Penn, but all via an IM conversation.
- Thx Jason! “The mural, like the website, offers a blunt assessment of history..They would read that Europeans used smallpox like a WMD and that “Spaniards took babies from their mothers breast and smashed their heads against rocks.”
- “she took the liberty on yesterday’s show of flying [Toby Dawson's] abeoji to Chicago to “surprise” TD and his parents, both of whom were in the audience. And neither of whom had previously met their son’s Korean father.”
- Thx Geraly! “Are the parallels that gays make between GLBT struggles and the civil-rights movement instructive or offensive? What is the deeper meaning behind the perceived homophobia in the African American community?”
- “She lied about becoming a stay-at-home mom! She and Brad are fighting about her adoption addiction! And the trump card: She uses her kids to manipulate the media! Oh, SNAP.”
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The Octavia Butler Book Club
(Click the book for the latest conversation) Feminism for Real – Jessica, Latoya, Andrea
The Same Woman – Thea
I Speak For Myself – Fatemeh
Yes Means Yes – Latoya
Sex Ed and Youth – Jessica
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