in the same way that so many religious people talk about being "saved" or whatever, i am so glad that i realized and came to terms with my unbelief and the fact that i don't need to believe in a religion. for most of my life i felt like i was messed up and wrong and a bad person because i didn't believe in any of the stupid nonsense that my parents ( Read more... )

currently i am using the descendents and weekend nachos as examples in a paper about media influences on rape culture.

the next time someone asks what i'm going to do with my life after i graduate i'm just going to stage-dive into them and scream DEFEAT THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT

my favorite part of an awesomely tasteless wednesday-before-thanksgiving:

gerstle:  if someone came up to me with a gun and asked "do you have a british or american passport?" i would say "NIEN!"

akif: if they asked me i would say "as-salaam alaikum"

so i was reading something on feministing about how the author hates heteronormative dating , like having to act nice and look pretty while waiting for some dude to do you the favor of asking you out.  i obviously don't buy into the usual cosmo-magazine paradigm of heterosexual relationships, so i used to be sooooooooo thankful that "i wasn't like ( Read more... )

so, prop 8 passed in california.  they gay adoption ban passed in arkansas (where there are over 3000 kids in foster care and only 1000 foster homes).  EVERY SINGLE anti-gay ballot initiative passed.

is this what they mean by hope & change? 

that jessica hopper article from punk planet is wack.

the vengeful attitude toward women in punk songs way predates braid, or (hopper's bogus definition of) emo in general.

i just quit my job.

FUCK EM

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google kevin t garvey and peep the first result