July 2010
“Fried chicken; roast pig; wild and tame turkeys, ducks and geese; venison just...”
– Mark Twain regarding southern food in the 1840’s, via Papercuts, via ”97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement” by Jane Ziegelman.
In a word, YES.
(via 52books)
Equality Myth: The Beauty Advantage: How Beauty... →
God we love this photo, despite the weird overly buff dude. Wanted to send out a link to Newsweek’s massive package on the role of looks at work, which includes pieces on: the double bind that women face, what would happen if women ruled the world, why women should shun that …
See below.
My best career advice:
Don’t be a girl.
Do we have an alien-contact contingency plan? →
Of course we do.
I love it I DONT CARE YOU DONT KNOW ME
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Even Female Law Partners Suffer Wage...
equalitymyth:
Jesse’s got a new Newsweek piece about wage disparity in the legal profession—even among the best lawyers at the most elite firms. A new study found those women, within the highest ranks of the most respected firms, make, on average, $66,000 each year less than men.
First of all: ouch, apparently we’re in the wrong field. But second: double ouch, that is totally appalling. As...
“Egyptians were all about having the maximum amount of glittery goodness,...”
– 6 Things From History Everyone Pictures Incorrectly
There is a scale for measuring how spicy a food...
ohyeahfacts:
(source)
graphic break down of the MIMS song "this is why... →
(via ilovecharts)
The cat out-ranks you.
itsalwayssunny
He’s a special agent. Are you a special agent?
oldhollywood:
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained...
In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is...
Wah wah.
ohyeahfacts:
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Holy Smokes →
countryandwestern:
Someone is finding links to all of the albums listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and putting them on a tumblr. Crazy. Ones that popped out at me (besides all of them): 3, 17, 22, 31, 34, 47, 99, 102, 115, 133, 141, 142, 152 & 222
Holy Smokes, Indeed.
