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Thank you, Sarah Palin.
Everyone’s saying “I don’t think Sarah Palin was behind this”. If you mean she didn’t pull the trigger, of course. However, she, Sharron Angle, and Michele Bachmann, all used incredibly violent rhetoric, and violent rhetoric produces violence. It’s the exact same situation of abortion clinic violence. Loud, powerful voices talk about how doctors are “murdering” babies, and they use violent rhetoric against them. Then, some follower goes and “takes care of it” for them. Afterwards, the powerful people call it a “senseless act”, and separate themselves from it completely, pretending it had nothing to do with them. They didn’t pull the trigger, and they didn’t place the bomb. Their words and imagery, though, were powerful enough that someone else took it seriously. You can’t deny that there was violent rhetoric specifically aimed, several times, at Rep. Gifford, so much so that she talked about the threats towards her (threats from followers who were encouraged by the rhetoric). The rightwing mocked when those who were threatened talked about the threats against them.
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The power of words are far more dangerous than weapons. Rhetoric has moved masses for thousands of years, even from the time of Aristotle. But when words are used by ignorant minds, they become detrimental to those masses.
Help, I have a crippling fear of lesbian bars.
i think we’re playing scattergories at kelsey’s later
I had [unsafe] sex w/a girl & found out later that she formerly worked as a prostitute on the streets of our downtown area. I feel like she should have told me, but I feel TERRIBLE for feeling that. I am now worried about STIs. Am I being an asshole?
hmmm, well, it’s possible you didn’t do any specific sex acts w/her that would put you at risk anyhow, here’s an article:
http://www.autostraddle.com/safe-sex-for-lesbians-45382/
SOOOO if she was a responsible sex worker then i assume she practiced safe sex and furthermore was regularly tested for STDs/STIs. I would hope that she wouldn’t have unsafe sex with you if she hadn’t been tested since her last partner.
I mean really you shouldn’t have unsafe sex with any girl without knowing her STD/STI status, they say.
I understand that her former line of work puts her in a high-risk group. But if it was a random hookup she has no obligation to tell you that she used to be a prostitute. she does have an obligation to let you know her status w/r/t STDs if it’s either 1)unknown or 2)she has an STD and participated in activities with you that could’ve infected you as well.
i feel like go to planned parenthood next week and get tested for everything. it’s free or cheap, i’ve been there 10,000 times. starting a fight with her over a hypothetical is dumb.
give her the benefit of the doubt for a bit, yannow? i’m guessing she didn’t feel she needed to tell you about her work because she IS clean and because maybe she knew if she’d told you that she had been a prostitute but was for-sure disease-free, you probably would have not believed her, you know? it’s a difficult thing to tell someone b/c there is so much judginess around sex work. you never know how someone could react.
if you’re positive for anything, then however, then she’s the asshole – not because she didn’t tell you she used to be a prostitute (and who’s to say that’s how she got it anyhow, it’s sort of irrelevant), but because she didn’t tell you about the sti.
How do you explain to your hair-cutting person how to do the sides of your head ifyouknowwhatimean? I want that.
Hmm I’m not exactly sure what you’re referring to. But maybe that’s because I cut my own hair. I will eventually go to a profresh person to fix it up, but I haven’t done that since July. Clearly I’m due.
I just take a scissor to my hair and make sure to layer that shit.
I just cut where there’s bulk.
Then everyone yells at me cause I leave cut hair in the sink.
Whoops.
Tips for making graphic design a career? I’ve never taken classes, just fooled around with PSP, but people tell me I’m quite good and I just don’t know what the next step is. Did you study design in college?
Hi! Yes I did. But this isn’t always the way to go about a career in graphic design. Like sexuality, design is fluid!
This is because it’s all about your portfolio.
With that said, perhaps an associates degree somewhere will be what you need. You will learn the Adobe Creative Suite Holy Trinity: Photoshop, Illustrator, and most importantly: InDesign because PSP (I’m assuming that means Print Shop Pro?) is not gonna fly. (But you know, it’s a good starting point :) )
Typography classes will be very important.
But also you can’t learn everything in school.
Read design blogs. Look around for inspiration and keep up with what the big kids are doing because they are leading the way.
Here let me get you started with that:
http://blog.iso50.com/
http://www.aisleone.net/
http://jasonsantamaria.com/
http://www.good.is/category/art-and-design/
http://www.swiss-miss.com/
http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/
Browse fonts for fun: http://fontshop.com/
http://ilovetypography.com/
http://www.thedesigncubicle.com/
http://www.designspongeonline.com/
You never ever stop learning about design, especially with the internet these days. Always read, always go to other peoples websites for inspiration (communities like: http://www.behance.net/ for example).
Good luck :)
Hey, what if everyone (or those who’d like to participate) working for AS goes in some sort of Special Edition AS calendar?
You guys …
I think you underestimate the extremes Team Auto goes in order to NOT be in pictures. Have you seen our author icons?!
A bi grl i like broke up w/ her gf. Later she said she liked me (i said i liked her 2), thn she proceeded to get a bf. While going out w/ her bf she tries 2 kiss me. I wanted 2 kiss her, but I don’t want her 2 cheat w/ me. Should I have just kissed her?
No I wouldn’t entertain this persons nonsense.
She has a boyfriend because it’s easier. That’s it. I don’t need to hear anything else to know this is the truth I can swear by it.
He probably pursued her and we all love feeling wanted, it’s just easier to be wanted by a boy and to make that official in this world.
Don’t let her have her cake (& eat it too etc) – she will regret not being with you when she could’ve had you.
Hey. So all my life all I’ve ever wanted to do is open a second hand book and record store. I’ve always said I’d do it some day/when I grew up but all of a sudden I’m almost 27 and I’ve done nothing about it and now I think it’s too late.
it’s never ever too late to do anything
until you’re dead and then it’s too late.
i want to shop at your store.
Say someone wanted to send you something like tea from England. Where might one send it to?
post office box one zero four nine five, tempe arizona, eight five two eight four.
i have a strict rule of sharing any and all tea with rachel, ftr.
I really, REALLY want the autostraddle calendar but I’m a closeted gay teen and getting my parents credit card would involve asking them. Could you make a pdf of it?
Email me and we’ll talk, little closeted one