To un-friend, or not to un-friend…is there really a question?
Do you just remove them from your social media life entirely, even if you still love and respect them in general?
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October 26, 2012
Arnold: Totally Recalled
By OcJim I always record Sixty Minutes on Sunday evening. It not only gives me the opportunity to skip the commercials but also to fast forward through segments that either don’t interest me or race past shallowness I can’t abide. Yesterday, Arnold Schwarzenegger got high-speed fast-forwards. I consider Arnold…
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October 2, 2012
Sad Teddy Bear
The Teddy Bear
...they found out that the most popular girl in school and her side kick had beat you up for looking at them wrong, for being, in their words, “a fucking dyke.”
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August 14, 2012
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Crime and Punishment for the Younger Set
This past June the Supreme Court overturned mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for minors on the grounds that it constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” under the 8th amendment. This comes on the heels of similar humanitarian rulings, such as getting rid of the death penalty for…
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July 21, 2012
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Race Woman No More
Feminism fascinated me greatly because I was taught from childhood that a black woman is supposed to suppress her feminist leanings in order to support the Black man...
June 24, 2012
Saturday in the Park
I was happy to be there, but detested the reason why. Unless one has lost a child, no amount of writing or talking can adequately explain the hollow shell of a parent left behind.
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May 18, 2012
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Equality Starts in the Classroom
According to the Center for Disease Control, just having a gay straight alliance group in a school dramatically decreases depression, marijuana and alcohol abuse, suicidal thoughts and unexcused absences, imagine the positive outcome if an inclusive history were taught.
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May 4, 2012
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Book Review: The Literary Party, Growing Up Gay and Amish in America by: James Schwartz
We follow James as he encounters the usual passionate yens of youth; sneaking off with a cute boy, getting caught out in a club by other gay youth, to his adult life as an out gay man dabbling in cabaret and drag.
April 13, 2012
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Happy
Emily hugged her knees to her chest a little tighter. It was going on eleven pm. Eight hours, it was her mantra. In eight hours the sun would crack through the March sky and give her some relief, some warmth and some safety. She hated the night time with…
March 16, 2012
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100 Homophobes Tweet They’d “KILL Their Gay Child!!!”
By Ron Kemp Every time it seems we're turning a corner on some of the madness we face, something comes along to remind us that there's still plenty of work that needs to be done. And, this one ranks right near the top of the list of the worst things I've…
March 15, 2012