January 2012
137 posts
Routing Around Urban Damage: The Ghetto Escalator →
In Comuna 13 of Medellin, Colombia’s largest city, a recently built 1,260-foot long escalator snakes across the hillside shantytown in six separate divisions. As part of the neighborhood’s larger urban regeneration project, this massive outdoor escalator cuts down the time to traverse Comuna 13, reportedly one of Medellin’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods, from 35 minutes to six minutes on...
“The real story isn’t that Gingrich committed adultery — an act every bit as...”
– The Truth About Marianne Gingrich (via azspot)
“Racism is, at its root, a lie.The habit of lying does not end with the racism...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates (via azspot)
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”
– Mark Twain (via peachyarchivist)
“This trumpet was sounded to feed the prejudice of people who already believe...”
– NYTimes.com (via azspot)
“Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.”
– Plato (via fresherthanamofo27)
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by...”
– Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]
undercovernun:
This is the Undercover Nun:
This is the Undercover Nun with new theology books:
Any questions?
*dies of cute*
Call for Submissions - Poydras Review →
nolagrrlnyc:
poydrasreview:
Poydras Review, print and online, accepts year-round submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and art. Prose should be under 7500 words. Poetry is accepted exclusively for our online blog. We only accept submissions through Submittable, no email submissions please. See our guidelines on poydrasreview.submishmash.com or visit our...
“She stood me up against a tree, she took the shotgun out of my hands, and she...”
– Nathan Hoskins knew from an early age that he was gay. But when he was growing up in rural Kentucky, his mother took extreme steps to convince him otherwise. Looking back on it now, he says, “I am who I’m supposed to be.”
Threats And Lies, And ‘Who I’m Supposed To Be’ : StoryCorps
(via npr)
Cognitive Dissonance: History is destroying... →
cognitivedissonance:
Seriously.
Here’s how The History Channel works:
Launched in 1995, The History Channel spent quite a bit of time on World War II, leading to “The Hitler Channel” as a sarcastic moniker. Realizing Nazi Germany can only be so profitable, The History Channel began expanding its chosen…
