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Why Some Evangelicals Are Trying to Stop Obsessing Over Pre-Marital Sex - Abigail Rine - The Atlantic →

h/t to @graceishuman. I could have used this article and movement before I signed that stupid True Love Waits card. *tosses her confetti alllll around*

Reality TV Family Tree | New Republic →

TV Bday PALOOZA (by OnlyLeigh) h/t to @owillis This is so bloody adorable, I can’t stand it.

Scientists Back Kiera Wilmot by Tweeting About All the Stuff They've Blown Up - Miami - News - Riptide 2.0 →

Kiera Wilmot

Coachella Fans: So Hip They Like Bands That Don't Even Exist [VIDEO] →

LMAO! h/t to @WeeLaura. It’s way easier to hate fucking hipsters now.

‘The Third Coast,’ by Thomas Dyja, and More - NYTimes.com →

Where the hell does this woman live? Up her own ass? I lived there for almost 15 years, and like any place, it has its problems. But, truly, it’s a beautiful city. There’s no mention of the various neighborhoods and art and music…Chicago bleeds diversity and culture.

This is what I’d call a hit piece, and Shteir an elitist hitwoman.

I am asking every reasonable American to help me tell the truth about the cowardice these senators demonstrated. I am asking for mothers to stop these lawmakers at the grocery store and tell them: You’ve lost my vote. I am asking activists to unsubscribe from these senators’ e-mail lists and to stop giving them money. I’m asking citizens to go to their offices and say: You’ve disappointed me, and there will be consequences.

—Gabrielle Giffords

A Senate in the Gun Lobby’s Grip - NYTimes.com

29 Reasons To Love Boston →

<3 Except 28. I’ll give you a vintage license, though…

What Major World Cities Look Like at Night, Minus the Light Pollution | Collage of Arts and Sciences →

h/t to @WeeLaura for all this beauty.

These data are the first to demonstrate that not only do whites think more progress has been made toward equality than do blacks, but whites also now believe that this progress is linked to a new inequality – at their expense,” note Norton and Sommers. Whites see racial equality as a zero sum game, in which gains for one group mean losses for the other.

Whites Believe They Are Victims of Racism More Often Than Blacks | Tufts Now