Through These Eyes

The Evolution of Marriage →

A historical perspective on the evolution of marriage and why same sex marriage is more acceptable then in the past.

“The collapse of rigid gender expectations and norms has fostered the expectation that marriage should be an individually negotiated relationship between equals, replacing the older notion of marriage as a prefabricated institution where traditional roles and rules must be obeyed….

The growing acceptance of same-sex marriage is the result of these profound changes in heterosexual marriage. It’s not just the president’s views on marriage that have evolved. Marriage itself has evolved in ways that make it harder to justify excluding same-sex couples from its benefits and obligations.”

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Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion

“It binds people together into teams who seek victory, not truth. It closes hearts and minds to opponents even as it makes cooperation and decency possible within groups.”

Jonathan Haidt

— 3 weeks ago with 1 note

"Listen to me: If you want to be terrific, don’t take the advice of all those assholes who don’t know shit. You gotta not only do great work, you gotta be a good person. And in order to do innovative, exciting, dramatic work that is unusual — in any field — you have to be courageous. When I did those Esquire covers that are in the Museum of Modern Art, I didn’t need the courage to do the work. I did these very iconic covers that were shocking, but I didn’t need balls. The editor needed balls to say, “Hey, Lois knows what he’s doing. I love his covers.” I’m saying, use your head. Think things through. You gotta be proud of yourself. You gotta believe in something. You can’t live a bullshit life."

The OG of advertising, George Lois, pulls no punches (via flavorpill)

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— 1 month ago with 120 notes

"Never half-ass two things — full-ass one thing."

RON SWANSON, Parks And Recreation (via inothernews)

— 2 months ago with 347 notes

latimes:

To put things in context, that’s $200 per unit for popular English/math classes, when the going rate for most courses will be $46 by the summer.

latimes:

Santa Monica College to offer two-tier course pricing: The school’s governing board has approved a plan to offer certain high-demand classes for a higher price when the regular classes have filled up. It’s believed to be the first such scheme in the nation.

Photo: Santa Monica College has 34,000 students and one of the highest transfer rates to four-year universities in California’s community college system. Credit: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times

The Future of Education

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— 2 months ago with 89 notes

"Here’s the thing about being a girlie girl. I think there was a generation before us that felt like they needed to act like men to be taken seriously, like they had to use their sexuality to take control of people. I don’t judge people for that. But I don’t want to take all my clothes off and use myself as an object. It’s part of the machine and I don’t think that necessarily pushes us forward as women. I think you can still be girlie and maintain your power. The fact that you associate being girlie with being non-threatening, that is I mean, I can’t think of more blatant example of playing into exactly the thing that we’re trying to fight against. I can’t be girlie? Why do I need to be defined aesthetically by someone else’s perceptions of what makes me seem like someone who should be taken seriously? I’m going to wear whatever I want to wear, because I’m expressing myself, and I deserve that right. And I like the way that looks. You’re not demeaning yourself by acting girlie. I think the fact that people are associating being girlie with weakness, that needs to be examined. Not me dressing girlie. I don’t think that undermines my power at all."

Zooey Deschanel (via mezasaurusrex)

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— 3 months ago with 998 notes

"We do not believe that it is worth overturning a decade of settled law that has formed the legal foundation for all social media. And finally, we do not believe that it is worth restricting free speech or providing comfort to totalitarian regimes that seek to control and restrict the Internet freedoms of their own citizens"

Markham Erickson, marketing director of NetCoalition. Stop SOPA.

— 4 months ago

Stop SOPA

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— 4 months ago with 354 notes

"I’ve never understood why every character being “hot” was necessary for enjoying a TV show. It’s the same reason I don’t get Hooters. Why do we need to enjoy chicken wings and boobies at the same time? Yes, they are a natural and beautiful part of the human experience. And so are boobies. But why at the same time?"

Tina Fey, Bossypants. Haha. Love her.

— 4 months ago

“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” - Robert Lewis Stevenson

I miss traveling. Taken Spain 2011.

— 4 months ago with 1 note