February 2011
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The Feminist Hub: grammar policing and derailing →
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Grammar policing is one of the nastiest and most privileged forms of derailing I’ve come into contact with. When you nitpick a person’s argument because of formatting, grammar, or spelling errors, rather than examining the actual intent and objective worth of what they are saying, you’re not just derailing, you are silencing people and closing off the debate to large groups of...
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I’m sure I’m a little behind the times with this, but also think it’s pretty rad that this is now the tumblr error message.
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Anonymous asked: what you can see look through the window?
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I’ve not tumbled for a while, but I’m kinda drunk so I think tonight is a night for tumbling.
December 2010
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November 2010
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operationfiscaljackhammer:
What’s that word that describes when you’ve finished all your exams and can finally relax but you just feel sick. Not becuase you’re nervous about the results, but more that you all of a sudden have the choice over what you spend your days doing and you’re not quite sure how to deal with the end of a long running relationship with a calculator?
I had the same...
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sophie-bee started following you
Thanks a lot! And also thanks to my other recent followers, I ‘preciate it :)
Hope you enjoy
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A Day in My Life.: Little known fact: Ke$ha is a... →
ma-tilde:
A few thoughts:
1. While I don’t mean to minimise her achievement, the initial claim that Kesha is a genius is a bit of a hyperbole to start with. I mean, IQ tests aren’t that reliable, and exam scores aren’t always great at indicating how smart someone is. I doubt we’re ever going to find an objective measure of intelligence, so it’s probably not wise to pin too much importance on...
A Day in My Life.: Little known fact: Ke$ha is a... →
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I express significant doubt at this “little known fact”. If her SAT score was this high then her grammar would be much better, as a result she would not use lines like “now the party don’t start til I walk in” and “they hear we got swagger”.
I’m usually…
Well, it should be “the party DOESN’T start” and “they hear that we have swagger” or “they’ve heard...
Little known fact: Ke$ha is a certified genius....
yesitdid:
I express significant doubt at this “little known fact”. If her SAT score was this high then her grammar would be much better, as a result she would not use lines like “now the party don’t start til I walk in” and “they hear we got swagger”.
I’m usually able to let your grammatical pedantry slide, but on this occasion I think I’m forced to leap to Ke$ha’s...
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