We tend to think of time as a pretty universal concept. Most of us know it’s pretty human-made, the way that we use the hours on the clock, and that some countries or regions use daylight savings and some don’t, that military time versus am/pm is a factor, and that where you are in theContinue reading “Around the World: How do YOU tell time?”
Category Archives: Building Empathy
I am not dating a racial slur.
Originally posted on Ashlynsully:
I work as a waitress. Last night I had a table of about 6 extremely drunk guys come in. Although they were not my table, every time I would walk by them to fill someone’s drink (They were sitting in a table right next to our pop machine) they would cat…
Confessions of a Former Republican
Welcome to Repost Sundays. Original Post found on TomDispatch Here, to my mind, was one strange aspect of the political convention season just past: since the great meltdown of 2008, brilliantly engineered by various giant financial institutions gone wild, we’ve seen a collapse in the wealth of middle-class African Americans and Hispanics, and a significantContinue reading “Confessions of a Former Republican”
Announcements!
In lieu of a post today, I would like to make two announcements. Firstly, I have posted the Glossary page. It’s in its infancy stages, so comment here (or using the box on the page itself) on what other terms you’d like to see defined. I’m excited to build this page to help us allContinue reading “Announcements!”
Need some help building empathy? Here, let Buzzfeed help you!
Some of the comments on the post (the comments section is the devil!) are very, very critical and non-empathetic of the author. While I do agree that it can seem like a bit of a stretch that it took some of these things to build empathy in a person, sometimes, a person really just hasContinue reading “Need some help building empathy? Here, let Buzzfeed help you!”
The Unbearable Solitude of Being an African Fan Girl
Originally posted on omenana:
By Chinelo Onwualu Being an African fan girl is a strange, liminal thing. You’re never quite sure that you exist, you see. A part of you is rooted in your culture and its expectations for how a woman ought to behave – church, family, school – but another is flying off…
all we do is pin
When biracial Buzzfeeder Rachel W. Miller decided to live by the “Most Popular Pins” page for a week, this was her experience: http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/all-we-do-is-pin It’s interesting how not only does she find the ability to comment on the way it makes women overall feel somewhat incompetent, but as a biracial (although lighter, and straighter-haired) working woman,Continue reading “all we do is pin”
Whole Foods, Detroit, and Englewood, Chicago.
If you haven’t ever read about the food options available in lower-economic neighborhoods, and how there’s usually one small, not well stocked, dimly lit, poorly serviced supermarket (if even that) and the rest of the options are corner stores, combined with the options presented often being calorie-heavy and nutritionally-light, this is not the place toContinue reading “Whole Foods, Detroit, and Englewood, Chicago.”
How I Afford to Travel… And You May Not Like What I’m Going To Say
Originally posted on Kate from the States:
The honest truth – I never have the money I need to travel, but I buy the ticket anyway. I’ve realized that money comes and goes, but the more I make, the harder it is to part with it and weirdly, the less I have, the easier it…
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