November 2011
16 posts
The Political Notebook: Pakistan, the US and the... →
thepoliticalnotebook:
Badmouthing Pakistan is a policymaker pastime in the US, while critically needing Pakistan in military and diplomatic ventures in South Asia remains an unavoidable element of actual policy. The narrative about Pakistan’s terrible treatment of the US as an ally is frequent in both journalism (…
Wow.
mehreenkasana:
My grandmother was married off when she was 12. Hers is a story to be heard.
This makes me so happy. I’ve been watching Lewis Black for 7 years and from the way he went on, it was clear that his politics were uncompromising and straight out of the progressive and liberal aspects of the American sixties.He experienced that era, and subtextually within his critiques of current politics, he wouldbe comparing the last decade or so unfavourably, to the straight edge, out...
Aut dosce, aut disce, aut discede: Trigger warning... →
mehreenkasana:
Trigger warning for calling out on asinine privileged parallels drawn during Occupy protests:
I’m a little put off by some Occupy protesters who have the ignorant audacity to compare the treatment they’ve received from the police with the treatment they’ve given to those in “third world…
WELCOME TO TUMBLR UNIVERSITY.
THIS IS THE BUILDING-
THE CLASSROOM-
ID-
UNIFORM- (OPTIONAL)
HALLWAY-
FOOD AND STORES IN THE CAFETERIA-
& MORE!
CLASSMATES/SCHOOLMATES-
& MORE
FIELD TRIPS-
Paris,France
London
Hollywood,California
Boracay,Philippines
New York
When adults complain about our generation.
I’m here like hold the fuck up…
who raised OUR generation? YOUR generation did, so…