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Religious scholar Reza Aslan answers CNN’s question, “Does Islam promote violence?”
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“Vegetable” is a culinary term. Botanically-speaking, they don’t exist. SCI CODE’s Coma Niddy (Mike Wilson) explains why…
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A Great Guide on How to Cite Social Media Using Both MLA and APA styles
Smart Girls cite their sources :)
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Domino enthusiast Flippycat uses a huge collection of Domino Rally sets to screen link this longer chain reaction together — 35 scenes total (all listed here in the notes). Screenlinks are separate tricks that are edited together to make it look like a longer setup, and this one is full of fun: Spinning robots! Rolling eyeballs! Rockets! Bridges! Planes!
We love chain reactions. In the archives: another screenlinked set up and more Flippycat videos.
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What is the Marginalized Voices Project?
The Marginalized Voices Project is a collaboration between the National Eating Disorders Association and feminist activist and editor of Everyday Feminism, Melissa A. Fabello. Together, we’re calling for stories that focus on underrepresented experiences and communities in order to create a platform for people to share what it means to suffer (and recover) from an eating disorder.
Our goal is to create a collection of stories that tells the whole truth – by spanning the entire spectrum, highlighting stories from people of marginalized identities and that challenge misconceptions – so that we can present the world with what the reality of most eating disorders look like.
Why the Marginalized Voices Project?
Mainstream media often portray eating disorders as a “young, privileged white woman’s disease.” We know this is simply not true. Eating disorders affect people from all different backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexuality, and ages. It is our hope that this project will dispel these myths and misconceptions about eating disorders.
We’re also organizing this project because it’s dangerous for people to believe that their eating disorder “doesn’t count” or that they’re “not that sick.” Through these stories, we hope to spread the message that everyone’s experience is as equally valid and equally deserving of care and recovery.
How to Participate
Submissions should be written in personal narrative, creative non-fiction, or memoir style and be between 1,500 and 2,500 words. Submissions are due by Saturday, August 15th.
For tips on how to write in personal narrative or memoir style, please check out this website.
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This is important!
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“For most of history, humans had no idea what purpose the heart served… although everyone could feel their own heart beating, it wasn’t always clear what each thump was achieving… Even in the 21st century, only a few people in surgery teams have actually seen a working heart.”
How the heart actually pumps blood, a TED Ed by Edmond Hui, with animation by Anton Bogaty.
In the archives, related watching: The Bloodmobile, Why Red Blood Cells Look Like Donuts, and The Circulatory System.
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Hey, this post may contain sexually explicit content, so we’ve hidden it from public view.
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Don’t question God’s plan.
