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Photo reblogged from Dr. Jay Parkinson
“How often do you feel close to people?” As many as 30 percent of Americans don’t feel close to people at a given time…
Natural selection favored people who needed people. Humans are vastly more social than most other mammals, even most primates, and to develop what neuroscientists call our social brain, we had to be good at cooperating. To raise our children, with their slow-maturing cerebral cortexes, we needed help from the tribe. To stoke the fires that cooked the meat that gave us the protein that sustained our calorically greedy gray matter, we had to organize night watches. But compared with our predators, we were small and weak. They came after us with swift strides. We ran in a comparative waddle.
So what would happen if one of us wandered off from her little band, or got kicked out of it because she’d slacked off or been caught stealing? She’d find herself alone on the savanna, a fine treat for a bunch of lions. She’d be exposed to attacks from marauders. If her nervous system went into overdrive at perceiving her isolation, well, that would have just sent her scurrying home. Cacioppo thinks we’re hardwired to find life unpleasant outside the safety of trusted friends and family, just as we’re pre-programmed to find certain foods disgusting.
Fascinating.
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Link reblogged from WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR
She was kicked off the basketball team because of the potential for “drama” her presence created. She’s been vilified by fellow students, called “criminal,” “rapist” and “child abuser.” She was expelled from school. And far worse. She’s facing a lifetime label of “sex-offender,” because the other girl’s parents brought criminal charges against her despite the fact that the relationship was consensual. What’s more, according to Hunt’s parents, Hunt was 17 when the relationship began, but the other girl’s parents waited until after she turned 18 to go to police.
Unbelievably, prosecutors have decided to press the criminal charge.
Emphasis mine.So the prosecutor’s office in Sebastian River, Florida thinks this is a worthwhile use of taxpayer money and the court’s time.
Fuck everything about this.
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Photo reblogged from teaching literacy.
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Quote reblogged from Bi radicalBlack men in this country are three times more likely to be incarcerated than black men were in South Africa during apartheid, when they were the world’s leading incarcerator.NAACP President Ben Jealous: Putting people in jail ‘is how we solve almost every problem’ in America
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“A big pile of reasonably aware and well-intentioned people doing thoughtless shit creates a solid set of stairs for unreasonable, ignorant assholes to say and do what most of us (men and women alike) would deem shockingly destructive.”
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@yellowwella had one last ceremony to finish her high school career. (at Northeast Magnet High School)
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The ceramic heart pendant was a handmade gift for Wella from Emanuela Vaccari who inspired my daughter’s name. (at Century II)
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Review: The Fitbit Flex wristband bests its closest competition
They’re not the first to the fitness band game, but so far, they’ve done it best.
Loving my FitBit Flex & Aria with the Android app. Already lost 5 pounds.
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Pomp & circumstance this! @yellowwella’s graduation (at Northeast Magnet High School)
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Quote reblogged from Damn the man! Save the Empire!The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.Søren Kierkegaard (via vindictiverot)
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Post reblogged from Damn the man! Save the Empire!
The CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch who said all those things was a douche but calling him ugly perpetuates exactly what we’re trying to combat - societal beauty standards and the idea that being beautiful is something we owe to other people. Trust Tumblr to use a hypocritical defense like that.
