October 2011
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“Concepts are social creations. As such, they are malleable, contested, and...”
– J.Z. Garrod (2011).
Oct 31st
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“Sociology is possible only because human behavior is patterned. Students in a...”
–  Uncoupling: Turning Points in Intimate Relationships by Diane Vaughan (via aow)
Oct 30th
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Noam Chomsky Quotes: Chomsky on the IMF →
thirdworldtraveler: “Take the IMF. The IMF is not the World Bank, but it’s closely related. The IMF’s former U.S. executive director Karin Lissakers accurately described the Fund as the credit community’s enforcer. The IMF is very anti-capitalist. For example, suppose I lend you money. And I…
Oct 30th
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Oct 28th
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Poisonous Purple Lipstick: What is Sociology? →
poisonouspurplelipstick: Well-Known Sociology/Anthropology Majors: Rev. Martin Luther King Rev. Jesse Jackson Alonzo Mourning Michelle Obama Ronald Reagan Dr. Ann Durham, mother of President Barack Obama Sociology is the scientific study of human social life. It is also a way of thinking that will change the…
Oct 28th
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“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”
– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland  (via quotesforintellectuals)
Oct 26th
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“‎”Philosophers do have a habit of examining very old ideas. Hence...”
– Ian Hacking, The Social Construction of What?
Oct 26th
"It Should Be Like This Everywhere": The Free... →
Oct 22nd
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Old American Money. →
An interesting look at the ideological side of images in the form of money.
Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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Oct 18th
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What Regional Differences Mean for National... →
An interesting look at what gets swept away under the guise of national identity.
Oct 17th
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Oct 16th
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“Nonetheless, politics is struggle, not inevitability. So too is capitalism. As...”
– Bell, Michael M (2009) The problem of the original capitalist. Environment and Planning A, 41, pp. 1276-1282 (via geogthoughts)
Oct 16th
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“People’s minds and their conceptions of themselves are shaped by their social...”
– George Herbert Mead (via robert-brydie)
Oct 16th
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Oct 15th
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Oct 15th
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Oct 15th
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Oct 15th
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Oct 13th
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“I am well aware that it is now the fashion to deny that Socialism has anything...”
– George Orwell, ‘Homage to Catalonia’ (via liberationfrequency)
Oct 13th
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Paul Krugman: Intellectual Styles Of The Rich And... →
The notion that the national interest is that of its corporations. If this is the case – and it is and always has been – then it begs the question: “What is a nation-state?” 
Oct 12th
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CBC's Kevin O'Leary gets schooled on #Occupy Wall... →
Oct 10th
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“There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. Might as well speak...”
– Charlotte Perkins Gilman (via agirlonfilm)
Oct 6th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 3rd
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Films For Action | Watch Over 700 Videos... →
Oct 2nd
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Oct 2nd
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