Saturday, October 19, 2013

Saturday afternoon roundup

Internet users seem to think women should shut up, which is one reason that, while I appreciate the overall sentiment of this piece on intersectionality, I think it's dangerous to tell women--white or otherwise--to shut up, much less imply that that has to happen for "other" voices to be heard. You can talk and listen at the same time; it's called "conversation."

While we're on google-search autofill results, this XKCD mash-up is awesome.

Miscarriages are common and not particularly correlated with behavior, so quit blaming the women.

This map of baby names by year and state is crazy.

Drudge thinks that the popularity of salsa is (1) new and (2) a sign of the apocalypse.

This reminds me just how much wine is not vegan.


There's a tilted solar system out there.

Are you up on the Law of Urination? Here's an illustrative video:

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