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sas·sy 1 (ss)
adj. sas·si·er, sas·si·est
1. Rude and disrespectful; impudent.
2. Lively and spirited; jaunty. 3. Stylish; chic: a sassy little hat. 
2. Lively and spirited; jaunty. 3. Stylish; chic: a sassy little hat.
I am studying sociology. I believe in frank, open, honest communication. In case you did not notice I am a feminist.
I am currently pursuing a graduate degree in Sociology with a gender studies certificate. My research interests are feminism, social movements, gender, sexuality, education, deviance, and family.
My goal is to raise awareness of issues in society, and discuss a variety of social topics and issues affecting the southern states, the U.S.A., and the world.
March 5, 2013
February 25, 2013
In Child Development, Early Intervention Is Vital - NYTimes.com
For more than 40 years since we wrote that law, the evidence has continued to pile up of the importance of early intervention in child development — what then-Senator Mondale, our colleagues in Congress and I well understood at the time.
And yet we as a country still fail to provide the resources to support working parents and ensure that their children have all the educational opportunities necessary for achievement in life.
(Source: deborahsiegel)
February 12, 2013
October 17, 2012
October 12, 2011
September 28, 2011
18 Signs That Life In U.S. Public Schools Is Now Essentially Equivalent To Life In U.S. Prisons
#1 Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has announced that school officials can search the cell phones and laptops of public school students if there are “reasonable grounds for suspecting that the search will turn up evidence that the student has violated or is violating either the law or the rules of the school.”
#2 It came out in court that one school district in Pennsylvania secretly recorded more than 66,000 images of students using webcams that were embedded in school-issued laptops that the students were using at home.
#3 If you can believe it, a “certified TSA official” was recently brought in to oversee student searches at the Santa Fe High School prom.
#4 A few years ago a class of 3rd grade students at one Kentucky elementary school were searched by a group of teachers after 5 dollars went missing. During the search the students were actually required to remove their shoes and their socks.
#5 At one public school in the Chicago area, children have been banned from bringing their lunches from home. Yes, you read that correctly. Students at that particular school are absolutely prohibited from bringing lunches from home. Instead, it is mandatory that they eat the food that the school cafeteria serves.
#6 The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending huge amounts of money to install surveillance cameras in the cafeterias of public schools so that government control freaks can closely monitor what our children are eating.
#7 A teenager in suburban Dallas was recently forced to take on a part-time job after being ticketed for using bad language in one high school classroom. The original ticket was for $340, but additional fees have raised the total bill to $637.
#8 It is not just high school kids that are being ticketed by police. In Texas the crackdown extends all the way down to elementary school students. In fact, it has been reported that Texas police gave “1,000 tickets” to elementary school kids over a recent six year period.
#9 A few months ago, a 17 year-old honor student in North Carolina named Ashley Smithwick accidentally took her father’s lunch with her to school. It contained a small paring knife which he would use to slice up apples. So what happened to this standout student when the school discovered this? The school suspended her for the rest of the year and the police charged her with a misdemeanor.
#10 A little over a year ago, a 6 year old girl in Florida was handcuffed and sent to a mental facility after throwing temper tantrums at her elementary school.
#11 In early 2010, a 12 year old girl in New York was arrested by police and marched out of her school in handcuffs just because she doodled on her desk. “I love my friends Abby and Faith” was what she reportedly wrote on her desk.
#12 There are actually some public schools in the United States that are so paranoid that they have actually installed cameras in student bathrooms.
#13 Down in Florida, students have actually been arrested by police for bringing a plastic butter knife to school, for throwing an eraser, and for drawing a picture of a gun.
#14 The Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice has announced that it will begin using analysis software to predict crime by young delinquents and will place “potential offenders” in specific prevention and education programs.
#15 A group of high school students made national headlines a while back when they revealed that they were ordered by a security guard to stop singing the national anthem during a visit to the Lincoln Memorial.
#16 In some U.S. schools, armed cops accompanied by police dogs actually conduct surprise raids with their guns drawn. In this video, you can actually see police officers aiming their guns at school children as the students are lined up facing the wall.
#17 Back in 2009, one 8 year old boy in Massachusetts was sent home from school and was forced to undergo a psychological evaluation because he drew a picture of Jesus on the cross.
#18 This year, 13 parents in Duncan, South Carolina were actually ticketed for cheering during a high school graduation.
(number 14 makes me want to destroy computers.)
(via mujerinterrumpida)
(Source: kemetically-afrolatino, via lipstick-feminists)
September 27, 2011
September 14, 2011
WASHINGTON POST: "College graduates are the fastest-growing group of consumers who have filed for bankruptcy protection in the past five years, according to a new study."
(Source: inothernews, via socalfeminist)
September 14, 2011
New data on student loan defaults from the Department of Education shows the problem is getting worse. Specifically, the cohort default rate for borrowers whose first loan repayments came due in the 12 month period starting with October 2008, went up to 8.8 percent from 7.0 percent. Kevin Carey says the real truth is even worse than that, noting that this is merely the two-year default rate even when many students default outside that window and also that for many students, the “two-year” window is actually shorter than that since the academic calendar doesn’t line up with the fiscal year.
(via Student Loan Default Rates Are Higher Than They Appear | ThinkProgress)
I know I reblogged a similar post about this topic but I couldn’t resist sharing the attached image.
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My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they’re like
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A few weeks ago my mom stapled pages of a story in one of her women’s magazines together and handed it...
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So You Still Think Homosexuality Is A Sin?
via my mother
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“Advice for young feminists? Do something else besides feminism. I’m serious. The feminist blogosphere is oversaturated in my opinion. Please, find...”
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“I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled...”
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Just because he likes boys does not mean he’s flamboyant.
Just because she likes girls does not mean she’s butch.
Don’t...
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“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your whiteness affords you a privilege that shields you...”
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stop trying to deny me the rights that all people deserve.
