It Happened to Me: I Married My Rapist and We Had 4 Kids

http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/daleen-berry-married-rape

Believe you can change (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)

http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/dweck

Great Geek Debates: Disney Princesses vs. Hayao Miyazaki

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/disney-vs-miyazaki/all/

The State Of 3D Printing Is Beyond What Sci-Fi Predicted

http://www.bitrebels.com/technology/the-state-of-3d-printing-is-beyond-what-sci-fi-predicted

Old Man Henderson

1d4chan.org/wiki/Old_Man_Henderson

Methanol toxicity from aspartame may cause autism, spina bifida, preterm delivery and more

http://www.balancingyourchemistry.com/news-23/post-316-methanol-toxicity-from-aspartame-may-cause-autism-spina-bifida-preterm-delivery-and-more.html

The Most Harmful Medical Intervention Is Done to All of Us

http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2012-12-01/the-most-harmful-medical-intervention-is-done-to-all-of-us/

College

http://p10.info/college-22/

Hormones

http://community.sparknotes.com/2012/11/20/auntie-sparknotes-why-do-i-want-to-hnd-all-the-time

World Economic Forum Warns That Patents Are Making Us Lose The Race Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130110/09590621628/world-economic-forum-warns-that-patents-are-making-us-lose-race-against-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria.shtml

I Am Going to Dropkick the Next Dudebro Who Tells Me Coercive Sex is Consensual Sex

http://www.xojane.com/issues/i-am-going-to-dropkick-the-next-dudebro-who-tells-me-coercive-sex-is-consenting-sex


There's a problem: in almost everything outside of sex, people say to not give up when refused, and just keep trying. Especially in any sales oriented job. So it sorta makes sense that most men would assume the logic applies to sex too. Even romantic stories often have men continue to pursue a woman after being turned down once.

To get men to respect the word "no" in the bedroom we need to teach respect for the word in other places too. It would help a lot if people simply got taught to respect others in general. There is very little respect for anyone in America.

Going Viral For Something You Didn't Do

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andyellwood/2013/01/07/going-viral-for-something-you-didnt-do/

Man Creates Indestructible Football for Kids in Third World Countries

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/man-creates-indestructible-football-for-kids-in-third-world-countries.html

St Matthew Island

http://randomgag.com/funny-image/11420/

Games Are Best When Things Go Wrong

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/10/23/games-are-best-when-things-go-wrong/

Anderson Cooper: "The Fact Is, I'm Gay."

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/07/anderson-cooper-the-fact-is-im-gay.html

When someone says they aren't comfortable with another person's behavior: Listen

http://captainawkward.com/2012/08/07/322-323-my-friend-group-has-a-case-of-the-creepy-dude-how-do-we-clear-that-up/

http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/meet-the-predators/

U.S. mentally ill and their families face barriers to care

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/29/us-usa-shooting-mentalyill-idUSBRE8BS07O20121229

Feminism: still excluding working class women?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2012/03/feminism_still_

Love and Suffering

The amount of suffering in one's life, is tied to the amount of desire one carries.
Complete apathy, leads to happiness. (because nothing is ever wrong).
The greatest suffering, comes from the greatest desires.

Love is desire. Who wouldn't want to ease the suffering of those they love?
A love that does not care about the suffering of others, isn't love.
To love, one must be willing to accept suffering. It is the price of caring.

The greatest love, is the greatest desire. It is the wish to ease all suffering. To aid all. To perfect everything. It is an impossible desire. It will doom any who bear it, to suffer.

For me, to love, is to suffer. If I sought happiness, I'd find it easily, by simply abandoning all care for the world. I would rather abandon my life, than abandon my love. What I seek, is not happiness.

I want to care. I want to care so much it hurts. So, I do.
Then people ask, "Why do you hate living?"
I never really know how to answer this question. I don't know how to explain it in a way they'd understand, and I'm not sure I'd want to. If they understood, they might suffer too. For me, it seems stranger that so many are able to live with so few concerns. To live in ignorance of all the suffering, is not something I'd want. I find it amazing, that so many are able and willing to do so.