It's like Apple is bent on reminding me of the Kesha fad of 2008. And that one Taylor Swift song I bought by mistake. 

Hashtag how do I delete this shit while keeping my other, less soul crushing songs... 

Seriously have they not considered there's some shit in the cloud that should stay there? You can't put a silver lining on fucking Flo-Rida. 

The thing about courage is it comes in a limitless supply. 

Every conversation on Facebook ever

Bird migration patterns:

"Whaaa whaaa wha wha." 

"Birds whaa whaa." 

"Whaa whaa?"

"Whaaaaaaaa"

"Whaa whaaa racist durr durr!" 

"Durr durr birds durr durr."

"Liberals dur dur dur."

"Dur white chicks durr durrrr!"

"Patriots durr durr dur."

"Fucking liberals dur!"

"Durr durr guuuuuns dur."

"..... Birds?" 

Just wrote up a report on a study regarding prejudice and biases for my psychology class. This was assigned months ago (proof of my invincible powers of procrastination), but proved to be almost prophetic with what is going on in the United States at the moment. 

It examined the relationship between implicit racial attitudes and explicit racial attitudes. Implicit attitudes are private, unspoken, and unconscious. Explicit attitudes are outward, public behaviors. 

Most everyone would say they are not racist. Why would they? It's a dirty word that stirs up horrible images of hate from what feels like eons ago. However, due to several different reasons explored in this study, racism still exists on an implicit level. 

People are groomed to behave in a certain way according to what is publicly acceptable. And in most places, racism is not publicly acceptable. However, due to the way people are portrayed in culture, media, seemingly harmful jokes, and so on, we are groomed on an unconscious level to feel a certain way as well. 

It sounds like something out of a Tom Cruise movie, doesn't it? Holding people accountable for unconscious actions? But I think it's important to not turn a blind eye to the way people are repeatedly behaving. I'll admit, I didn't know exactly how to feel about these incidents. Trying to remain untouched by any sort of media bias proves difficult when that can be our only source of research. But this study really helped show what can lurk beneath our exterior. 

This is not meant to point a dirty, racist finger at everyone in society. Even in this study, it pointed out that most of these actions are subconscious and unintentional. But they also stated that knowledge of the existence of our implicit racial attitudes is the first step to changing them. The more you know. 

The study was "On the Nature of Prejudice: Automatic and Controlled Processes" by John F. Dovido, Kerry Kawakami, Craig Johnson, Brenda Johnson, and Adaiah Howard. I'll admit, it's a bitch to read but it proved very resourceful. Once I'm done reading and reporting on yet another psychology study (ugh... it's due tonight) I'll see if I can find the pdf and link it so those who are interested have ease of access. 

Cheers. 

People must have a lot of time on their hands with how much they worry about other people's lives. If I'm not busy worrying about my own life, then I'm either sleeping or having a glass of boxed wine while the baby takes a nap. 

Today while watching The Emperors New Groove with my daughter something Esmé said really stood out to me. 

Esmé: "Why is it my fault you don't have ... What was it again?" 

Peasant: "ummm... Food." 

Esmé: "Ha! You should have thought about that before you became peasants." 

Where have I heard this before?  

The other day I heard someone argue "going to college turns you into a democrat!" 

Now I don't like to expressly talk negatively about one party or another but if you invite me in I'm going to walk around your house. 

By saying college makes you a democrat, you are saying that HIGHER EDUCATION makes you a democrat. You know, that KNOWLEDGE stuff and exposure to other cultures and types of people. 

So it is your ignorance and lack of knowledge that makes you a Republican? No? Then maybe I'd reword your argument. 

My political science professor once used this to explain the liberal bias in the media. To become a journalist you have to go to college, and statistically those who go to college are democrat. Don't like the liberal bias? Quit putting faith in your google education and go get some knowledge. Just try to resist those nasty liberals that try to convert you while you're in college with things like logic, facts, and exposure to the world.