university of texas
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University of Texas Campaign Around Healthy Masculinity Plunges Conservative Outlets Deep Into Their Feelings
Another day, another reason for Rush Limbaugh to get Limbaugh-size mad about some fairly innocuous shit. This time the radio talk show host is railing against the University of Texas at Austin for a new program that aims to expand the definition of “what it means to be masculine,” claiming that the initiative treats masculinity…
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This Sorority Recruitment Video Is The Scariest Fucking Thing I've Ever Seen And Will Give You Nightmares
There really isn’t much I can say to describe the sublime horror captured on this video. Except perhaps that it’s all there. In 39 seconds of film, the University of Texas’s Alpha Delta Pi chapter somehow managed to incorporate every element of every nightmare I’ve ever had. There’s the preternaturally and eerily chipper voices. Like a…
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Abigail Fisher, The Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon Of Average White Women, Loses
Half-empty bottle of backwashed room temperature Aquafina Abigail Fisher finally (!) lost her years-long bid to have the Supreme Court recognize her hawkish and pandemic averageness as fucking special. From The Huffington Post: In a victory for diversity in higher education, a hamstrung Supreme Court narrowly upheld the affirmative action program at the University of Texas…
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Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas
The Supreme Court of the United States has upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action program, which helps minority students get admitted to the university, Politico reports. In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that “the race-conscious admissions program in use at the time of petitioner’s application is lawful under the Equal Protection Clause,” NPR notes. It was the second…
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How Abigail Fisher Is All The Worst Parts Of Ron Weasley From Harry Potter
I am pretty big Harry Potter fan. Not quite on the “Pottermore comments section” level, but I own books three through seven in hardback. When book seven ultimately dropped, I went back and reread the whole series from the beginning. I’ve watched every movie. And I was even an apologist for the first two, which…