Keep Hate out of Imaginary Worlds–there’s more than enough in the real one.

Hater groups are trying to keep LGBTQ romances out of video games, are going to stand for it?

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We Do What We Must Because We Can

Quinn talks about the health care reform and what it actually means in plan English.

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Yep, your tomatoes are illegal now, and don’t you dare feed the neighbors

New Zealand is well on it’s way to handing over it’s most basic right to the government.

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Disscussing Jennifer Lawrence’s Weight Is Not The Right Discussion

There are a lot of reasons not to  say an actress is “too fat” to accurately play a starving character. It can warp her young fans’ body image. It’s not polite. And it’s not the discussion we should be having about starvation. Fans debating whether Jennifer Lawrence’s not-emaciated frame can pass for the body of [...]

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It Tastes the Same If you Close Your Eyes

Close your eyes. Ok, don’t close them, you’re reading my words, but just sit back and pretend I’m talking to you for a moment. You’re running out of options, you’re in a big city, you’re trying to find that one last crumb of food. Sure, most of us haven’t been there, but I’m sure we [...]

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Avocados, Banned Books and Pining for Rose Tyler (Don’t worry…it’ll make sense later)

So the new Doctor Who companion was announced. In my personal opinion, she’s adorable and I can’t wait to see her out-speed the Doctor. Also, I love avocados and I think they should be a part of all of life’s important moments. Also I miss Marks and Spencer’s. End tangent. The point is that as [...]

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Never Left Behind

The economic crisis has hit us all, but as usual, those with the least have been hit the hardest. While Americans feel the strain in many ways, people in poorer countries are faced with a slew of problems that are drying up their meager livelihoods and leaving them to face starvation. A recent article about [...]

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Food is the Ultimate Leverage. It’s #notagame

Have you been following our cross-platform discussions? If not, go read our tumblr post from this week and Kelly’s vlog from Wednesday. Caught up now? Excellent. So Kelly asked us to answer – what motivates leaders who use hunger a tool to control? Well Kelly, it’s hard to tell for sure. But I do have [...]

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HPA, Meet New York Times.

The Harry Potter Alliance is in the New York Times!! I mean, how cool is that?!

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Becoming the Heroine of My Own Story

Katherine Green tells us about being inspired by Anne of Green Gables, and how her life reflects that.

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