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20 Nov 2016

On the Hunt for Oaxaca’s Seven Different Types of Mole Sauce

“Latin women dig me. They really do. Like that woman the other day who gazed at me and said ‘you’ve got more eyes than a pineapple.’” That’s a brazen, almost pontificatory, snippet of notes from my recent trip south of the border. I wasn’t sure if they’d get published necessarily. They

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17 Nov 2016

This Cersei Lannister Parody is Absolutely Hilarious and Environmentally Conscious

This article is sponsored by the fine people at SodaStream. Interested in advertising with us? Holler at Alex@BrokeAssStuart.com Recently SodaStream put out this great video that parodies Cersei Lannister’s literal walk of shame through the streets of King’s Landing. Beyond just being a funny and cute video (that even has curse

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14 Nov 2016

Yelling ‘Fuck Trump’ Isn’t Enough

Trump won the electoral vote but he lost the popular vote. Let’s be honest with ourselves… no matter who was chosen as the next president, there were bound to be riots. However, I was floored when I learned that Hillary did not win and my party would be the rioters. I was

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14 Nov 2016

RageDonate Let’s You Directly Support the Marginalized Groups Trump Has Attacked

Are you angry and hurt that our country has elected Donald Trump? That we’ve allowed racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, and bad self tanner into the White House? Well now you can direct that anger and do good work with RageDonate. Over the weekend I got a press release for RageDonate,

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11 Nov 2016

How to Successfully Report a Hate Crime

Guest Post by Maya Hampton The U.S. government acknowledges that there is a spike in hate crimes whenever the political or social environment becomes contentious around issues of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. The election of Donald Trump is certainly one of the most contentious political and social

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11 Nov 2016

5 Leonard Cohen Songs That Might Save Your Sanity

Seven years ago I was standing in the crowd under the arcades in St. Mark’s Square in Venice, waiting for the storm to pass. It was a warm August night and I don’t remember if rain had been forecast. The crowd grew restless, more rain could mean that Leonard Cohen,

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31 Oct 2016

You Can Help Standing Rock by Supporting their Health Clinic

The Do No Harm Coalition, is a group of 300+ doctors, nurses, students, faculty, and staff at UCSF who are committed to ending racism and state-sanctioned violence. They made headlines recently when they came out in support of Colin Kaepernick. Right now they are raising $100k to help create a free

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28 Oct 2016

7 Pumpkin Spice Products that Just Shouldn’t Exist

Never before has there been a single flavor that is so completely associated with a very specific group of people: basic white girls…in Uggs…and yoga pants. Pumpkin Spice seems to so perfectly embody what it apparently means to be a basic white girl. Then again I have no real bearing on the situation because I feel like half of the people who throw the term around would qualify as basic white girls themselves.

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