I post pop culture (music, comic books, books, and TV mostly), American sociocultural gobbledygook, pretty pictures of food, and other stuff. I live in L.A.
shared because all these people are hella cool but especially because Tao Okamoto looks like a Japanese doppelganger of Katie Holmes Cruise.
- Jason Toney
""Did you live your life like you imagined?" I'm sure I've written about this song before but as I get ready to enjoy this Sunday in full—the morning has been internet and chores), the afternoon, after yoga will be books and sunshine and such—I feel inspired by this question."
- Jason Toney
In one of the most dramatic examples I’ve seen of the true reach of hunger in the United States, a new report released this week by Washington University in St. Louis researchers found that 90 percent of black children will be clients of the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/Food Stamps) at least once by the time they turn... - http://misterjt.tumblr.com/post...
I work with the summer version of that program and this past summer, black children were not the highest percentage of kids using the program. (It was for kids whose families are on food stamps to be fed during the summer.) We had 35% black, 45% white, and 15% hispanic.
- Trish R
Yeah, the rest of the article notes that it's 50% of all children will be on SNAP at some point. Hunger in America is a huge problem for all children, not only black children. But it is especially them. As in, 9 out of 10.
- Jason Toney
Yeah, that's very sad. I was just noting our statistics because people seemed so surprised when they came out. I don't think a lot of people realize how big this problem is now.
- Trish R
Pastor Joel Osteen is one of the most popular preachers in the country, and the author of several best-selling books that help people achieve “their best life now.” Gay Rights blogger Michael Jones writes that while Pastor Osteen has made a name for himself selling a friendlier version of religion, there’s still a sour dose of homophobia that lies... - http://misterjt.tumblr.com/post...