January 2012
100 posts
December 2011
96 posts
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next...”
– T.S. Eliot
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Yo, you guys DID need to tell me this.
omgcln replied to your photo: 2. I’ve swum in the ocean in every country I’ve…
i once had my nose pierced and when i got the flu when living in nyc, it shot out and into my toilet and it’s never been back since. and i felt like i needed to tell you that.
youveescaped replied to your photo: 2. I’ve swum in the ocean in every country I’ve…
oh man, your monroe looks cuter than...
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“If you stick to your work it will take care of you somehow.”
– Kiki Smith (via artnotartnot) (via oh-ew)
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so i bid you pleasure and i bid you cheer,
from...
st. stephen’s day murders // the chieftains
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“Our history was written by the other team, basically. For instance, we are...”
– Meryl Streep in Vogue, on the importance of The National Women’s History Museum, for which she serves as spokesperson
Deborah Sampson was eventually granted £34 by the state of Massachusetts for exhibiting “an extraordinary instance of feminine heroism by discharging the duties of a faithful,...
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““If I was a poor black kid,” writes Marks, “I’d become expert...”
– An Ode to a “Poor Black Kid” I Never Knew: Cord Jefferson
I have been avoiding this mess of astounding ignorance for a while, but for some reason I decided to hurl myself into a rage pool tonight.
There are lots of excellence responses to that ish, other than just this, if you are...
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“By the time this goes up, Drake’s “Take Care” may well have gone past a million,...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones: The Best Hip-Hop of 2011
DRAKE IS R & B. Validation.
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Apparently there will be some shoving at the front...
kelsium:
I’ll be the first in line to buy her book when Courtney Stodden inevitably reveals that she is a 28 year old NYU grad student who has been working on her thesis on performative gender and new media.
The 20 Unhappiest People You Meet In The Comments... →
The Self-Punisher. “I always hate your tastes, so I knew this would be a miserable and useless list before I decided to click on it and read the whole thing, and now I know I was right.”
All of these are really stellar.
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Anonymous asked: <p>is it racist to discriminate against whites in the college application process?</p>
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“SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND...”
– Kanye West, on Taylor Swift
Some days you’re Kanye, some days you’re Taylor Swift, you know?
Cheerleader // St. Vincent.
i’ve played...
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“Tebow has never been crucified and yet, he goes around acting like he’s the...”
– vainglorious: Tim Tebow: Five Things To Know
Perfect.
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“I would just tell her that she could spend however much she wanted on the...”
– My brother really wanted to discuss his wedding plans last night.
I suggested that $100,000 was a conservative estimate.
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Things to gain from a liberal arts education
itsfrantastic:
a greater understanding of the world in which we live
endless amounts of attention, resulting in a disease known as Special Flower Syndrome
a solid background in writing
knowledge of bands that none of your friends who go to state schools have heard of
vegetarianism
wait, no, I’m vegan now
wait, no, pescatarian
oh, it’s steak day?
the ability to answer questions in a...
Two truly terrifying things have happened to me...
1- Frontline is basically my life. I used to watch it all the time as a SWF (Single White Female) living alone because they were often a pretty good realistic way to freak myself out. When I moved home, as a special big girl privilege (pretty much really) my mom let me move my big girl TV into my childhood bedroom. If you have gleaned anything about my typical NPR upbringing, you can get what a...
DeVotchKa // 100 Other Lovers
I guess it’s...
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“There’s a real incoherence to this kind of behavior and thinking. No woman owes...”
– Alyssa Rosenberg, ThinkProgress
This has, for a long time, also been my problem with characters in Judd Apatow movies. Feeling awkward around women is a natural reaction if you’re a kind of geeky dude - probably if you’re any dude! Being a dickhead is not an acceptable way of channeling... 