April 2011
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“What is truly disturbing is the game Trump has been participating in, the...”
– From the New Yorker News Desk, posted by David Remnick
You know what I find most offensive about this whole thing? White men pull this shit all the time. White men get into Harvard Law School based upon nothing but their connections to other wealthy, infamous, important white men. White men publish...
viewpoints that render me unelectable
morninggloria:
Never mind those things! In addition to those kooky extreme views, I believe that all children born here should be granted automatic citizenship, but that once those children turn 18, they should have to reapply in order to receive full citizenship rights. Everyone (with the exception of those unable to take the test due to disability, who won’t ever be kicked out of...
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“We can and should dismiss this man as a clown. But what’s so riveting is...”
– Andrew Sullivan, on Donald Trump
matt-t:
The Hold Steady - How a Resurrection...
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excerpted from “Prayer for Our Daughters” by Mark Jarman from Bone Fires: New and Selected Poems, available here.
May they never be lonely at parties Or wait for mail from people they haven’t written Or still in middle age ask God for favors Or forbid their children things they were never forbidden. May they be themselves, long after we’ve stopped watching. May they...
“I feel enormous pressure to be as talented and successful as I was different and...”
– Arianna Stern, “Cool Kids Never Have the Time.”
Has a stock image doppelgänger whose look is very... →
“Our Associates, members and supporters are here officially ordered: NOT to...”
– -The Ku Klux Clan denounces the Tea Party and uses interesting language in doing so. This is, as the writer notes, perhaps the first time the term “socialist,” is used to insult the Tea Party, instead of used by the Tea Party, to insult others.
Cord Jefferson, GOOD, Inc.
“We ran into my ex-boyfriend’s friend at the very same bar. He expressed his...”
– codex gigas: monday night
It was a mimed basketball dunk. Picture a five minute delay, also.
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“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is...”
– John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society (via growingupindie)
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“The best indicator of whether a country does well is how it treats its girls and...”
– Barack Obama, Glamour magazine, August 31, 2008
Remember how excited we were?
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WatchBy putting this here, I am pretending to be a famous blogger with a large international following, who, at the mere suggestion that this is an event I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ATTEND, would receive an anonymous envelope from an admirer in Kazakhstan, filled with tickets to this summer’s Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears extravaganza.
kelsium:
You are all good people.
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Today is both of these.
There are so many days when I feel like taking out my ovaries and presenting them to John Boehner and the congressional Republicans in a small tupperware container like, “Here. I got you these. You can have them.”
There are also so many days when I have no idea what 99% of the things happening on my tumblr dashboard are even talking about, when I get all worked up over things I...
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this is a big deal.
There are so many more intelligent, productive, thoughtful, even angry and forceful ways you could make an effective point. But if you want someone to take you seriously? This is probably not the best idea. It’s cute and silly and glib, but that’s not really the way I see the GOP’s attack on American women.
So you’re not too good at writing persuasive letters, but you want...
Mail a Million Panties to John Boehner for Women's... →
This sounds like something that will help John Boehner respect women more. (No).
walkforchoice:
I really hope this happens.
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“Fuck me, I’m so single. I hate not having someone to share all of this...”
– Adele
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“There’s nothing courageous about asking for sacrifice from those who can least...”
– Obama, in his prepared remarks about deficit reduction.
Can we stop calling Paul Ryan and his cronies courageous for proposing cuts that pray on the lower class, who have virtually no representation in our government right now? Can we stop calling Republicans who propose further cuts on the...
“Of course, there will be those who disagree with my approach. Some will argue we...”
– Obama’s prepared remarks on deficit reduction
And this! Taxing the top 2%!!
This is the man I voted for.
(via mar-see-ah)
“The second step in our approach is to find additional savings in our defense...”
– Obama’s prepared remarks on deficit reduction
Daring to go there: DEFENSE CUTS!
(via mar-see-ah)
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“[S]ometimes in this kind of environment, where you have all these folks on TV...”
– President Obama, speaking to a group of eighth graders about the most frustrating aspect of being president.
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How do you spend your AmeriCorps living stipend?
A breakdown of a “budget.”
20% at Qdoba and/or Chipotle (burrito purchases in general) and coffee purchases made out of desperation
20% at beer store around the corner from apartment and at miscellaneous bars
10% at various clothing sales and used book stores
50% on housing/the IRS
*Things that are not mentioned are not a significant enough part of my overall spending habits to...
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Don't get your hopes up
“If you do get an interview, promise me you’ll brush your hair. And I’m just going to tell you this, make sure you don’t play with it. Your dad would never tell you that, because he plays with his hair too, but it’s so distracting.”
-job application advice from my mother
The adrenline rush that accompanies applying to jobs for which you...
