August 2011
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“Is there *seriously* not a ‘Cooking For One’ section on the Weight Watchers...”
– Me, just now. See also: Me, at 38. See also: Me, at 52. See also: Me, before climbing into my oven. (via luckypaperstars)
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Motherlode: "Skimpy" Equality in Collegiate Social... →
At my university, women were allowed to join sororities, but they weren’t allowed to form sorority houses or throw parties. The fraternity houses, despite a rather constant undercurrent of protest from the university, hosted some of the most well-attended, controversial, and crazy parties on campus. At the time, I had few protestations, but closer examinations of the imbalance in collegiate...
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“King’s response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution...”
– Cornel West: King would want a revolution, not a monument, NYTimes.com
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“Of course, Wallace’s slangy approachability was part of his appeal, and these...”
– Maud Newton, “Another Thing to Sort of Pin on David Foster Wallace,” NYTimes.com
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“And lastly, I apologize to everyone for using Twitter to subtly address the fact...”
– The coup d’etat of Andy Levy’s “apology” to Chris Brown and his fans on Fox News’ Halftime Report.
The most disappointing part? The members of the media who are framing Fox News’ disgust with Chris Brown in the context of its generally inexcusable, traditionally...
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Watchnoraleah:
entertainmentweekly:
“It’s in the style of Lil Wayne.” - Anne Hathaway
These days it seems the whiter the actress, the quicker they are to rap on national TV.
… but ok, that was pretty good.
I like watching people laugh at themselves.
“The overwhelming message of the Swift concert to the sea of girls ages 5 to 55:...”
– Andrea Lampos - Parent Regrents: Why I wish we never went to see Taylor Swift
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“A woman has to enjoy herself to conceive? So how were babies made pre-1970, or...”
– greengrey: Unpopular opinion?
It’s always nice to realize what the best thing you heard all day is.
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“The one-vote Senate majority means a single Republican defection could halt any...”
– JSOnline, “Wirch, Holperin win Senate recalls; GOP retains 17-16 majority.”
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“One Ryan confidante used an analogy to make the point. Ryan sees running for...”
– The Weekly Standard’s Web site on Paul Ryan’s thoughts about running for president.
“In this analogy, a presidential campaign is represented by certain death, the American electorate is represented by some rocks, and Paul Ryan is represented by a guy who will jump off a cliff so long as...
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lil wayne // playing with fire
“My momma...
“Focusing on the super-rich also fosters a counterproductive attitude toward...”
– Jeffery A. Miron, “Why Warren Buffet is Wrong.”
Are we still pretending that the U.S. is the most innovative, successful society? Oh, okay. This article should be titled, “I would actually not like you to raise my personal taxes.”
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You guys, I just realized that all the Lil Wayne...
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“But it’s important to remember that though they are in the news, they are not in...”
– Gloria Steinem: Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann ‘Are There to Oppose the Women’s Movement’ — Daily Intel (via jennyjennybobenny)
i chose more
At some point, you may have to make a choice you don’t want to make. Accepting that abortion, or even any sort of emergency contraception, is a choice you might have to rely upon is, to a certain extent, accepting that at some point, you will be alone. It is also acknowledging that you’re fallible - that you’ve made a mistake. You will have to stare your future in the face...
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WatchMy yearly last week of employment inspirational playlist, which I hope none of you ever have to use.
jackhammer // the spinto band
busted heart // bishop allen
you make my dreams… // hall & oates
hannah // freelance whales
lady luck // richard swift
speed of sound // chris bell
little lion man // mumford & sons
eyes // rogue wave
delicious // semisonic
percussion gun //...
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“Honestly, my first reaction to this was I was glad they’re not making Bert...”
– James Poniewozik, Time magazine’s TV critic - “They’re Just Best Friends. That’s It. Seriously,” - NPR
I am not yet sick of the fantastic material this little controversy is producing.
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Nobody ever talks about how sometimes your friendships just silently suck.
I feel like on one hand, I have this cadre of friends I don’t see so often who pretty much ignore me or phone it in occasionally and then get really shocked when I start to refuse to do exactly what they wanted me to do. On the other hand, I have friends whom I see frequently who don’t have the same kind of...
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“This shit sounds like the anthem the fairies in Ferngully would use to go to war...”
– Big Ghost Chronicles reviews Watch The Throne, specifically “Lift Off.”
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8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How... →
How exactly has American society subdued young Americans?
5. Shaming Young People Who Take Education—But Not Their Schooling—Seriously. In a 2006 survey in the United States, it was found that 40 percent of children between first and third grade read every day, but by fourth grade, that rate declined to 29 percent. Despite the anti-educational impact of standard schools, children and their...
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“Perhaps she could wrap her Harvard Law Degree in a bandage dress? I’m sure it’s...”
– MagularTheImpalor in response to this garbage.
Game, set, match.
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“If we give your daughters and granddaughters access to birth control they will...”
– Stephen Colbert (I CAN’T. I AM DYING RIGHT NOW.)
But you guys think this is a not joke, right? Reblog it as an example of my sin.
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kelsium:
We’re a long way from Tracy and Hepburn, definitely, but this article about how The Jersey Shore is bringing a certain kind of eloquence back into style is pretty great.
I can respect the way they choose their words carefully, even if they’re the wrong words.
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something you forgot // lil wayne
Today marks the...
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kelsium:
There’s a difference between things that are inconvenient, things that irritate you, things that make you feel bad about yourself at times, and things that are systemically oppressive.
“Having been refused permission to wear a combat uniform, he has demanded to wear...”
– Reports of Anders Breivik’s erratic behavior in prison, from the Telegraph, indicate that he is obsessed with his physical appearance.
I’m glad to see we’ve all got our priorities in line.
“To give a small but telling example, pointed out to me by my friend Ruth...”
– Russell Shorto, “The Dutch Way,” explains how respect for bicyclists is built into Dutch culture. 