December 2011
in honor of 2011 i have wasted the final day of 2011 just like how i wasted every other day in 2011
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“People just get things wrong. They read them wrong, or remember them wrong or...”
– What Is Good Fact-Checking? | Mother Jones (via rubenfeld)
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A List of Great Things
kelsium:
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Instead of fighting about one article written by one woman, I thought I’d list a bunch of articles/videos/etc. that were created in 2011 by multiple women! All of these things are great and I enjoyed them very much.*
Everything Maura Johnston writes for The Village Voice
Anna Holmes’ The Disposable Woman for The New York Times
Sheila McClear’s The Last of the Live Nude Girls
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“I’m not a medical professional, but it seems obvious that human beings aren’t...”
– Gina Trapani which echoes why I’ve started working at a standing desk. (via @ftantillo)
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A single event that encapsulates my insufferable...
msavignon:
Subtitle: “Why can’t I learn to shut the hell up and wish people a Merry Christmas?”
(Trust me, in the few days we’ve been home, there have been several moments worthy of consideration. Because I’m an asshole.) Every Christmas Eve, we visit Mr. Avignon’s dad’s family, the side we only see once a year on Christmas Eve. This visit is fairly straightforward: 2ish hours of catching up...
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“The first thing to remember is this: As long as you make an identity for...”
– Eckhart Tolle, Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now (via mindfulwellness)
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“I worried I couldn’t “follow my bliss” because I couldn’t feel...”
– Anderson Cooper, Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival (via dearly)
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My favorite holiday tradition is not going to...
"What did you get your parents for Christmas?"
sixtyforty:
My continued existence, reluctantly.
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“There is a deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there’s a laziness...”
– President Obama in an interview with Barbara Walters that airs Friday night on ABC - Politico (via brooklynmutt)
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“It was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via thechocolatebrigade)
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a woman, taking up space
bitterbuffalo:
invertebrateparty:
When I was in fourth grade, I was sitting with my cello, waiting for my orchestra concert to begin. The cello was on the floor, but I was seated in my section in a long dress with my knees spread wide, and my elbows on my thighs. My mom - in the audience - gestured to me for five minutes to sit “properly,” and when I didn’t follow her instructions, she came up...
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“People think I’m not punk but I just ate an entire tub of hummus so what the...”
– Mark Hoppus (via bigmouthstrikes)
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“ATTENTION TO EVERYONE WHO POSTS THESE SUPER DRAMATIC CAPSLOCK FACEBOOK MESSAGES...”
– Nyle Emerson (via majesticnomad)
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“Do you know how many times Batwoman issue #4 passes the Bechdel test? Five...”
– Autostraddle — Batwoman #4: Smart, Feminist and Very Very Lesbosexy (via autostraddle)
me: you'll regret staying up this late
me: i know
me the next morning: i regret staying up that late
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SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto... →
gadgetry:
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jewelweed:
because i think everyone needs to read this
i’m open to lots and lots of dialogue on this, obviously, and i don’t really think all men deserve to die, but i was basically called a “Nazi” recently because i think that this is an extremely important text.
read it.
Yes, more moderate feminists, there are those amongst you who genuinely believe...
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