March 2010
Irony
dorianisms:
thecurvature:
At the same time as I usually cannot bring myself to answer emails that require any kind of thought whatsoever for at least several days, if I get to answering them at all — and by the way, if it ever comes up, or has already come up in the past, it’s almost certainly not personal, just for the record, and also sorry — I also tend to start getting incredibly anxious...
yuki_onna:
The newest trend among vampires seems to be removing any downside at all from actually being a vampire. Gone are the days of Nosferatu or even Dracula—apparently vampires can walk around in the daylight now, whether they sparkle or not (Being Human, The Vampire Diaries, Twilight), are universally hot (everything ever), functionally cannot be killed and honestly no one even tries...
“Comments about a woman’s body, no matter how elegantly phrased, should be...”
– amandaw:
Put it in a pretty typeface, frame it, and hang it on your wall. This is the rule for every male who feels entitled to speech assessing a woman’s physical makeup. In short: you don’t have the right to comment on her body until she chooses, of her own desire, to give it to you....
The Politics of Disinterest
sociological images:
Panty Raid is comprised of two guys, Josh Mayer and Marty Folb, who produce dance music. As you might guess from their name, their promotional materials include an endorsement of men’s entitlement to sexual access to women:
This is a great illustration of what it looks like to embrace both white and male privilege. We see the bottom half of a black woman sitting with her...
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“you can’t really know the person standing before you, because always there...”
– —from the lacuna, by barbara kingsolver (via beeswing)
someday, i swear, i will learn to take simulaneous to-dos one at a time, without going catatonic. today is not that day.
on the bright side, i am now done with my midterm, and i don’t think it was a total disaster! now to drink my tea & write my paper, and refrain from playing any more echo bazaar until i’m done. which will be haaaaaaaaard!
in conclusion, YESSSSSSSS I GET TO...
“Girls could save your life: the ones you found on your own, the ones you...”
– —from “hearts beat time out,” by mosca
