December 2011
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“When we consider the myriad school shootings that have occurred between ...”
– Michael Kimmel: Men, Masculinity, and the Rape Culture (via simeral)
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“In 1919, De Beers experienced a drop in diamond sales that lasted for two...”
– “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Worst Friend” by Meghan O’Rourke
[For an interesting demonstration of cultural production, please see the DeBeer’s Website for their version of the history of the engagement ring.]
(via newwavefeminism)
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“The problem is, real people buy sex, and real people sell sex. The numbers on...”
– Melissa Gira Grant
I really wonder how long it will take for it to sink in that sex workers sell a service, not their bodies. I’m a theatre major and have also been paid for some modeling I do. Both of these involve me using my body and skills to provide a service that I am paid for (at least I’m...
Macbeth, V.v.24-28
earlyfrost:
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
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Hatefulatheist asked: Show me one single instance...
jemimaaslana:
Let’s explore some of the things Hitchens said about Islam and Muslims, shall we?
In this debate with Tariq Ramadan, Hitchens argues against the notion that Islam is a peaceful religion.
“Defending Islamofascism: It’s a valid term. Here’s why.”
“Islamophobia is vague and linguistically clumsy. A phobia is an irrational fear. My fear of Islamic terrorism is not irrational. It’s...
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“Now to “Reverse Racism.” It’s crucial to maintain the distinction between the...”
– Daily Kos: Why there’s no such thing as “Reverse Racism”
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“there is never going to be
any peace
for any individual
upon this earth (or...”
– Charles Bukowski
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The Veteran
by Dorothy Parker
When I was young and bold and strong, Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong! My plume on high, my flag unfurled, I rode away to right the world. “Come out, you dogs, and fight!” said I, And wept there was but once to die.
But I am old; and good and bad Are woven in a crazy plaid. I sit and say, “The world is so; And he is wise who lets it go. A...
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“It really is the same with one’s moods, I think. The wrong approach is to...”
– Stephen Fry, in a letter to Crystal Nunn, a young woman who wrote to him about her depression in 2006 (via Letters of Note)
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2011 festivities at my uncle and aunt’s place
everyone else was up and about by seven; I staggered into the living room, late, to find them already unwrapping presents
it was my cousin’s son’s first Christmas, he wore a little Santa suit and gummed on the wrapping paper
dad gave mum a fugstrocity of a handbag
I’m not sure whether I’m more insulted at the...
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Photos of an Empty London on Christmas Morning →
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“and now I stick this under glass
for the mad editor’s scrutiny,
and night is...”
– Charles Bukowski, “A Poem Is a City”
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“If I’m not having a happy holiday it isn’t because I forgot to do it. I don’t...”
– Jay Smooth, “In Defense of Humbug”
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from At The Edge
by Charles Bukowski
a smoky room at the edge, it’s always been a smoky room at the edge. the edge never goes away. sometimes you understand it better, sometimes you even talk to it, you might say, “hello, old friend,” but it has no sense of humor, it slams you in the gut, says, “this is a serious business, I’m here to kill you or drive you mad.” “all right,” you reply, “I under- ...
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“thanks for bringing that
to our attention
she said the first time
to my...”
– Cheryl Savageau, “graduate school first semester: so here I am writing about Indians again” (via grammatolatry)
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“Paris, like New York, is a city with endless possibilities, and to me, there is...”
– Woody Allen, Interview Magazine (via adrowningwoman)
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“All right, God, send me to hell. You think You’re frightening me with Your...”
– Dorothy Parker, “A Telephone Call”
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So what
by Kim Addonizio
Guess what. If love is only chemistry phenylethylamine, that molecule that dizzies up the brain’s back room, smoky with hot bebop, it won’t be long until a single worker’s mopping up the scuffed and littered floor, whistling tunelessly, each endorphin cooling like a snuffed glass candle, the air stale with memory. So what, you say; outside, a shadow...
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“We’re suspended for a moment on this spinning blue pearl, here together and...”
– Maria Bustillos, Inside David Foster Wallace’s Private Self-Help Library (via awritersruminations)
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Coda
by Dorothy Parker
There’s little in taking or giving There’s little in water or wine This living, this living , this living was never a project of mine. Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is the gain of the one at the top for art is a form of catharsis and love is a permanent flop and work is the province of cattle and rest’s for a clam in a shell so I’m...
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“I’ve never read William Faulkner,
and this leaves me out of certain...”
– Teresa Petro-Micchelli, While We’re Talking About Books
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“Storytelling is inherently dangerous. Consider a traumatic event in your life....”
– Charlie Kaufman, on writing and breaking through, for The Guardian
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“I do believe you have a wound too. I do believe it is both specific to you and...”
– Charlie Kaufman, from this video you really really need to go watch (via adrowningwoman)
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The Lady's Reward
by Dorothy Parker
Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word and look, Swift and shallow as a brook. Be as cool and quick to go As a drop of April snow; Be as delicate and gay As a cherry flower in May. Lady, lady, never speak Of the tears that burn your cheek- She will never win him, whose ...
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“[Trigger warning: Rape culture] One thing I’ve always noticed is how the...”
– DisposablePerson (in the comments to “On Rape Prevention Tips”)
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[tw ableism, ableist slurs] Conflating violence...
youarenotyou:
1. If someone with a mental illness does something violent, the mental illness is assumed to be the cause of the violence.
2. If someone without mental illness does something violent, they are assumed to have a mental illness. [Perceived] Sanity is conditional, in this sense.
3. The exception to the rule is when the perpetrator does not have a mental illness and they belong to...
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