January 2011
December 2010
“So is it offensive? Well, imagine if someone said, “I love rap music … No...”
– Reggie Bush — ‘No Homo’ | TMZ.com (via minorjive)
Tegan And Sara Have Disabled Embedding →
So you’re just going to have to click that link.
You know. If you want to be happy or whatever.
“Dear Anna, We will live in a cave in a hillside in Turkey. Dear Anna, we will...”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer (via mileswalser)
“There’s a huge difference between harassing a woman and trying to start a...”
– From Katie Baker’s really incredible article “Catcalling Is A Problem: How to Talk to a Woman Without Being Rude, Creepy, or Scary” at Alternet
One of the best articles I’ve read about street harassment in a long time — great analysis and advice both.
Rape Culture
dangerouslycoldtea put together this fabulous list of links explaining “rape culture”. All are totally amazing and worth reading. Seriously. Please read them.
This Is What Rape Culture Looks Like [Yes Means Yes]
On “Hey Baby” And The Invisibility Of Managing Sexual Harassment (Invisible To Men, I Mean) [Alas A Blog]
Sexual Force And Reader Consent In Romance [Dear Author]
The...
WatchMark Wahlberg Talks to Christmas Animals
Say hi to your mother for me, okay?
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
John and Yoko and The...
WatchThe truth about Santa.
“It’s Christmas, for goodness sake! Think about the Baby Jesus, up in that tower,...”
– Karen Walker
“I RULE I AM THE BEST I AM REALLY COOL AND THESE SHOES LOOK AWESOME ON ME”
– suggested affirmations from Dannielle Owens-Reid
“OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE POWERFUL NORTH WIND THAT WILL ARRIVE BY MIDNIGHT...”
– Buh-buh-buh-Blizzard Warnng
The powerful north wind is our biggest concern, folks.
"Friendly Reminder": Fox's Unbalanced Ethics... →
Anyone who still clings to the notion that Fox News is actually a news organization rather than a propaganda machine for special interests — and that it actually is led by journalists who adhere to the code of ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists — must read the leaked memos Media Matters disclosed this morning.
Under the heading of “Fox boss caught slanting news reporting,” Media...
“But wait! The lawyer defending Prop 8 in court yesterday didn’t identify...”
– Dan Savage, “Make Straight Marriage Compulsory”
“Dear Anna, We will live in a cave in a hillside in Turkey. Dear Anna, we will...”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer (via mileswalser)
“I’m able to make a distinction between you and me without feeling the...”
– Aaron Sorkin wrote an open letter to Sarah Palin at the HuffPo.
If I wrote an open letter to Aaron Sorkin, it would probably just go: “Dear Aaron, I love you.”
Something I had forgotten I do:
Title my Word docs creative and expository things as I am in the middle of writing papers.
This semester’s current favorite: “This is so close to being a paper that I might shoot someone.doc”
Mama Goose:There’s No Such Thing As a Chanukah... →
You guys. Want to hear something crazy that just happened?
I was just reading my friend Meryl’s post at the Mama Goose blog (link above) about celebrating Hanukkah with her kids (whom I may have sent a bazillion presents this year, trying my best to do the honorary Aunt thing from far away) and then I was listening to the Macabeat’s “Candlelight” on YouTube for like, the...
Unintended Perk of ILike Music Streaming: I can...
