February 2012
101 posts
katrinablair:
dr. dog : “how long must i...
“So, when men do femininity they feel ridiculous and when women do masculinity...”
– Sexy Femininity and Gender Inequality » Sociological Images (via sociolab)
“It’s not that Chris Brown is categorically unforgivable. It’s more that he’s no...”
– VICE on Cord’s Chris Brown post (via ceedling)
“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via golden-notebook)
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
“[Trigger warning: rape culture] Rape culture is telling girls and women to be...”
– I might just copy and paste this so I can have this perfect answer ready when people say things like “but how does this “rape culture” actually affect women?”
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education →
austinkleon:
One of the great errors of an elite education, then, is that it teaches you to think that measures of intelligence and academic achievement are measures of value in some moral or metaphysical sense. But they’re not. Graduates of elite schools are not more valuable than stupid people, or talentless people, or even lazy people. Their pain does not hurt more. Their souls do not weigh...
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I never watch the Grammys, but I just wonder if...
oldfilmsflicker:
FOLLOW UP! “Who tf is Paul McCartney?” http://samdesant1s.tumblr.com/post/17576499626/infinite-joy-yelyahwilliams-evanpierri#notes PLUS confusion from those unfamiliar with Bon Iver http://indoorliving.tumblr.com/post/17552554421
jewahl:
Bob Dylan’s answering machine message,...
I’M NOT OKAY WITH CHRIS BROWN PERFORMING AT THE... →
READ THIS. Seriously. It’s not so much about the Grammys as it is our culture’s reaction to domestic violence.
One of the most intriguing parts of the article is when the author asks in parentheses, “What if this had been Taylor Swift instead of Rihanna?” I think race as well as the way both women market themselves / are portrayed by the media make a huge difference in...
comelylittletree:
Afraid of Love - We Are Trees
“I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain...”
– Anaïs Nin (via katieileen)
glibhysteria asked: how? how does one fight loneliness? :(
