February 2012
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Women and the Wire
It’s the program’s instinctive sense of justice that makes it difficult to accept that The Wire has betrayed women, and it’s this that makes the betrayal saddening and important in a way that the inbuilt sexism of most mainstream TV is not. That one of the most progressive TV shows in the medium’s history is also one of the best is deeply heartening. That one of the most progressive TV shows in...
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“You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to...”
– Aaron Freeman “You Want A Physicist To Speak at your Funeral” (via philproctor)
Watchnowinstereo:
Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms
I’ve been listening to so much synth pop this week that this was a no brainer to post. The vocals are so mesmerizing especially the layered parts in the pre-chorus.
lil’ bit obsessed with this song
January 2012
35 posts
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“The beard-second is a unit of length inspired by the light-year, but used for...”
“The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized...”
– Fidel Castro
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“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively...”
– Sylvia Plath (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)
My visa application has been received!
Another step closer…
“I hear Republicans and Libertarians and so forth talking about property rights,...”
– Ward Churchill
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To recap, this week PRESIDENT Obama:
mandigray:
-Made a decision that made it almost universally possible for women to get affordable birth control (Yay for women!)
-Rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline (Yay for the environment!)
-Denounced SOPA (Yay for the first amendment!)
-Sang Al Green (Yay for everyone)
Say what you want, I still believe in Hope.
4 more years
“And recognizing that our male dominated culture is fucked up doesn’t make you a...”
– -David Combs (Spoonboy)
(via caviarmpits)
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Yes You Can! Why Enthusiastic Consent Is Easier... →
verycunninglinguist:
A must read.
“But suppose you do find it hard. How can you make it easier? First, you need to get used to talking to your partner/s in bed – I mean, have an actual conversation. Ditch those hollywood ideas about perfectly synced-up effortlessly sexy uber-romantic simultaneous orgasms, and throw out those literary-fiction tragic-wah-wah deep and serious silent sex tropes. (I...
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Everybody chill out. Obama's got this. →
growtowardthelight:
Andrew Sullivan on How Obama’s Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics
Obama 4 lyfe
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“Are we going to have our energy drinks outside or inside?”
– Henry, succinctly summing up our last FATHER band practice
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(sadly deleted) Wikipedia list of So Solid Crew...
DORIAN LYNSKEY: Racism vs “racism”: why Diane... →
the-lottie-project:
“…Because when a white person gets a chance to brand a black person racist, especially in the wake of the Lawrence verdict, they give themselves permission to pretend that privilege and power and the kind of deep-seated racism that ruins people’s lives are things that don’t exist anymore.”
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moonshoes-sherlock-in-the-tardis asked: Ant and Dec's book is an autobiography, not a biography. They wrote it themselves. Therefore, they did, actually, write a book. :)
December 2011
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