January 2012
“There is strength in the differences between us / And I know there is comfort...”
– Ani DiFranco
“They understood, together, as friends, and apart, as individuals in the world,...”
– From a wonderful piece on female friendship, tragedy, and the “urgency of compassion.” (via jessicavalenti)
“Just for the record, I would like it known by anybody who cares that I don’t...”
– Lester Bangs, pulled from Sheila McClear’s “The Last of the Live Nude Girls” (via docsorrow)
“I remember meeting Nick Offerman in the early ’90s before I moved to New York....”
– Amy Poehler (via tvandthings)
Your 12-Step Plan for Survivin' the Apocalypse by... →
If you believe the Mayans, 2012 marks the End of Days. But post-apocalyptic life ain’t so bad if you do it right. With scotch. And weed. And lots of animal abuse. Parks and Recreation’s Nick Offerman and Chris Pratt show us how to persevere
"Facebook Makes Us All Sad Because Everyone is... →
Facebook, and social networking in general, serves as a great pile of salt to be rubbed in our collective wounds. Slate points out that the inherent one-upmanship of the site promotes positivity and sharing of good news, not bad. It has a “Like” button, not a “Hate” button. It celebrates the sanctity of friendship. Heck, it even tracks the evolution of a relationship (but unceremoniously...
Pisses me off when people associate the word...
missgingerlee:
“When you’re a teenager and in your early twenties it seems desperately eternal...”
– Morrissey (via atomos)
“If you’re gonna have pizza with someone else, what do you have to do? You gotta...”
– NY Times: Teaching Good Sex (via ffolkthepainaway)
okay best metaphor
(via leraje)
Hell Yeah Feminism: Female RWU students respond to... →
newwavefeminism:
transient-dreamer submitted:
I think this would definitely be worth your time to look at. “Social effects” being a euphemism for behaviors perceived to be opposed to traditional conservative sensibilities.
The original opinion piece:
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A Pretty Great Read about Male Feminism.
fuckyeahfeminists:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1PjuO9/www.theroot.com/print/50815
“The only difference between Mitt Romney and a statue of Mitt Romney is that the...”
– Stephen Colbert
“I don’t expect gay people to prove to me, a straight person, that there’s...”
– WORD (via skirtingtheline)
BLESS YOU
(via theforthrightfeminist)
“As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this...”
– Pres. Obama vowing to protect abortion rights in a press release today (via nowaitninjas)
But Obama… how are you allowing states to essentially criminalize abortion (or — more succinctly — make finding affordable and assessable abortion care nearly impossible) if you think it’s a fundamental...
“We all spend so much time not saying what we want, because we know we can’t have...”
– A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
