August 2009
21 posts
“Do you really think America is in Afghanistan to save the rights of women?”
—Michael Ware of CNN on Bill Maher tonight
sometimes it seems like things are all going to be okay or even get better.
until the details start to get in the way.
July 2009
19 posts
“Moreover, this isn’t simply an example of a “double standard;” rather, it’s male privilege in action. If I bang my finger on the table during a rant in a seminar here at Harvard, no one’s going to call me “shrill” or “domineering.” These are words used to describe folks that defy stereotypes and resist domination or subservience. These are words used to put them in their place, to remind them they’re not white; they’re not men. These are words that evoke, employ, and perpetuate privilege.”
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He’s Assertive; She’s a Bitch (via katoleary)
my seventh-grade advisor told my parents that the influence and authority i exhibited in the classroom “would be okay if [i] were a boy.” she left the next year.
it's 105F on my grandma's porch. in the shade.
i may or may not have just consumed a large portion of p's piece of cake.
and blamed it on the cat.
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i am in some kind of funk today.
an’ i dunno why.
“General art books dated 2105 will be as brutal about editing the late 20th century as they are about almost all other centuries. Every artist other than Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd and Damien Hirst will be a footnote.”
—
Charles Saatchi
Curious.
(via hydeordie)
i was about to post blurry pics of the line for harry potter. but it’s not really that exciting.
79% after almost a decade. p got 85%. he always beats me at these things. of course, he is a native. maybe that helped.
Despite the last four years in New York, you’ll be happy to know that I am still 82% Texan…
