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All The Other Girls

inmont4uk: So I had a chance to see the first two episodes of HBO’s new show Girls early, because Lena Dunham went to my school. She actually graduated with the same major as the one I will later this year - Cinema Studies. Oberlin’s been pretty vocal about their support for and excitement about Dunham and her show. I was apprehensive about it, given that the poster featured four white girls...

Apr 22nd

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cybercarnet: How to Be a Fan of Problematic Things →

I like things, and some of those things are problematic. I like Lord of the Rings even though it’s pretty fucked up with regard to women and race (any narrative that says “this whole race is evil” is fucked up, okay). I like A Song of Ice and Fire even though its portrayal of people of colour is… An overall good read and something I really am trying to help my students understand. This...

Apr 1st

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Mar 23rd

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Reblog: My fellow white people on Tumblr, I am... →

face-down-asgard-up: My fellow white people on Tumblr, I am here to get you, because you need to be got. We MUST stop responding to POCs posts about Trayvon Martin and racism in general with your feelings on how “we are all connected!!” and “omg but POC are being racist to me!!”*. Stop…

Mar 18th

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Mar 16th

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Eight Secrets Which Writers Won't Tell You

mywholebohemiansoul: writers-awakening: Written by Ali Source: Aliventures Secret #1: Writing is Hard Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. (Gene Fowler) There’s a myth – not just in the writing world – that if you’re good at something, it’ll be easy. And established writers, me included, do have writing sessions...

Mar 7th

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Mar 7th

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Feb 7th

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Feb 4th

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Okay, on my second viewing of Sherlock...

palaceoffunk: aka “Why Won’t You Let Irene Adler Be Great?” [Spoilers for Sherlock] Read More Palaceoffunk articulated all of this better than I think I could! And while I too really did enjoy this episode and thought lots was cool and clever, well…. these thoughts, they are mine, too. Why couldn’t she end with the upper hand? Why have her vulnerability be emotionally based?...

Jan 8th

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“Sex will always be an exciting mystery to children, they’ll always want to know...”

– Steven Moffat (via tinysprout) I love every word this man says. (via rosalarian) Moffat aside, whom I do generally quite like, this is just…. a really good quote. And I wish I had had more of these examples as a kid. And I think that kids will learn a lot about sex from popular culture so...

Oct 18th

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Oct 12th

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cybercarnet: rosinhabela: My name is Kelly... →

rosinhabela: My name is Kelly Schomburg, I’m the girl with the red hair in these pictures. I was protesting at the Occupy Wall Street march yesterday when I and several other women were sprayed with mace and subsequently arrested. Many have already seen the video, which has been… I keep encountering this story. There’s so much going on right now I’m having trouble...

Sep 27th

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Sep 21st

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Sep 13th

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“Make up a story. Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is...”

– Toni Morrison, from the 1993 Nobel Prize lecture (via ethiopienne)

Sep 5th

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Sep 4th

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Sep 1st

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Flood Relief for Vermont

ecrivaine: If you’d like to help those affected by the floods in Vermont, you can: text FOODNOW to 52000 to donate to the Vermont Food Bank or donate directly to the Vermont Red Cross. Please reblog.

Aug 31st

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Jul 8th

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Jul 5th

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“Being a somewhat dark person myself, I fell in love with the idea that the...”

– Laurie Anderson on Moby Dick (via grey-girl) (I am reminded a little of Quentin Crisp and the Great Dark Man. Also, “A sense of unspeakable security is in me this moment, on account of your having understood the book. I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb,” a...

Jun 30th

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FAQ For Students: Rapture Edition →

rosalarian: liberal-life: One professor apparently made a FAQ for his students regarding the impending rapture. I wish some of my professors had such a great sense of humor. Q: With the rapture coming, should I bother working on my final paper? A: Yes. The odds are you will not…

May 21st

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“The hottest sex I’ve ever had is inside language. I don’t mean writing sex...”

– Lidia Yuknavitch interviews Sugar from The Rumpus in I’m Standing Right Next to You. (via rainashes)

May 21st

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May 10th

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: "in this moment, no one has ever, died" →

rainashes: “In this moment” “before” “anyone, ever” “died” “before we were born?” “in this moment forever before” “before we went to a war” “Before we died” “In this moment, now” “In this moment before, it is not before” “In this very moment” “where is it” “where we haven’t died” “or died inside” “In… Just looked back at this and… just really love it. That’s all.

May 10th

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May 9th

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May 8th

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Hi Tumblr! Resolution!

Hi Tumblr! Long time no see! So….. the other day, I was looking through tumblr and I thought to myself, “gee, maybe I need to make a new tumblr, one where I can just post whatever nonsense I want, with no stress.” And then it occured to me that…. wasn’t that what this tumblr was origionally for? Do I really have anyone following me that I am that concerned about...

May 5th

Apr 17th

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“The privilege afforded wealthy white men like Charlie Sheen may not be a...”

– Anna Holmes (via soupsoup) YES YES YES. I saw that 20/20 interview off hand and stopped when the word “rebel” popped up. Seriously? Addiction’s a whole ‘nother thing, but threatening physical harm, EVEN DEATH, on another person (much less your ex-wife) is not “rebellious,” it’s not cute or sexy or...

Mar 5th

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Feb 28th

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“I want to live in a world where there isn’t a hierarchy of relationships, where...”

– http://crunkfeministcollective.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/living-single/ (via glitterpolitic)

Feb 11th

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Jan 13th

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small things.: THANK YOU HUSBAND: A Story About... →

parasols: masterblaster: sadydoyle: A little ways back, I spent some time researching Tori Amos. As a result, I have a vast amount of Tori-Amos-related opinion floating around in my head, STILL, which I must communicate with you. 1) It occurs to me that “Cornflake Girl,” much like “Gimme Shelter,” owes a significant… This answers a lot of questions I’ve had about the baffling series of...

Dec 16th

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Nov 22nd

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Nov 9th

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Nov 9th

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Nov 8th

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Nov 8th

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Oct 29th

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Oct 25th

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parasols: automatic writing →

parasols: I remember rolling over with a particular thought in my head last night, reaching for a pen, paper, whatever was nearby. Awake now, I even know what and why and which piece it pertained to, which I do not usually remember when I write things out half-awake in the dark, hoping that they look like… I just really love this.

Oct 25th

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