February 2012
72 posts
“I honestly bet that Brett Ratner really wished he was organizing the Grammys...”
– Seth Rogen at tonight’s Spirit Awards (via kateoplis)
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
Martin Scorsese's Film School: The 85 Films You... →
ericalba:
/via @shannongans
“Those attributes are intellect, passion, maturity and drive.
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I would rather...”
– What it Takes to be a National Geographic Photographer By Kent Kobersteen
#photography (via ericalba)
“Gloom is easy, comedy is hard.”
– Molly Haskell | NYT: The last comedy to win Best PIcture was Annie Hall in 1978 (via kateoplis)
“You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking how you’ll escape one...”
– John Green (via naranzarian)
“But lets think about this for a second and turn this around a little bit.What if...”
– Jazz musician Dave Golberg has written an open letter to L.A. club owners.
Why don’t you play out more, Grant? Well.
(via grantimatter)
How to Remove Your Google Search History Before... →
“I’d like to raise both of my middle fingers to him and anyone who thinks...”
– M.I.A. (via barbiehighheels)
“Male privilege has been with us for — how long? Ten thousand years? A hundred...”
– Sara Robinson, on “Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control — And Why We’ll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now”
Everyone should read this article.
(via coketalk)
“We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really...”
– David Lynch (via kateoplis)
(ˈstjuːpɪd) (ˈfænsɪ): So true. So confusing. →
erikamoen:
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b-linus:
france: ten france: twenty france: thirty france: forty france: fifty france: sixty france: sixty ten world: france what are you do— france: four twenties world: france stop it france: four twenties ten world:…
THIS IS WHY I CAN’T DO NUMBERS IN FRENCH.
“We have a government that says it’s okay to eat Twinkies and Cocoa Puffs and...”
– From sustainable farmer Joel Salatin. Quote captured by Amy Eddings on WNYC Culture blog. (via newanddifferentsun)
As [Andrew] Pole’s computers crawled through the... →
hatethefuture:
About a year after Pole created his pregnancy-prediction model, a man walked into a Target outside Minneapolis and demanded to see the manager. He was clutching coupons that had been sent to his daughter, and he was angry, according to an employee who participated in the conversation.
“My daughter got this in the mail!” he said. “She’s still in high school, and you’re sending...
“Look how your children grow up. Taught from their earliest infancy to curb their...”
– Voltairine de Cleyre (via petitefeministe)
The best part of this essay is when she advocates for children to be brought up with no gender-role stereotyping, and gets in some not-so-subtle digs at heterocentricism and heterosexism in the process.
Did I mention this was written over a hundred years...
The Art of Jarek Kubikci. →
“I think Facebook is colossally dull. I think it’s like everyone coming to live...”
– Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, opining on the worth of certain technologies in Capital New York. (via tragos)
I just realized the absolute coolest thing about...
barbiehighheels:
It means people are listening to you.
“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty...”
– Václav Havel (via lowindustrial)
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“Why aren’t erectile dysfunction drugs as controversial as contraceptives? If God...”
– Joy Castro (via barbiehighheels)
How Not To Write About Female Musicians: A Handy... →
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theremixbaby:maura:
A bit worried that this is going to be one in a series.
Required reading.
Seriously though, a round of applause for the Village Voice for calling out music writers on their sexist bullshit. This is a great read.
“Keep your eye on your inner world and keep away from ads, idiots and movie...”
– Dorothea Tanning
Paul Krugman: Money & Morals →
Lately inequality has re-entered the national conversation. Occupy Wall Street gave the issue visibility, while the Congressional Budget Office supplied hard data on the widening income gap. And the myth of a classless society has been exposed: Among rich countries, America stands out as the place where economic and social status is most likely to be inherited. So you knew what was going to...
