February 2012
33 posts
Art.
alwaysremain:
I hate Zooey Deschanel so much, or at least the public persona thereof - the product she’s selling, so to speak.
I hate that shit.
But New Girl is a really good show, and not just because it is not (surprisingly) a vehicle for her unassuming quirkiness. Her character is good, all the characters are. It deals with complex personal relationships, early adulthood (money, jobs), and...
descent-into-madness:
it’s not that i don’t understand that we can’t control our emotions. that sadness comes when you don’t expect it, for reasons you don’t expect. and i’ve had a bad day already. but isn’t that my fault anyway?
it’s just that sometimes i think, really, logic should win out. the logic of not being upset should trump the illogical emotion. i -should- be able to think myself...
clusters & constellations: from a "study better"... →
subtlecluster:
Spending time on the computer all hours of the night can be hard on your eyes and make it difficult to transition into sleep mode F.lux is program that adjusts the brightness of your computer automatically by dimming your monitor towards evening then brightens up again towards morning. It has…
this seems like a great idea (and lord knows i have trouble sleeping!) but i...
The 8 Stupidest Defenses Against Accusations of... →
you know, i heart cracked like a mofo. this is a good one. i also love comics. and hate sexism.
gaywrites:
BREAKING: New Jersey senate passes marriage equality bill
For the first time in state history, New Jersey’s senate passed a marriage equality bill. It passed 24-16 after an hour of debate.
But this doesn’t mean the fight is over: Gov. Chris Christie has promised to veto the bill when it gets to his desk.
Oh boy. Stay tuned as this develops.
Separating the artist from the art →
stfuconfederates:
Exactly. And I suppose there’s something of a line to be drawn between enjoying a song on, say, a free medium like the radio or Youtube and actually buying an album or a book. But I guess it makes sense that both intellectually or monetarily supporting somebody like that is something of an endorsement of that behavior. I mostly think about intellectually supporting despicable...
silentpunk: makes me sick to my stomach →
silentpunk:
to see all these loyal female fans in the punk scene following man-band after man-band after gravelly-voiced man-band, going to gig after gig where not a single woman gets up on stage. Because that’s all it takes to belong in the punk scene, you’ll always have to work harder and ostracise yourself…
fucking sad face. no sarcasm! i feel like very little progress has been made...
“From a Racialicious standpoint, I went into the film with no racial...”
– Beyond this, Latoya really liked Rashida Jones’ Celeste and Jesse Forever. Read her review here. (via racialicious)
Yes, There Are Black People in Your Hunger Games:... →
there are spoilers in this link.
Everything from the innocuous ”She’s not how I pictured her” to “I was all sad and like “she’s black!’”
Seriously? My good nerds, what in the entire f-ck?
While it is true that Rue is described maybe only twice in the entire book, she is described as having brown satiny skin that is darker than Katniss’ own tan skin. While it is also true that the Hunger...
That long-promised all-ages Brooklyn show
i’m glad this is all ages because sometimes i’m too old to get into shows!
restorations:
April 6th Self Defense Family (formerly End of a Year) Restorations I Hate Our Freedom The Marine Electric At The Acheron (57 Waterbury St. Brooklyn, NY) Doors at 8, $10, All Ages http://www.facebook.com/pages/Self-Defense-Family/207352315964409 http://www.facebook.com/RestorationsTheBand...
Jeff Rosenstock's Mom Doesn't Embarrass Him... →
so much of this interview resonates with me. from the dumb teenaged opinions on stuff to the mom being embarrassing at shows when they come to your shows to the parents liking me first and the gimme gimmes.
my mom talked to jord from propagandhi on the phone once. i don’t think she said anything embarrassing but it was a fear.
via silentpunk
jamie, sin ningún tipo de vergüenza: All the pink... →
jamiesinverguenza:
I think it’s interesting too, particularly in the context of Kristen Stewart’s ‘unconventionalism’. Her skin color and body type are entirely normative, but she challenges the egregious, compulsory, tanned, smiling “Blonde Hollywood bimbo” stereotype, and some people apparently don’t like it. I feel like she proves that straight cis-females aren’t allowed even the tiny amount...
January 2012
56 posts
Some Notes On Rape Culture by Latoya Peterson →
a great explanation of how our culture is a rape culture. i think sometimes people don’t understand what that means because they think, “no, rape is crime!” but we eroticize and normalize coercion and assault in all our media, fiction, advice, reporting.
anyway, great article and i think everyone should read it, though a sexual assault trigger warning should be heeded. there...
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Plot Summary: ”Celeste & Jesse Forever” is about two people who met in high school, married young and are growing apart. Now thirty, they decide to get divorced and attempt to stay best friends while pursuing other relationships. This plan is not as simple as they had imagined.
Celeste—imperious, successful and driven— is convinced that divorcing the boyish Jesse is the...
A Tentacle Porn Anthology to Raise Money to Save... →
Yes, you read that right. Someone is putting out an anthology of tentacle porn (in written form, not comics), and all proceeds will go to benefitOceana, a charity that works to protect the world’s oceans. All of a sudden, hentai seems oddly… noble. The book is called Coming Together, Arm in Arm in Arm.
Editor Nobilis Reed, who’s also the editor of another tentacle erotica...
to a great extent: on the token female bassist... →
jtwigg365:
one of the rights of people in punk is to suck. to be a shitty ass musician but to still have the space to do it and to learn and grow together and to share music and to create shit.
i’m trying to remember this as i muddle through writing my solo songs.
silentpunk: I am watching 'Game of Thrones' →
silentpunk:
Fantasy. Why is fantasy always in a dark-ages European setting? This is what I don’t like about fantasy as a genre, it always goes straight for the ye olde thing but because it’s ‘fantasy’ they don’t have to be historically accurate or anything; it’s sort of camp in a way.
That is also what I…
oops! meant to reblog instead of reply. i’m not arguing with you, i’m...
10 Black Women Teaching Us About Sex →
heythereladybear:
a list of 10 powerful black women sustaining the spirit of Audre Lorde, speaking our fears about sex, and encouraging us to respect our voice and curiosities. If you’ve ever had a question about sex go unanswered, know that these women are passionate about educating, sharing stories, and spreading knowledge.
THE SEX UNEDUCATED: It’s Official - Condoms... →
onecondoms:
Actors in adult movies in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms in all future adult films to be made. The city’s law was singed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday.
The law will take effect 41 days from it being signed.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation…
i think eroticizing condom use will be really good for everyone, though i do understand that this will probably...
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: Don't let politics... →
Why This Is Important
As the FDA prepared to lift the controversial age limit on Plan B and make it accessible on drug store shelves for all ages around the country, Secretary Sebelius overruled her own experts! According to a source, the secretary of HHS has never done this before and although she has the authority, this is unprecedented.
Secretary Sebelius’ reasoning is that Teva...
Pharmacies Respond Inaccurately to Teens Seeking... →
this is disgusting.
via scarleteen
But of the pharmacies who said they had emergency contraception available that day, 19 percent said the 17-year-old caller could not buy the emergency contraception under any circumstances. The pharmacies who responded this way usually hung up the phone quickly.
“We were really surprised that so many pharmacies actually ended the conversation at...
