June 2012
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I wrote a poem today about my summer thus far. Everything written here has actually happened to me these past few weeks.
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summer—
a time for whiskey adventures in forests with
strangers—wonderful strangers—
skinny dogs, steel guitars and empty bellies.
sleeping in concrete basements, one shoe on. snuggling with a nameless
drifter who sees the universe in...
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Romney’s budget plan cuts Pell Grants and locks in higher student loan rates.
His advice for students? ”The best thing I can do for you is tell you to shop around.”
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“But still, why is the Pixar movie with the female lead a movie solely about...”
– Richard Lawson’s review of Brave
(via shiphassailed)
YEAH WE NEED MORE MEN MOVIES LIKE MAYBE A BUDDY COMEDY ABOUT A COWBOY AND AN ASTRONAUT OR MAYBE A MOVIE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FATHER FISH AND HIS SON OR ANOTHER BUDDY COMEDY ABOUT TWO MONSTERS OR ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP...
“But still, why is the Pixar movie with the female lead a movie solely about...”
– Richard Lawson’s review of Brave
(via shiphassailed)
YEAH WE NEED MORE MEN MOVIES LIKE MAYBE A BUDDY COMEDY ABOUT A COWBOY AND AN ASTRONAUT OR MAYBE A MOVIE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FATHER FISH AND HIS SON OR ANOTHER BUDDY COMEDY ABOUT TWO MONSTERS OR ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP...
“I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain...”
– Stephen Jay Gould (via feministpizza)
“Using “va-jay-jay” or “vag” or “beaver” or (pick one of thousands of words)...”
– The Power of “Vagina”: The Structure and Meaning of Words (via sociolab)
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“Eight percent of college men have either attempted or successfully raped. Thirty...”
– Margo Maine, Ph.D. (Body Wars)
There was a time that, as a person of the male persuasion, seeing this quote made me really mad. It made me mad that women would assume that I was a rapist; it made me mad that rape was becoming ‘my problem’; it made me mad because, frankly, I didn’t think it was...
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Goddess of Mischief.: blck-grrl: “Yes, we live in... →
blck-grrl:
“Yes, we live in a sexist culture, in which women have no good choices when it comes to our bodies. We live in a sexist culture in which women are valued primarily as sexual objects, and at the same time are shamed for our sexuality. It seems to me that we have two choices as to…
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“If you want to see the love of your life, look in the mirror.”
– Byron Katie (via moreofamore)
cosmo tip #272
expertcosmotips:
unzip his pants like you’re gonna give him head and then
just burp on his penis and leave
“It is a grave injustice to a child or adult to insist that they stop crying. One...”
– Alexander Lowen, The Voice of the Body (via unclassifiedmind)
xvxavier:
If you’re a “nice guy” to a girl up until you realize she doesn’t want to date you, then go on about how she’s a cold shrew that friendzoned you and how no girls date nice guys, like, nah mate, girls do date nice guys. You just aren’t a nice guy. You’re a passive aggressive beta with internalized misogyny and a serious victim complex.
