May 2012
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“Dudes. Imagine life here in the US — or indeed, pretty much anywhere in the...”
– John Scalzi tells it like it is. (Go and read the whole essay, then read the comments.)
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“And indeed there will be time
For the yellow smoke that slides along the...”
– ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ (excerpt) - T S Eliot (via glazedwithrainwater)
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April 2012
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“You won’t allow me to go to school.
I won’t become a doctor.
Remember this:...”
– Poem written by an 11 year old Afghan girl
This poem was recorded in a NYT magazine article about female underground poetry groups in Afghanistan. An amazing article about the ways in which women are using a traditional two line poetry form to express their resistance to male oppression, their...
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Studying for Finals
whatshouldwecallme:
1L year:
2L year:
3L year:
This is accurate. If I didn’t care about the possibility of not graduating in a month, I’d tell my biz org final to suck it. #3 = GPOY until May 2.
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March 2012
11 posts
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Please, get this out there. This is about the... →
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A History Of Silence: What Year Was Heaven... →
carrierudzinski:
Watching the news about Diallo, my eight year-old cousin, Jake,
asks why don’t they build black people
with bulletproof skin? I tell Jake there’s another planet, where
humans change colors like mood rings.
You wake up Scottish, and fall asleep Chinese; enter a theatre
Persian, and exit Puerto Rican. And Earth
is a junkyard planet, where they send all the broken humans
who...
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GA Senate Passes Anti-Abortion Legislation →
isnteverything:
zoearcher:
iamthecrime:
sarahlee310:
Women in the Georgia Senate walk off the Senate floor after the vote
SB 438 prohibits any state employee insurance plans from covering abortions. There is no exemption for the health of the mother’s life. So, if a woman nearly dies giving childbirth and a life-saving abortion has to be performed, the women will be stuck with the bill....
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Neil Gaiman: As requested by too many people:... →
neil-gaiman:
birdartpoetry asked: Mister Gaiman, you’re kickass. I was just wondering, what do you think is the best way to seduce a writer? I figured your answer would be pretty spectacular.
As requested by too many people: making the last post rebloggable
birdartpoetry asked: Mister Gaiman, you’re kickass. I was just wondering, what do you think is the best way to seduce a writer? I...
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That Time Batman Roamed Toronto and Yelled At... →
This is what happens when Batman drinks too much alcohol in Toronto: he wanders around, shouting in people’s faces, expecting help with his beef jerky wrapper. I’m not a comic reader, but this confirms what I’ve always kind of suspected: Batman is mentally ill and needs some Ricola. Won’t someone help him? Then again, this would be a brilliant marketing strategy for The...
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February 2012
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I just finished reading the Hunger Games series. I need a palette cleanser from horrific dystopian futures, bloody revolutions, and massive emotional trauma.
I may watch the “Epitaph 1” episode of Dollhouse. I kid, I kid.
Amy Poehler Returns To 'Weekend Update' For... →
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Random Notes on my (Hopefully not Futile) Job...
So, this fellowship I just found out about, a “Fellowship in Government Misconduct/Racial Justice” sounds pretty much perfect— and it’s one that I think I may actually be qualified for! (As an alternative, the same public interest org has one about Guantanamo and civil rights violations.) I wish I had found out about it a little earlier, but I think I might still have...
Watchbookshelfporn:
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
One of five nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards’ Best Animated Short category, this film inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, “Morris Lessmore” is a story of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor. Morris Lessmore is a...
January 2012
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“To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before...”
– Huff Po (via rachelfershleiser)
This is the most beautiful thing. Can we send her flowers?
(via jaimealyse) Sometimes there is even beauty in bureaucratic political maneuvers.
(via mrawbot)
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How to be a fan of problematic things →
“Liking problematic things doesn’t make you an asshole. In fact, you can like really problematic things and still be not only a good person, but a good social justice activist (TM)! After all, most texts have some problematic elements in them, because they’re produced by humans, who are well-known to be imperfect. But it can be surprisingly difficult to own up to the problematic things in...
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Ultra-Geekery, Right Here
Talking about the UCC and the “battle of the forms” (which, for non-law people, is even less exciting than it sounds) in sales today gave me another idea for the webcomic/musical/short-story idea that’s been floating around in my head for a couple years.
If only I had more artistic skills, a tablet with a nifty art program on it, and/or time to actually create this idea.
On a...
The Table Room: If Famous Writers Had Written... →
amysnakehole:
paperquake:
Flannery O’Connor
When Native American werewolf Jacob threatens her with death, Bella reconsiders her hardcore racism, and just for one milisecond, the audience finds her sympathetic.
And they are all just that good.
(P.S. Read the comments. Trust…
One of my favorites:
“Virginia Woolf
The novel takes place over the course of twenty four hours, during...
Emo kid just threw a slo-mo dove in my face; I guess that means he flipped me the bird.
December 2011
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I’ve only been back in the states one day, and I’m already sick of Christmas music— let’s get some Israeli music up in here.
And the trek begins, waiting for a train at providence amtrak which will take me to JFK… Israel, here I come!
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I have no idea what’s happening on Community, but this is the funniest thing I have watched in ages, and most amazing holiday special ever.
Well, that was quite a jump in my MPRE score. Hooray for not having to take it again, and being able to cross one more thing off my list!
Realizing that Schmidt (from New Girl) is Deputy Leo (from Veronica Mars) = pop-culture worlds colliding.