August 2011
July 2011
iamthebrainwasher:
thisheadofmine:
Diva...
“If there is any deity to me, it’s language.”
– Joseph Brodsky (via theparisreview)
“Man’s unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what...”
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— Prokhor Zakharov
(via divineirony)
Lol this is from the computer game “Alpha Centauri” which is a genius game btw.
Soldier leaves legacy much larger than 'he was... →
This is just…wow. Firstly, my best friend lives in Rosemount, Minnesota, and I’ve been there many times so this hits close to home. Also, my brother who is in the National Guard recently told me about a friend who came out to him in his unit and that he was considering leaving because of it. The soldier is professional, loved by pretty much everyone, and has a distinguished career....
The worst...
When you befriend someone on Facebook and some random person sees that in their feed and decides to add you as a friend even though you’ve never met them in their life. Is this something people do often…or just desperately?
In 2007 Myspace was given a valuation of $12...
I feel like everyone is celebrating its eventual death, which I have really no feeling one way or the other.
“We don’t know what we don’t know. But what we do know is that women who lie on...”
– DSK and the “only good girls get justice” narrative at Hugo Schwyzer (via petitefeministe)
June 2011
To Catch a Predator host who traps sex perverts in... →
That seems like it was just destined to happen.
It's my birthday!
Beach, chicken wings, then downtown. What more could I ask for?
“The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and...”
– Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (via honeychurch)
“I know many people are concerned about the destruction of the sanctity of...”
– NY Senator Diane Savino (via lady88)
By the Numbers
studentactivism:
New York State is the fifth-largest jurisdiction in the world to recognize same-sex marriage, after Argentina, Canada, South Africa, and Spain. Today 3.9% of the world’s population lives in same-sex marriage jurisdictions — yesterday it was 3.6%.
“And while it’s hardly dignifying to applaud — at $1,250 a plate...”
– -LZ Granderson
“Frothy mix” in a CNN opinion article is hilarious and something that probably only his gay readers will catch.
“Traditionally, a bipartisan plan has meant a plan in which both parties give a...”
– The new ‘bipartisanship’ | Ezra Klein (via pantslessprogressive)
Callum's Wood (Tumblr Edition): So many. →
callumswood:
Why are there so many GLBTQ people who want to kill the marriage equality battle? Everything we accomplish is a step forward. Everything we accomplish is not a roadblock, as some have said. You don’t have to want to get married. The roadblock is you as much as the heteronormative in government.
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I think some people, since they have been persecuted for much of their lives,...
“All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you’d better run, better run,...”
– -Foster the People, “Pumped Up Kicks”
This song seems so happy, I had no idea it was about a kid who finds a gun in his dad’s closet.
The Mideast’s Next Dilemma →
On one issue the Republican contenders and the president they wish to replace are in agreement: the United States should reduce its military presence in the Greater Middle East. The preferred arguments are that America cannot afford to be engaged in combat operations in far-flung countries and that such operations are futile anyway.
The question no one wants to answer is what will come...
“If you’re a sexist, racist, homophobe, or basically an arsehole, I don’t care if...”
– Kurt Cobain (via imvelocitygirl)
forwhenifeellikesharing asked: Alternate perspective on the google thing is that they are hiding it from the main bar and only showing up in key words.
There's an article in the Atlantic I'd link you if stupid tumblr allowed for that.
There's an article in the Atlantic I'd link you if stupid tumblr allowed for that.
“It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.”
– — Anatole France, Nobel laureate (1844-1924) (via canisfamiliaris)
“A radical queer activist and a fundamentalist Christian aren’t always as...”
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My Ex-Gay Friend - NYTimes.com
This is a pretty depressing story about a former gay activist who, after a 10 year relationship with a man, “saw the light” at 29, and is now a fundamentalist Christian heterosexual.
Sitting in his Y.G.A. office toward the end of that year, Michael wrote three...
Just bought a book
I tend to read books faster when I buy them. I forgot how much I love Jose Saramago. So good.