February 2012
16 posts
1 tag
What I hate most about Twitter: finishing a good...
Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash... →
Dr. Kathy Plesser, a Manhattan radiologist on the medical advisory board of Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s New York chapter, said she plans to resign from her position unless Komen reverses its decision to pull grant money from Planned Parenthood.
“I’m a physician and my interest is women’s health, and I am disturbed by Komen’s decision because I am a very strong advocate for serving...
clavicola:
Every time I find myself worrying myself or becoming overly emotional about touchy subjects I just give myself a look in the mirror and say “nuh uh hunni booboo you don’t wanna go there, nuh uh” and then give myself a sassy look and then it’s over?
January 2012
40 posts
hear my beaten heart exclaim: "Ghetto" Names and... →
somerset:
Life as a Middle Child: What is it with Ghetto Names
sumney:
I get it now.
All my life, I grew up being told that “black” names are ghetto and held by people who are likely to be trashy. If you know a girl named Laquisha, Latoya, Shaniqua, or Kelendria, she’s probably…
englishpearl:
Get your hands off my womb. Get your religion off my womb. Get your opinions off my womb. Get your judgement off my womb. Get your self-righteousness off my womb.
“…feminism is not simply a struggle to end male chauvinism or a movement to...”
– Bell Hooks (via wherethequeerthingsare)
Stumble upon a baby animals photo dump,
Life becomes infinitely better.
“I’ve got a dad, a mom, and a sister. There is Donnie - we found him. And Darwin,...”
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
Belonging to Fran: “Recognize that you are not the... →
san-fran-cisco:
“Recognize that you are not the center of the universe. Figure out how the idea of winning and losing fits into your relationships. Be as vulnerable as you possibly can. Recognize vulnerability and empathy as strengths. Don’t allow the fact that other people are assholes to you make you into a…
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“For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this...”
– Steppenwolf
Why I Hate Reading Maps
by Gabriel Gadfly
I have unrolled a map onto my kitchen table and put one finger where you are and another where I am.
The space between is only inches. That close, I could feel you breathing. I could reach out and run my fingers through every strand of your hair, touch your lips and barely need to move.
In the corner of the map there is a guide for judging scale: every inch a hundred miles...
Communion
I know a boy who called his girlfriend’s body a “crime scene.” Dad, my body is a crime scene. My body is lint and gasoline and matchstick. My body is a brush fire. It’s ticking, Dad, a slow alarm. I have rain boots. Lots of them. It isn’t raining anymore. The words are coming back, Dad. The way they fit and jump in the mouth. I want ice cream and long letters. I want to read long love letters but...
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a...”
– Ann Druyan, about her husband Carl Sagan (via blua)
Story of my life
What I should be doing: Reading Winesburg, Ohio
What I am doing: StumbleUpon.
