April 2013
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G R I M E S: I don't want to have to compromise my... →
actuallygrimes:
i dont want my words to be taken out of context
i dont want to be infantilized because i refuse to be sexualized
i dont want to be molested at shows or on the street by people who perceive me as an object that exists for their personal satisfaction
i dont want to live in a world where…
March 2013
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February 2013
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While reality is the raw material journalism attempts to render with accuracy...
– From NYTimes ‘Why ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Works’
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January 2013
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Temporary jobs and tight budgets are becoming all too familiar for many...
– Claire perkins on why it sucks to be Gen Y right now. (via thisbigcity)
November 2012
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October 2012
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The New Yorker: Rainy-Day Reading from the Archive →
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Up and down the East Coast, offices are closing ahead of Hurricane Sandy, and millions of workers are preparing to pretend to work from home. If you’re one of them, let us distract you with this rainy-day reading list. A few of these articles are hurricane-related; others just perfect for…
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Joan Didion →
Joan Didion: The Complete Essays
Over four decades of writing have done nothing to blunt Joan Didion’s razor sharp wit or dull her sparkling prose. Click through for a full list of her essays that available online. (via tetw).
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Finally! Get the facts you've been waiting for on... →
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Sleep is the best (and easiest) creative aphrodisiac.
– Debbie Millman and other celebrated creators offer advice on how to break through your creative block (via explore-blog)
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September 2012
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And that’s when I know it’s over. As soon as you start thinking about the...
– Junot Diaz, This is How You Lose Her
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Preview of Slanted #19
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Happiness, I think, is all about knowing when to stop. When to stop accumulating...
– Nick Currie, Apartamento #7
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On how Junot Diaz was taught to view women:
“I grew up in a world, [a] very New Jersey, American, Dominican, immigrant, African-American, Latino world. And, you know, I went to school and it was basically the same. I went to college; it was basically the same, where largely I wasn’t really encouraged to imagine women as fully human. I was in fact pretty much — by the larger culture, by the local culture, by people around me, by...
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Lars AP started a little movement in Denmark called F***ing Flink (like, Fucking Friendly) & talks about how communicating in English naturally puts him in a better mood than Danish
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