January 2012
44 posts
“She did the Secretary of State job, she was a G, she held it down, she didn’t...”
– Ice-T, on why Hillary Clinton will be the first female president
The best part about this story is that the Huffington Post (via the AP) decided to explain to us what a “G” is. In case you didn’t know — it’s “the hip-hop term for gangster (a positive thing)”.
(via newsweek)
I love Hillary and...
I've only been able to recently call people out on...
silas-says:
Me: Well, I’m transgender.
Coworker: So, wait. What?
Me: Everyone is gendered at birth if they’re born in a hospital. I was gendered female.
Coworker: So do you.. -
Me: You mean what’s in my pants?
Coworker: Well, I was going to put it more nicely, but yeah basically.
Me: You’re asking me something really personal and private in front of other people that...
That time I was going to perform Reclaiming Cunt and I was REALLY REALLY EXCITED. :D
I’m trying out for the Vagina Monologues here at Miami tomorrow. I’m glad I can continue to be involved in this as a graduate. But I haven’t heard anything about any such happenings at St. Mary’s, so I hope V-Day is still a thing!
Also
coffeewithants:
“Born This Way”? Fuck that shit. Personal, possibly unpopular, opinion: 75% of everything P!nk has ever released is a better queer or feminist anthem than that shit, and not only because she doesn’t force “anthems” on us.
<3 P!nk forever
I love P!nk and I’m not ashamed to admit it.
“We accept all girls in kindergarten through 12th grade as members. If a child...”
– Rachelle Trujillo, vice president for communications of the Colorado Girl Scouts, responding to a story about a transgender girl who was allowed to join the Brownies.
Looks like I’ll be buying a ton of cookies this year.
(via Shakesville article on various bigoted attacks on the GSA by religious...
Questions actually worth answering.
1: Apart from tumblr, what do you like to do in your spare time?
2: Name a favorite of each: food, drink, color.
3: If you married rich and your spouse gave you $100,000 a week, what would you spend it on?
4: Name a favorite of each: book, movie, tv show.
5: If you were given the opportunity to spend 48 hours with absolutely anyone (living or dead), who would you spend it with and what would you do?
6: Name a LEAST favorite of each: food, drink, color.
7: What do you spend most of your money on?
8: What kind of underwear do you prefer wearing?
9: Name a LEAST favorite of each: book, movie, tv show.
10: If you were sat on a plane beside your favorite celebrity, what would you do?
11: What is the strangest thing you have in your room? (You are not allowed to explain why you own it.)
12: What is a weird habit you have, or people have told you have. (Weird, not bad. No nail biting or any of that nonsense.)
13: What would you consider to be the biggest insult to yourself?
14: What are five things you absolutely have to have in your dream house?
15: If you could be reincarnated as any animal, which would you chose and why?
16: Which band (current or past) would you want to go on tour* with? (*Travel with, not preform with.)
17: Name a favorite of each: band, album, song.
18: Why is your favorite band your favorite?
19: How many concerts have you attended? Which was your favorite? Least favorite? If none, who do you want to see live the most?
20: What is one of your favorite song lyrics? (Who is it by?)
21: Who do you ship?
22: What band merch do you own? If any, whose is it and when did you get it? If none, whose do you wish you owned?
23: How did you learn of the band that is currently your favorite?
24: What celebrity do you idolize the most?
25: Which member from which band would you most want to lather in nutella?
YOU GUYS
My Feminist Theory class is actually going to be run/taught using feministy philosophy/ pedagogy. We, the students, get to choose what to read and when assignments are due. And the second half of the semester is going to be devoted to workshopping and discussing our own projects.
OMG YAY
Calvin : You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
Hobbes : What mood is that?
Calvin : Last-minute panic.
This guy. Ugh. →
Well, I guess I should be prepared for this to be... →
Admittedly I wasn’t super stoked about any of the girls in the running for Eponine, but seriously? SERIOUSLY? Everything is awful.
Silas Says: essays i'm having my students read... →
silas-says:
Erin McGraw - “Bad Eyes”
Erin McGraw - “Not From Here”
Lee Martin - “Sorry”
Lee Martin - “All Those Fathers That Night”
Anne Panning - “Remembering, I Was Not There”
Tobias Wolff - “Fighting Words” (excerpt from This Boy’s Life)
Ira Sukrungruang - “The White Elephant” (excerpt from Talk…
I would audit the shit outta your class.
December 2011
54 posts
Why in all this hatred do you fill me up with love? <3
- Dave Matthews, Christmas Song — Merry Christmas, everyone! :)
“My generation has been tossed around so much by Chairman Mao’s political...”
– {father referring to his anxiety over his son taking the college entrance exam}
Excerpt from The Corpse Walker: Real-Life China, from the Bottom Up by Liao Yiwu
I can only speak from my own experience in American culture when it comes to hearing stereotypes of Asian parents: being soooo strict...
“He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their...”
– Michael Pollan (via misswallflower)
America has a disordered relationship to food.
(via rubyvroom)