February 2012
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“Lady: a child’s categorical noun for non-mother adults.”
– n+1: So Many Feelings by Molly Fischer
Interesting dissection of the ladyblog, beginning with Jezebel, as it developed in opposition to the more mainstream women’s magazines and its ultimate failure. I highly recommend this to anyone who has visited Jezebel, the Hairpin, or Tavi...
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Groupthink
The brainstorming myth.
Really interesting New Yorker article about how brainstorming is an ineffective way to spark creativity- despite what our 6th grade teachers may have told us.
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“Harris and I sat in McCarren Park on a sunny afternoon. Maybe we’d bought ice...”
– Sarah Manguso, “The Guardians”
(via The Paris Review Daily)
NO COMPROMISES 2012
January 2012
10 posts
“How did we get here? How is it that our civilization, which rejects hanging and...”
– Adam Gopnik, “The Caging of America”
“The Talmud tells the religious man, in effect: If you have a problem, you deal...”
– Dov Linzer, Orthodox rabbi, “Lechery, Immodesty and the Talmud”
Good one, Dov
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Last night
Bro time at the game (via)
Snowy walk through the steets
For more bro time with bros
“Are you angry? Punch a pillow. Was it satisfying? Not hardly. These days people...”
– “The Shared Patio, ” by Miranda July in No one belongs here more than you.
We R Who We R - Ke$ha
This one goes out to Elle,...
December 2011
7 posts
“In the American context the term “identity politics” is often used loosely—I’ve...”
– Ellen Willis, “Identity Crisis” introduction to No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays
I highly recommend this as a brief introduction to identity politics.
November 2011
16 posts
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Today I took a sick day.
Just because a four day week followed by a three day week sounded right. My crazy office doesn’t give me any vacation time until I’ve worked there for a year so I’m making sure I get use of my sick days.
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Sometimes you feel extra broke.
So you briefly contemplate that you’re living in near poverty but a quick google search informs that you that poverty line is $11,000/year.
Then I realized that I’m just a person who can’t manage money and takes too many cabs. Maybe this sounds familiar to you.
“Common symptoms of autism: The inability to lie. Worse, not even thinking to...”
– Eyes Like Lithium
(via longreads)
“The psychology reports were damning, suggesting a high probability of...”
– Murder By Text
I’m sure you’re curious to find what a sexual sadist of the rarest kind entails.
October 2011
12 posts
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