February 2012
7 posts
“Political language - and with variations this is true of all political parties,...”
– George Orwell (via nyx2701)
After a date rape (by a "poet") during a trip to... →
unquietmindofamy:
motherjones:
“The Way It Was”: Abortion in the US before Roe v. Wade.
Chilling. Never again.
January 2012
10 posts
Internet Hugbox: Margaret Court: Scientist →
phetdreams:
There’s not much I can say that other, more talented writers have said about Margaret Court but fuck it, I’ll throw a few syllables into the ring and see if they match up. Everyone knows about this but I’ll lay it out, some previous tennis MASTER said that gay people were worse than hitler, or…
December 2011
5 posts
Spite and Malice: gilmoure: greengrey: ““I’m... →
gilmoure:
greengrey:
““I’m dubious that men have even the slightest idea what they’re talking about when they say “no makeup.” Most guys I’ve dated couldn’t explain the difference between a skirt and a dress, so forgive me if I am hesitant to believe they fully grasp the uses and…
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and...”
– Ryan Gosling, actor and feminist, in a letter protesting the NC-17 rating of Blue Valentine. The rating was based on one consensual sex scene, in which he goes down on Michelle Williams. (via snowstorminjuly)
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
3 posts
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Activate the Mechanism!: If you're against... →
abaldwin360:
Hi Jack!
I’m your appendix, I’m just over four inches long and love hanging out on the right lower quadrant of your abdomen where it’s warm and cozy.
I love you, as your body provides me with nourishment, oxygen and blood to keep me alive.
I look like a worm, and I’m really happy to be in here….
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Musings of an Inappropriate Woman: Ask Rachel: Why... →
rachelhills:
Wyn writes: I would love for you to just bite the bullet and write a post about how troubling it is for you to be both a) a feminist and b) a regular writer for potentially anti-woman magazines like Cosmo, and how you deal with that dichotomy… since it keeps on slithering around under the…
September 2011
4 posts
AAA+++ AS AMAZING AS THE DESCRIPTION INDICATED
When I first heard about the internet, I imagined it as this glossy, endless place where you could find anyone and anything. A nerdy child, I worked in a comic book store as a 13-year-old and would gape at the adverts for America Online in Wizard Magazine, the recently defunct bible of the comic-reading world. It looked terribly exciting. I used to buy Wired magazine and even though 90 percent of...
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August 2011
2 posts
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July 2011
3 posts
June 2011
9 posts
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Alternate history internet scamming for beginners...
My correspondence with the delightful Miss Ascroft Hayley, in the United Kingdom of Brazil, continues this evening. I responded to her earlier:
Dear Miss Ascroft,
I am delighted to hear that! When do you think you will arrive? I help my father with his business during the day (he believes in educating women, thankfully, and wants me to take over when he is too old to run it on his own) but I...
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Tea and cake before the war/alternate history...
Every essay needs a procrastination tool, and I believe I have found mine. Yesterday, this missive managed to dodge Gmail’s spam filter:
Ascroft.A.Hayley buleyclifford2@bol.com.br wrote:
Hi, I came back from oversea trip to Scotland.I am Miss.A.Dayan Hayley,I work with Avocet Mining PLC in UK as assistant senior supervisor.We may not know ourselves for now but it is my heart desire to take...
“Just look at Keith Richards. That guy has done more drugs in his life than I...”
– Courtney Love (via dr-clear-heels)
May 2011
8 posts
Future projects
I am currently in the last, horrible slog to get my postgraduate degree finished (a Master of International Security at Sydney University, if you are curious). Five thousand or so words on the Southern Thailand insurgency stand between me and complete freedom. That said, it’s possible that #MCMadness (my Twitter Marie Claire “review”) may well not happen this month on account of...
Slutwalk: Some semi-formed thoughts
I’ve got to say I don’t like the word and I never have. I don’t use it. I try not to speak about people that way. I hate the double standard. I don’t like the word’s very sound. Yet here I am, planning on joining the Slutwalk in the city on June 13 in the name of my right to walk around without attracting abusive comments or sexual violence.
But for me the Slutwalk...
One last slice of Royal Wedding cake
Grazia , the magazine for women with too short an attention span to handle Marie Claire, dedicated an entire issue to the nuptials of Kate and Wills.
Most of it is what you’d expect: the big day, how hot was Pippa?, couples who also got married that day, how to have your own royal do, how to ape British style queens (one day I will actually bother to find out what Alexa Chung does besides...
Why I Do This To Myself (And You)
Last week I picked up my very first personal anonymous troll on Twitter. It was terribly exciting. I’ve had people say obnoxious stuff to me on Twitter before, and I’ve had people leave nasty comments on stories I’ve written (the lovely things people write on articles about suicide prevention! I hope you all get herpes of the eyeballs) and I’ve had some weird phone...