July 2012
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“Culture makes all the difference,” Mr. Romney said. “And as I come here and I...”
– Mitt Romney as quoted in the NY Times. A senior aide for Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority had this to say,
“It is a racist statement and this man doesn’t realize that the Palestinian economy cannot reach its potential because there is an Israeli occupation,” Mr. Erekat said. “It seems to...
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“Some part of all of us wants to be credited and enjoys the acclaim. And a big...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates on journalism, Jonah Lehrer, and the truth.
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“I had a flawless chiseled charm that showed in the way I sipped a rum and the...”
– The Transsexual Whore
It’s neither arrogance nor bragging to speak truth about oneself.
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If any of you like smut you should read mine. →
It’s good.
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“I’m lost today,
here I am wandering,
it’s late and I’m sure...”
– Chris Pureka - “Compass Rose”
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being mis-aged.
Queerzz! Are you ever mis-aged? Do people approach you as if you truly are that 12 year old we joke about?
I’ve found queers and people close to the queer community (and anyone who has any sort of conversation with me) age me 5ish years older, but many many strangers ask me where my parents are as soon as I open the door. It bothers me more than being misgendered, and I’m not sure...
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A Growing “Quality of Life Gap” in America? →
It seems that America is on two divergent paths. Progressive cities are engaged in something of an arms race to design neighborhoods and build infrastructure to enhance the quality of life…
Meanwhile, Ohio and Wisconsin — where talent and investment are no less needed — seem to have chosen a different path.
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Nothing would have happened if we’d met any other way.
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“The poverty of time keeps us from saving,
for this moment here is all that...”
– “Cover of Night” - Steve Reynolds
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“Do you ever have one of those days where your cunt just smells fantastic? I...”
– one of my most favourite people
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Don't cry with glitter on your face.
Glitter will run onto your eyeballs and it’ll hurt and you won’t be able to see and you’ll be a hot sparkling mess.
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“Screw poetry, it’s you I want,
your taste, rain
on you, mouth on your skin.”
– Margaret Atwood
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“I am cheering for both because I like yelling when things happen.”
– Sam
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Nordic Exposure →
secretrepublic:
All cultures are full of paradox, a slippery vascillation between meta-narrative and reality, private and public, pride and shame. This article by Vanity Fair’s A. A. Gill is about as honest a reflection on Scandinavia’s cultural paradoxes as I have come across (only weakened by the occasional temptation towards rhetorical flourish), and a fairly astute observation as to why its...
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“The double sisterhood of being a lesbian [at Mount Holyoke]”
– Mount Holyoke Alumnas talk about medical school in the 1950s (with lots of gay).
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Canada ideas
For complicated reasons only airlines + their unnegotiable ticket people understand, I need to fly to somewhere in Canada within the next year.
Where should I go (and why)?
