February 2012
19 posts
“WOW - very interesting, depressing, and worrisome! Why don’t you take...”
– My mom’s reaction to my article on prison rape.
Is the United States the only country where more...
I don’t usually use this space to promote the work I do for that other thing, but I wrote this yesterday:
Is the United States the only country where more men are raped every year than women?
That’s the claim in this n+1 piece, which is well worth a read.
…
One overlap between prison rape of men and non-prison rape of women is the way American society views both as an...
Calculator: How Expensive is Birth Control? →
We are always right on time.
I’m sure almost everyone has read this excellent Dear Sugar column from more than a year ago, but I find myself going back to it whenever things are not-great. There’s some solid wisdom in there.
You are not a terrible person for wanting to break up with someone you love. You don’t need a reason to leave. Wanting to leave is enough. Leaving doesn’t mean you’re incapable of real...
“Humans are hungry. Inside us there is a shriveled, slimy, disgusting turd of a...”
– are you reading captain awkward? if not, why aren’t you reading captain awkward? (via isabelthespy)
A very good comment from a Feministe commenter...
“i bet if you were all hot and not overweight lesbians, you’d let mr. brown kiss the pain away after he punched you in the eye (because you wouldn’t shutup about something and make him a sandwich).”
I quit.
“This chicken is fantastic!” - Pro Lifer eating eggs for breakfast”
– @yoyoha (via newwavefeminism)
low-maintenance ladyswagger: Courtney Love forever →
annlf:
Virginal? Really? I’m not sure that’s the first word I’d use to describe you.
Shut Up! I’m trying to get it together. It’s no secret that I’m looking to fall in love again. I’d like to find a guy who’s more settled and older. But I still have some standards, you know. I’m an alpha female, so I…
But Planned Parenthood doesn't do mammograms!
So here’s the thing, Charmaine Yoest and Jennifer Rubin: Just because Planned Parenthood doesn’t perform mammograms doesn’t mean they don’t provide cancer screenings and other cancer-related services. In fact, most doctors who specialize in reproductive health don’t perform mammograms in their own offices, just like doctors who specialize in spinal surgery...
January 2012
11 posts
“When I am lonely for boys it’s their bodies I miss. I study their hands lifting...”
– Margaret Atwood, Cats Eye (via richlikecream/floralavenger)
#femalegaze
(via annlf)
“There are only two places in the world where we can live happy: at home and in...”
– Ernest Hemingway
…
(via tinsely)
“More interestingly, she found a third category of men, who were successful in...”
– Her Key to Efficiency: Arrive Late, Leave Early
informal networks are the key to everything.
(via annlf)
“- The US government is clinging to evidence that Megaupload’s owner, Kim Dotcom,...”
– DUDE. How did I miss when Vice became a really good news source complete with reportage that is both reportage-y and funny? Shame on me. Cause they’re destroying everyone on this SOPA/PIPA/Megaupload shit. Good job, VICE. (via jawnita)
Oh, girl! You hate that you’re still figuring out your sexuality in your 20s? That’s what your 20s are for! It’s an entire decade of your life set aside for the specific purpose of learning Important Lessons by having sex with inappropriate people!
Yeah pretty much.
August 2011
3 posts
Selected Emails From R. Sipz
R. Sipz is a nice young man (whose name I have slightly changed) who friended me on Facebook a while back. His profile was so ridiculous I assumed it was some sort of advanced hipster performance art.
His photo is him standing next to a very tiny red car.
His “About Me” says, “I am a happy-go-lucky kind of person. Enjoys every moments of life. I love to make friendship....
Observations Your Friends Will Make When You Fall...
“Well, you were pretty out of it… First you were were doing the stanky leg in a bikini and high heels, and then you decided to booty-dance on Justin and that’s when you just tipped over. Onto your face. And we all laughed. You laughed too, until you stood up and spit shards of teeth into your own hand. Then you started to cry.” -SB
“At the point I saw you putting...
July 2011
13 posts
aminatou:
Kanye West & Jay-Z – “Otis”
...
Who cares if we’re “born this way” — and who... →
Do you ever look for evidence of your adult traits in memories, photographs, or other records of your younger self?
…I’m here to suggest that there may be something more going on when LGBTQ people explore our pasts — something that we miss if we limit ourselves to a simplistic, literal understanding of the “born this way” phenomenon.
Fishing with Hemingway
aconversationoncool:
“Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.” ~ The Old Man and The Sea.
In honor of ‘Papas’ 112th today.
I began to wonder if we hadn’t become scabies... →
aminatou:
THE WORST
LITERALLY THE WORST. Also gross.
The Bad Mommy Strategy
Writing in The Daily about Casey Anthony, bad mommies and unfair justice systems (headline so totally not my doing, and I’m trying to get it changed):
The more disturbing downside is that media circuses like this one can lead many Americans to believe that criminals are given a pass, and that the standard for conviction should be “Do I think this defendant is a bad person?” rather than...
“Like many restaurants, and particularly those with scenes attached to them that...”
– Mr Sifton reveals himself to know who Lil B is. (via bmichael)
Still with the Scarlet Letters →
jessicavalenti:
A great analysis/reaction to the criticisms of Mac McClelland’s controversial article on PTSD. Also, here’s McClelland’s reaction.
There Are No Perfect Accusers →
June 2011
30 posts
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