May 2011
51 posts
You know those NYPD officers who were accused (and... →
Things I Learned Yesterday
That if you put “911 is a joke” in your g-chat status, all of your friends who grew up listening to Billy Joel etc will not get the reference (your friends are not Gwenyth Paltrow, obviously). Your friends may also think you have turned into a 9/11 Truther, and some very uncomfortable conversations will ensue.
All of which is to say, come to this rally today.
House passes measure to ban funds for teaching... →
Here’s a great idea: Bar funding for abortion training so that health care providers aren’t able to learn how to safely perform one of the most common medical procedures in the country. What could go wrong?
jessicavalenti:
Well, fuck.
All of my padded underwear efforts have been in...
You live in heels, spend the majority of your gym time doing squats, and even on occasion wiggle into a pair of padded underwear. All your efforts have been in vain — nothing has given you Kim K’s derriere.
Today’s Loot can help you get the booty you want. We’re offering a Brazilian Buttock Lift with Dr. Victoria Karlinsky at New Look New Life Surgical Arts for...
Shame wasn’t something that came naturally to me. It was something that I...
– Lena Chen on sex, writing and backlash.
Doing anti-racist work in white-dominated feminist... →
I have a list of banned words too.
YES. Also on my list:
-What do you think? (x1,000)
-Any cutesy word for clothing — “cardi,” “tee,” etc.
-Any cutesy body-part word — “ta-tas,” “vajayjay,” etc.
-Classy
-Deeply problematic
-Own your privilege
-I just puked in my mouth
-Gal Pal, S.O., hubby (especially “hubby,” on my god)
-Irregardless
maura:
A few...
Old People Things: Kreayshawn Explained.
That “Gucci Gucci” video has been all over the Tumblrs of the 20 or so people I follow, and all up on my Twitter feed, and now also in the g-chat statuses of every third person I’ve ever exchanged emails with. And I am an old person, so I totally Wikipediaed Kreayshawn because I had no idea who she was, but it turns out that either (a) no one else knows who she is either, or (b)...
blendy: An Open Letter to France →
nicholasblendy:
Dear France,
Hi. How are you? I know we have a rocky relationship, since both of our countries believe we have the divine right to represent all-that-is-good-and-right-about-democracy to the world. But that is another discussion for another time.
My purpose for writing today is something…
Well, dudes, I have a remarkable new theory for you: When it’s YOUR ass on the...
– Sady’s thoughts are always The Best Thoughts.
It turns out I do have some additional thoughts on this, after all! (via sadydoyle)
So not that you didn't know Ann Coulter was evil
But holy moly.
in which all shorts are short-shorts when your... →
This morning, I hold it against the American judge who, by delivering him to the...
– Bernard-Henri Lévy on Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Yes friends, he actually said that.
I was assumed to be a genius and eccentric instead of a crazy bitch, and for a...
– Roseanne Barr in NY Mag. And you should read the whole piece.
What Congressman Paul said yesterday didn’t make me think that he is a racist at...
– Jamil Smith, “Land of the Free,” at MaddowBlog (via brigidfitzgeraldreading)
a shorter answer to the oft-asked question 'why do...
maura:
somebody has to.
Concerned parents speak out.
This Morning is at the centre of controversy after the show played host to a woman claiming the world’s largest breasts at a massive 164XXX.
[…] One woman writing on the show’s Facebook page said: ‘It looks horrible, my kid was like ewwww.’
CONTROVERSY: My kid was like ewwww.
THE SEXUAL TRANSMIGRATION OF DUDE (and other... →
The pornography recovered in bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan,...
– “Fairly extensive.” Oh Osama.
i wrote a bit about rihanna and madonna and how... →
Oh hey speaking of ridiculous things to get mad...
Animal ethicists are calling for a new vocabulary about animals, shunning words such as “pets,” “wildlife,” and “vermin” as derogatory and even suggesting “animal” is a “term of abuse.”
Common language on fauna betrays an “anthropocentric bias” and impedes an understanding of our interaction with the non-human species sharing the planet, argue the editors of the first academic journal...
On Odd Future On Feministe →
Go read.
bmichael:
The music internets are leaking into the feminist internets.
Ask a Spider
It is good to know that it’s not only feminist bloggers who get ridiculous demands from readers about what they Should Not Post. Spider pictures are apparently a no-go because some people have arachnophobia, and the entire internet should be their personal Safe Space when it comes to pictures of arachnids (which seems like a totally reasonably and healthy way to go through life, right?)....
So I’m totally in love with Tyler the Creator. But you didn’t tell...
– Lauren Bruce, who is so old I am never sending her music again.
jsmooth995:
A brief summary of the lyrical themes explored on Tyler the Creator’s “Goblin”:
1. Feeling emo makes me want to be provocative.
2. Why are people provoked whenever I say something provocative? This is so unfair and makes me feel emo.
3. Repeat step one.
How to Shop at Discount Stores Without Looking... →
A “big-tent” attitude is kind of a massive understatement here. Like, “some of...
– Sady Doyle on “big tent” Democrats.
No big career doesn’t have one flameout in it, and there’s nobody more boring...
– Tina Brown (via nusca)
Camille Dodero: Guys Who Like Fat Chicks →
ladyjournos:
In person at the East Village’s Cafe Orlin, Dan explains that, yes, he likes round bellies. He likes double chins. He likes breasts the size of his head. He loves flabby biceps.
Village Voice || May 4, 2011
Anonymous asked: Hi.
I follow you on twitter and saw your newfound love for Frank Ocean - so I was just wondering what your thoughts on Odd Future were. I'll admit I can't get over my immediate disgust and my discomfort with a lot of the hype (probably best expressed here : http://www.theroot.com/views/odd-future-s-odd-fan-base),
Anyway, sorry to ask this on a tumblr devoted to beautiful...
I follow you on twitter and saw your newfound love for Frank Ocean - so I was just wondering what your thoughts on Odd Future were. I'll admit I can't get over my immediate disgust and my discomfort with a lot of the hype (probably best expressed here : http://www.theroot.com/views/odd-future-s-odd-fan-base),
Anyway, sorry to ask this on a tumblr devoted to beautiful...
Sady Doyle: So, Here's A Thing. →
sadydoyle:
Jill’s recent post about call-out culture? I didn’t agree with every line of it. I didn’t have to. I agreed fully and totally with other parts of it: For example, the shit about “flaying oneself open.” I’ve been very uncomfortable with the fact that I have to talk about having social anxiety…