September 2012
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3wataru:
i dont know why i gif’d this but
This is so odd. What is this?
Nonetheless, I am highly amused.
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Why a Sociology Major? →
sociolab:
A college education leaves the graduate better prepared for career and citizenship. Certainly we must believe that if we continue to value college enough to spend the time and money that goes into a four-year baccalaureate. But what precisely are the new attainments that the college curriculum makes possible for the student?
Consider sociology. There were 26,500 sociology...
August 2012
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On NPR's Very White Best Young Adult Books List →
by Shaker Laurie, a Reading and English teacher in Minneapolis, escaped academic, spouse, and mom to the feistiest three-year-old on the block.
[Content Note: Racism.] Earlier this week, National Public Radio published its “100 Best-Ever Teen Novels” list. Voted on by NPR readers/listeners from a list of 1200 nominations, also audience-submitted, the list is loaded with amazing...
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“I was just discussing this very thing a few weeks ago with a group of...”
– Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women. Andrew Sullivan.
(via themagicalunicorn)
Truth.
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The Fun of College Textbook Lists
So far, while looking through my college textbook list for this semester, I realize that I have to buy a book on the social history of LSD, 7 books for my Classic Buddhist Texts class with fun names that I can’t pronounce such as “Manimekhalai” and “Holy Teaching of Vimalakirtii,” a Latin American history book called “Born in Fire and Blood,” [Why does...
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The Cheapest Generation - The Atlantic →
wilwheaton:
adambozarth:
Why Millennials aren’t buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy
HAHA NO MONAY!!!!!
Maybe our generation aren’t buying houses and cars because EVERYTHING IS SO FUCKED
You want us to actually talk to bank people and get home loans and auto loans? They are still fucking us! Any time I go into a bank, I feel disgusted. You want me to do MORE business...
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There Will Be Beauty - A.A. Gill →
Interesting article Vanity Fair ran back in 2009, where the author argues for the importance of couture collections “among gloom and disaster.” Raises some interesting points on the existence/purpose of couture culture, general extravagance in culture, consumption, and ultimate standards of beauty and exclusivity [though notably from a Western point….] And I suppose this...
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Vanity Fair: Emily Blunt Couture Club Photoshoot
“In times like these, couture is a bet on the future, on galas, grand entrances, and extravagant gestures. With Emily Blunt as muse, Michael Roberts photographs the winners from the Paris collections.”
Ughhh. Emily Blunt, why are you always so damn flawless?
Emily Blunt, in Dior Haute Couture, photographed in Le Raincy, outside Paris. Bracelet by Mikimoto. Styled by Jessica...
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I'm Standing On My Own, But Now I'm Not Alone:... →
meganphntmgrl:
steel-heel:
So I downloaded the ‘Arm Joe’ Les Miserables fighting game, and after figuring out the moonspeak - I must say, I’m terrible at it (but then again the game is pretty so-so itself) but Enjorlas dropped a barricade on me in the first fight, and it was amazing….I also play as Javert, and I’m still trying to figure out how to do their super-special attacks.
I know...
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Elementary (TV Series)
quicksummary:
They decided to make Dr. Watson an asian female and everybody subsequently lost their shit, despite the fact that Watson has also been a mouse, Gareth David-Lloyd, and a tomato. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has gone on record as saying absolutely nothing because he is dead and does not care about this.
My personal favorite is Watson as a tomato:
Veggie Tales FTW.
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How the Logic of "Friendzoning" Would Work If...
*Man walks into a store and finds employee*
Man: Alright, I've had enough. Why haven't you guys hired me?!
Employee: Uh...well sir, when did you put in your application?
Man: I never filled out an application.
Employee: Well sir, we can't consider you for employment if you've never filled out an application.
Man: No, that's bullshit, because I've been coming here for years now, and every single time I tell you all how much I love this store and how much I appreciate your customer service, unlike some of your other customers might I add!
Employee: Well, but that doesn't-
Man: AND I even told you that I didn't have a job!
Employee: But sir, that doesn't indicate to us that you would like a job at our store. And again, if you've never filled out an application, we can't consider you. Besides, we're not hiring.
Man: OH! Not hiring, HA! What a laugh. I see your store go through seasonal workers all the time. They come and go like nothing, but you won't consider me as a part-time employee even though I KNOW you've been looking for workers to fill positions? That's insane!
Employee: Sir, we've been looking to hire a few people for management positions. Do you have any management experience?
Man: Well no, but what does that matter?
Employee: ...Well sir, that's what we're looking for. You won't be suitable for the position without management experience.
Man: Oh that's such a load of crap. You know, you'll be waiting around a long time for a manager if you don't lower your standards a little. Who cares if someone knows how to manage a store? I LOVE this store and I'm willing to work here, that's all that should matter to you.
Employee: That...doesn't make any sense.
Man: NO! I'm done. This is over. From now on, no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Employee:
Man:
Employee:
Man: Fuck you, slut.
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“The (500) Days of Summer attitude of “He wants you so bad” seems attractive to...”
– Joseph Gordon-Levitt (x)
Ugh, I’m sorry to double post with two quotes, but he’s dropping another truth bomb here. I hate when people misinterpret 500DOS and think of Summer as some kind of bitch, or, alternately, as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl. That’s only how his character saw her. To me, this movie...
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Farewell, My Queen (2012)
Virginie Ledoyden and Diane Kruger in Farwell, My Queen
Finally got around to seeing Farewell, My Queen (Les Adieux a la reine) after missing it at the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema festival. Directed by Benoit Jacquot) and based on the original historical fiction novel by Chantal Thomas, Farwell, My Queen gives a fictional account of the last days of Marie Antoinette (Diane...
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Best. Writing. Motivator. EVER.
Ima gonna refer back to this whenever I feel too lazy too to work on my novel…
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Lastofthetimeladies: I'm Not A Sucker for Love... →
lastofthetimeladies:
I’m not a sucker for love stories.
When I say I ship something, I don’t care about the happily ever after. I don’t care about romantic comedies or princess movies with a seamless love arc and a fairytale ending. That isn’t what I’m in it for.
I’m not a sucker for love stories. I’m a sucker for for character stories.
I want to read a story in which the characters don’t fit...
There's a toy company that turns children's...
rainbowunicornlovesyou:
theyellowbrickroad123:
did-you-kno:
Source
Awwww.
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED
THIS IS ADORABLE.
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Things That Make Me Sad: Editing Stuff that...
Exhibit A:
Initial Reaction:
I stared at this sentence for a good five minutes, desperately trying to make sense of it. I failed.
Exhibit B:
I just…I don’t know about this one. It’s like I kind of get what you’re saying, but not really…
Exhibit C:
And Exhibit D:
Okay, just 10 more pages of this. I can do it.
Me internally:
P.S....
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To say you are a woman and explicitly 'not a...
ruby-teenagedoom:
it is only because of the tireless work of feminists that you even have the opportunity to share your opinion in the first place, so either go back to absolute patriachy or join the fucking fight
because as long as someone tells me what I can or cannot wear, say, think or do,
I have to be a feminist
and so do you.
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