May 2013
31 posts
“You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job...”
– When comments are better than the article, Atlantic edition (“The Cheapest Generation: Why Millennials arent’ buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy”)
instead of milk with my cereal i use wine and then also instead of my cereal i use wine
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Erykah Badu Interviews Kendrick Lamar
BADU: How do you choose chicks from backstage?
LAMAR: How do I choose chicks from backstage?
BADU: Yeah, what is the protocol?
LAMAR: I try not to. [laughs] I’m too scared. Anybody who knows me knows that I’m probably the most scared person when it comes to that because I’m so caught up in the act of sex, of something going crazy, going out of my control. I’m too paranoid.
BADU: [laughs] So you just pass?
LAMAR: I’ve got to because I’ve seen a situation where it got totally out of hand, where something seemed so innocent, and now this person has got allegations on them. It spooked me. This was before my career really started, though—before any “Kendrick Lamar.” And that right there? It changed my whole perception about certain things. I’ll always keep that in the back of my head.
BADU: So who is your asshole-checker?
LAMAR: Who is my what?
BADU: Your asshole-checker—the person in your crew or your family who let’s you know if you’re being a asshole.
LAMAR: I have two, actually. [both laugh] But the main one is a friend of mine—a lady friend who has known me since high school. She has always been someone, since day one, who has said something whenever I’m an asshole, or also if I’m doin’ something positive—but more so when I’m out of my element.
BADU: What’s your favorite cereal?
LAMAR: Fruity Pebbles. When people ask for my rider, they think I’m crazy: Fruity Pebbles, baked chicken, bottle of Hennessy, and some Polo socks.
BADU: What do you, as a man, envy about what it means to be a woman?
LAMAR: There’s just a certain knowledge instilled in a woman. There are these things that women have that men just can’t grasp: the understanding of love; the understanding of being; having a certain type of care in your heart and knowing when to be compassionate; knowing how to be a confidante…
BADU: That’s a good perspective. Something I envy that men have is that ability to grow a goatee. I think that’d be really hot on me.
somegirlnamedkaitlyn:
My dog understands the word “No,” so how are you going to tell me people don’t know the difference between rape and consent?
I’ve got 99 problems and 86 of them are completely made up scenarios in my head that I’m stressing about for absolutely no logical reason.
The Biggest LGBT Triumph of the Week: Argentina's... →
While President Obama clearly stated his endorsement for same-sex marriage, Argentina surpassed America in the fight for LGBT rights.
egg-rolls:
my hobbies include being right and petting other peoples cats
“It’s okay to say “no” if you change your mind. We allow you to change majors and...”
– When It’s Ok To Say “No” (via albinwonderland)
drop your vivid colors →
the cinnamon peeler's wife: "The Average Fourth... →
commovente:
While in graduate school at the University of Houston, I supplemented my income by working as a writer in residence for Writers in the Schools (WITS). I was with WITS for three years, during which I visited third, fourth, and fifth grade classrooms, and worked with groups of students visiting the…
April 2013
24 posts
Call out culture: what we can learn from 'To JK... →
A guest post by Reni Eddo-Lodge about a young woman’s spoken word piece on the representation of Asian women in Harry Potter books
Kim Gordon Sounds Off →
charmingly neurotic: WRITER’S RESUME →
sierrademulder:
SERVER – Your Favorite Restaurant (June 2011 – The Rest of My God-Forsaken Life)
Provided prompt, friendly customer service to people who enjoy pretending I’m uneducated.
Successfully applied skills such as being looked at too long or operating a soda…
“ANXIETY IS NOT fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in...”
– Understanding the Anxious Mind - NYTimes.com (via twistednuns)
“I’ve got a bad case of the 3:00 am guilts — you know, when you lie in bed awake...”
– D.D. Barant, Dying Bites (via simply-quotes)
“Beyond treating individual letters as physical objects, the human brain may also...”
– Scientific American explores the reading brain in the digital age. Also see the death of the book through the ages, the publishing world on future of print and writers on the future of books. (via explore-blog)
On three responses
dearcoquette:
How do I respond to the assertion that I “shouldn’t advertise what’s not for sale” with my choice of dress?
Response #1 (The High Road): “It’s insulting to imply that my sexuality is for sale, and it’s disrespectful to make comments that commodify my body.”
Response #2 (The Middle Road): “How I dress is none of your business.”
Response #3 (The Low Road): “You wish you had these...
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If the planets were as close as the moon →
“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no...”
– Dale Spender, Man Made Language. (via dumbledoreisabamf)
the feminist movement has supported wars (afghanistan to liberate the poor brown women, anyone?) and the cruel medical use of the bodies of women of color (history of how the pill was developed, anyone?) and the murder of trans women (the... 