January 2012
I suddenly had the urge to take out the trash and...
But in attempting to put on pants and stuff, I realized I’d probably pass out on the stairs. I’m clenching my teeth from exhaustion. Good night everybody, and have fun trying to remember to date things ‘12! I’ve been accidentially writing ‘01 *constantly* this past year…
My grandpa's so adorable.
He stays up way, WAAY later than me, and last year he was out ‘til 2 on New Year’s eve (meanwhile, I conk out at 10) (and he’s 94 years old). This year he called to tell me he was staying in, just like his granddaughter! Except that he never goes to sleep before midnight anyway, and I’m still hoping to be conked out by… 10.
He seemed *happy* that I had no plans for...
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December 2011
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Maybe I should wash my hair before 2012.
Just a thought. Alternately, I could cut it all off…
“If I could take all my parts with me when I go somewhere, and not have to say to...”
– Pat Parker, from “Movement in Black” via this amazing coming out story of Jean Melesaine (via queerfatfemme)
This. This. All of this.
I’m on the verge of tears.
(via nerdpoet)
Conspiracy theorists' article on Obama traveling... →
steviemcfly:
I cannot possibly come up with a joke better than the headline.
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So, I don't do Gregorian New Year's
‘Cause there’s no point for me—I don’t drink, I go to bed really early, and Rosh Hashana is when I really feel like it’s a new year. To hell with the Gregorian calendar!
But, I feel the need for SOME accountability on something that I’ve been putting off for years, and years, and years, for no reason other than my horrific neurosis and to the detriment of...
stfuconfederates:
stfuconfederates:
14kgoldnyc replied to your post: It seems to me that a lot of non-poc people have the attitude of “I didn’t enslave them, I didn’t call them names. Why should I have to pay for the sins of my fathers?” And the answer to me is simply, because you can. You have the ability to rewrite wrongs, why not try to do that?
Also, because we’re still reaping the...
"Don't be angry like the media portrays PoC! ...
notforyoutobreak:
Oh, fuck that noise.
And I’m saying this in the most pissed-off tone I have.
It seems like if a black person ever shows emotion, then they are playing into a stereotype, therefore it’s their fault the stereotype exists. Which, no. It’s white people’s fault for bringing that stereotype in existence in the first place. And with the Angry Black Person stereotype, it’s often...
On the whole interracial discussion. →
notforyoutobreak:
ataraxonraxia:
notforyoutobreak:
ataraxonraxia:
notforyoutobreak:
karnythia:
stfuconfederates:
ataraxonraxia:
I feel like people are pushing things farther back into their mind than what happened. Slavery officially ended 1865 with the 13th amendment in which it clearly was around for longer than that by several still…
It isn’t our job to prove our humanity....
Shut the Fuck Up, Confederates: On the whole... →
notforyoutobreak:
ataraxonraxia:
notforyoutobreak:
karnythia:
stfuconfederates:
ataraxonraxia:
I feel like people are pushing things farther back into their mind than what happened. Slavery officially ended 1865 with the 13th amendment in which it clearly was around for longer than that by several still…
It isn’t our job to prove our humanity. We know it to be true, but playing...
Light-skinned privilege
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
notforyoutobreak:
Is something I can probably still fail at checking.
I grew up in a whitey white white, white supremacist, confederate-flag waving (though Indiana isn’t actually the South), no-black person-would-dare-venture-here-especially-after-the-sun-goes-down area. I grew up in an actual sundown town. I was the darkest person in my graduating class, even though...
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OH, I almost forgot...
Somewhere in last night’s bouts of barely-sleeping, I had a dream in which curtcole visited my page and told me it looked awful. I don’t remember the context, but I felt guilty, as if I thought he had a good point.
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On the whole interracial discussion.
stfuconfederates:
ataraxonraxia:
… But to them its still not that long ago they hold onto the feelings from their childhood just as we do. So instead of complaining, 1. Educate the people about the issue, 2. show to them that who ever you love is a good person 3. if you are Black White Latino Asian don’t just lay into stereotypes show people you are an educated human being and should be...
2012 Goals?
tehblackbirdissofly:
gertymactacular:
lorettalove:
glossylalia:
Start a Glossylalia uprising.
Reporting for duty.
Gert in.
Standing by for orders, SIR.
Let’s make this thing happen.
“Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done...”
– Miles Davis to Nancy Reagan at a White House dinner in 1987 after she’d inquired as to what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. source (via marxisforbros)
Eh this is completely wrong. He was actually quite fond of the Reagans. It was at a White House dinner however. Here is what...
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MAD insomnia shit last night; I somehow have to...
Sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells”
I have barely slept—
Today is gonna suck;
Blah blah blah blah wept,
Blah blah blah blah fuck!
Body hurts like hell,
Like I’m gonna die,
Because I’m unwell,
I’ll lie here and cry!
OH! Fuck my brain, fuck my brain,
Someone shoot me please!
I don’t really ask for much
But now I’m on my knee-EES!
Fuck my...
Two abortion providers charged with murder in... →
steviemcfly:
Goddammit.
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True.
downlo said: I do that too. I think it’s ‘cause you can walk away for a minute or two while rice is cooking (or other grains or pasta), but you can’t do that while making a fancy cake
Even during the baking time I’m cleaning up or making some other component or whatever, so I’m never out of the kitchen. Plus, my ‘studio’ apartment actually has a little hall separating the...
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I can make a spectacularly delicious cake to feed...
I can do this thing where I candy walnuts and poach apricots and use them to fill a wheel of brie and then bake the whole thing in brioche. I used to cook for 80 people on a regular basis.
But I fuck up rice almost every time. Not even by overcooking, undercooking, wrongcooking… I always forget when I have it uncovered on medium to heat at the beginning, and then remember five minutes...
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YELL AT ME AGAIN if you see me before 7:30 pm EST
Gotta finish the last section, turns out I misinterpreted when the deadline was.
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ACCURATE.
downlo replied to your post: @quaffalyre
Marxism, socialism, etc. is one of those concepts people THINK they have a handle on, like ‘rights’ or the First Amendment.
Top Ten Ignored Religious Stories of 2011 →
downlo:
A very interesting list that discusses some recent-ish trends in religion— from Judaism to Latino Catholicism to the ‘new nihilism’—that haven’t been widely covered in the press. I’m particularly irked by #6 Upside-down Ideas about Religious Liberty:
The dramatic new push for religious liberty exemptions for faith-connected providers of taxpayer-supported health services underscores...
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@quaffalyre
STARTING??? No, it’s always been irritating! ;)
I swear, since taking a class on Marxism in ‘97, I simply never want to hear anyone who is not a serious historian say a word about it. Cripes.
I wonder if the same people who would go to any...
anedumacation:
of-praxis:
communismkills:
Since all of their ideologies were based on the same exact philosophy, how can you defend one and not the others?
gurl what
Lol Hitler the communist
ONE OF THESE THINGS (the non-government activist) IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS (heads of state and mass murderers), ONE OF THESE THINGS JUST DOESN’T BELONG!
House on fire.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
alexandraerin:
There’s a thing I don’t get about the people who want to ignore racism to focus on classism, claiming that racism is just a tool being used to further class divisions and protect the economic inequalities that the upper classes rely upon…
Imagine your house is on fire. You’re not sure you can get out of it. Your possessions are being destroyed. Your...
skybarn:
So, SOPA things are okay if Tumblr does them?
baroquemirrors:
“The Iron Throne of programming is mine by rights. All those who deny that are my foes.”
“The whole of tumblr denies it, Karp,” said the tumblr users. “The ASOIAF fandom denies it with lengthy tags that cannot be contained. The Glee fandom denies it with every gif they make. They deny it in Hogwarts and they deny it in the Warehouse. No one wants you for their programming king....
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Two outta three sections, baby.
Too bad the third is gonna be the ugliest. Hard-core music aesthetics philosophy here! Fortunately, I already know all that stuff. Meanwhile, fookit, I’m taking a break! 1 1/2 hours of concentrated work, oh pain… ;)
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Okay, if you see me here before 5 pm EST yell at...
This paper is too repetitive for me to do the tight-focus/fuck-around/back-to-tight-focus thing. Granted, over-explanation is better than under- when it comes to philosophy, but still; say it twice (in a row), not three times.
Huh. Maybe I should teach my clients the dangers of Beetlejuicing their statements.
GRATUITOUS PIC OF MY TUMBLR PEEPS
greengrey:
More reasons to lament NBC passing on 17th...
glossylalia:
jsmooth995:
masteradept:
thehappysorceress:
Stockard Channing & Eamonn Walker in major roles.
That’s right.
A woman over 20 & a black man heading a show by Ron Moore.
I am so over you, NBC.
You probably ditched this (& Maria Bello in Prime Suspect) for the return of Fear Factor.
How in all of the Nine Realms…
Wow I didn’t even know about this, that show...
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Watchthegirlwiththefinchertattoo:
hello-ampersand:
thelefthandedwife:
anneemaye:
alliekat33:
a-really-weird-guy:
drowningalaska:
Two years of Tumblr has been validated and made worth it because of this video.
my life is COMPLETE~
Hideous laughter and sobbing.
scream
the rhythm is strong with this one
I am one million percent impressed by this.
Luke, I am your Hammer.
I am...
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So I was not bullied so much as tormented every...
Hellishly. I was the most ‘different’ person (Jewish, disabled, early puberty, depressed, etc.) so I was the auto-target. I was hardly a doormat—I have a ferocious temper—but I’m just naturally a sort of high-road type person. I feel bad for people when their lives are shit, even if they’ve done shit to deserve it. I think I stopped just wishing misery on all of...
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The pizza-eye thing in the sidebar is driving me...
GO AWAY YOU FREAK!!
From Change.Org Email List - Anti-Muslim Whole... →
queernonymoose:
—-C&P from my email box—-
Everything changed for Glenn Mack Jr. when his supervisor at Whole Foods found out he’s Muslim.
Glenn had been a rising star at Whole Foods, recruited to work in a prestigious Philadelphia store and even winning a special meeting with the company’s CEO. But when his supervisor found out Glenn would be spending his vacation making pilgrimage...
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@bbanzaiz
They’re all good! There are a few I had missed during the months I was internet-less; I’m catching up now.
Isn’t “Because a White Guy…” awesome? My neck hurts after reading it from nodding my head so much.
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Hot damn, I'm honored! →
Persephone Magazine’s top op-ed posts of 2011. Aside from my piece on racial PTSD making the list, it is a really good group, including one of my all-time favorites, uhuh-she-said’s “Because A White Guy Said It.” Take a look!
The list of top food articles is also a personal favorite ;)
Random internet outage, cue freak-out (as much as...
It must have lasted all of ten minutes. Thank goodness it wasn’t longer, I am an addict.
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Glossy, I wanted to post Prince's 'The Pope' for...
But alas, ‘tis not on the youtubes.