January 2012
23 posts
The Jezabels - City Girl
“I get out on the...
“Now in order to do this, we must answer and deal with one or two myths that are...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, 1963 speech at WMU
“The dormitories are cement cubes, 12’ by 12’, and in that space there are 13...”
– Mike Daisey, describing the living conditions of Chinese employees of Foxconn in Shenzhen. Excerpted from http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory (via foulmouthedliberty)
I became a feminist the day that my father first told me the story of how angry he was when I was born because I was a girl.
“If this time through we don’t get it right, I’ll come back to you in...”
– EMA - Anteroom
Libertarianism is the belief that, after turning, the steering wheel will right itself without intervention. Not because of the engineering we take for granted, but as a result of some innate force. Its an imbalance in intelligent people, born of informational and cultural seclusion in a society where value is put on things happening under layers of veils and shadows. Its the precarious...
The problem with not really having girl friends is that, when you say that your uterus feels like the armies of Mordor are about to burst forth from it, there’s no one to really get what you mean.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...”
– Albert Einstein (via oceanicboundaryloss)
“So…telling people what to eat seems to be quite the thing to do, no?
“And telling people to eat whatever they want is…well, it’s incredibly controversial.
“It’s just not done.
“You know why I think it’s controversial? Not just because we live in a culture that’s messed-up, food-wise, but because we, as a culture, seem to take the worst possible view of human...
“I cannot help feeling that, when a voluntary weight-loss diet (by cutting out or significantly reducing broad swaths of the diet) imposes such demands on you, it’s destructive. It’s isolation from the larger culture and a way of bonding with others, done through emotional blackmail of the evilest sort: No one will love you unless you’re thin, or at least repenting of your fatness by making...
Obelisk
is my favorite word.
If its in your nature, you'll never win
I’ve been thinking about this Zola Jesus lyric constantly.
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
6 posts
I went in search of graduation rates for my high school class (2001) in upstate New York. I haven’t found those stats, but what I *have* found boils my blood.
The immediate Google results I got were a slew of local news outlets touting improved graduation rates over the past decade. The numbers that these articles cite are averages of school districts that are geographically close but...
October 2011
9 posts
Some thoughts, current events
In almost every intangible system, it is careless and impractical to completely throw away things that aren’t working optimally. The sensible among us don’t end relationships simply because times are rough or throw away processes just because there is a flaw.
There’s been lots of argument about the validity of the claim that the OWS movement doesn’t have a message. I...
It has been surprisingly hard for me to come to any solid conclusions on what I think about OWS. I think I’m practically there and hope that the process of writing this will bring me to the conclusion that I have almost pieced together.
I observed from afar until yesterday. I only consume curated news in the hope that I can maintain the most well-rounded view of events possible. I take in...
I got the milk right in the latte that I just made. While pouring the milk very deliberately and delicately, I realized that it was an act of love and respect. I felt my eyes go wide, my heart start beating faster and my heart swell. I understand now the tea rituals of asian societies and the romantic words of baristas whom I’d learned, via videos, from. They spoke of respect for the coffee,...
JD Samson and being broke, or, the government is... →
I like Le Tigre, nothing against JD Samson per se, but I have to agree with Tom Breihan’s sentiment. This piece is frustrating for me and REEKS of the privilege that I tend to criticize my generation for - conflating the gaps in how our government provides for those who start from a very disadvantaged place with how the government fails to provide for everyone regardless of their initial...
“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But...”
– Steve Jobs (via brycedotvc)
Learning this is a big part of becoming an adult.
I’m almost there.
(via superamit)
September 2011
9 posts
Speaking of Metric, I just discovered their EP of covers on Spotify: http://www.spotify.com/us/blog/archives/2010/04/15/metric/
I haven’t thought about Pink Floyd’s Nobody Home in so, so many years. Completely floored.
Things about me
I don’t like backpacks as I dance with my shoulders - yes, even in public - and I can’t with a backpack on.
Phantogram - When I’m Small
You guys, trust...
Birdy
My birdy, swollen and healing. The yellow bits are, uh… not permanent. :D
I knew that, when I found the right inspiration and right artist, my tattoo would take on a life and story that would turn into more than what I first imagined. I’m fortunate and happy to say that this definitely turned out to be the case. On a personal level, stepping back, having faith and resisting the urge...
I sat in a deli in blue collar Brooklyn this evening. The TV was on as was the news and coverage was of the obligatory 9/11 anniversary preparation. The increased police presence, the subway bag checks, the potential terror threats. A man sitting across from me, who is middle aged but on whom years have been harder than they are on some asked the woman behind the counter, who wouldn’t have...
August 2011
2 posts
Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life
I’m at a...
damnplaylist:
Fitz & The Tantrums -...