May 2013
19 posts
a haiku about college ending
today school ended
kelly clarkson’s breakaway
did not play for me
“For the last three decades many Americans have puzzled over a system that gives...”
– Carrie Rickey
(via fireworkselectricbright)
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay...
Watchi used to sit around my house and video tape myself being the anchor of CNN (Corinne’s News Network)
once i reported live from Australia(?)
April 2013
41 posts
“What kind of world do we live in when young men are so proud of violating...”
– “In Rape Tragedies, the Shame Is Ours,” my latest at The Nation (via jessicavalenti)
as the cashier at walgreens was ringing up my swiffer cloths and potato chips today, he asked two questions. the first one was, “are those your real eyes?”
…. what? of course these are my real eyes and if they were glass eyes or something wouldn’t he feel like the biggest jerk in the world for calling it out
“no no these eyes are fake. pretty convincing though,...
Critically ill woman faces jail time if she goes... →
megsokay:
grrrl-riot:
The 22-year-old mother of one, identified only as Beatriz, is four-and-a-half months pregnant, but her doctors have confirmed that the fetus has anencephaly (developing without a brain and certain parts of the skull) and that the pregnancy is nonviable. In addition to the fetal diagnosis, Beatriz is experiencing critical health complications related to her lupus and...
i have an audition tomorrow afternoon and i just accidentally shaved part of my eyebrow off in the shower…
there are so many reasons why i am the worst. for example, i have a schick razor (why?) without a protective case (why?) in my backpack (why?), in the same pocket where i keep my pens so i keep cutting my hands when i reach for writing utensils. also in the last 24 hours i’ve convinced myself that i have a uti, a brain tumor, and ADD, when i show symptoms for none of those things....
“Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There’s a strong streak of...”
– David Foster Wallace (via dulcetdecember)
“A woman saying yes to a date with a man is literally insane, and ill-advised,...”
– Louis C.K. (via unignorable)
