March 2012
271 posts
Neil Gaiman: It's Extra Magic Bonus Happy Leap... →
neil-gaiman:
Please celebrate Leap Year Day in the traditional manner by taking a writer out for dinner.
It’s been four years since many authors had a good dinner. We are waiting. Many of us have our forks or chopsticks at the ready - some of us have had them ready for days. We will repay you by drifting off…
I am in love with this man. And his wife.
“It’s also easy to dehumanize strangers by “lumping” them with their web sites or...”
– via A Quick Note on Internet Niceness | xoJane (via autostraddle)
But you guys, what if we did elect representatives to the Internet?
February 2012
393 posts
today in useless etymologies
suddeninevitablebetrayal:
why do “approbation” and “opprobrium” have to sound so similar when they’re so different?
MY ACADEMIC ADVISOR USED TO TELL US TO SEEK APPROBATION, NOT OPPROBRIUM. I swear, those were his favorite two words to use together.
“She is the only one who didn’t care
when I stopped being pretty.”
– Andrea Gibson (via echoingstreetsigns)
Reblog if you want "have you ever" asks.
I want all the asks…
I like being alone.
I like drinking coffee alone, and reading alone.
I like riding the bus alone, and walking home alone.
It gives me time to think, and set my mind free.
I like eating alone, and listening to music alone.
But when I see a mother with her child;
A girl with her lover;
Or a friend laughing with their best friend;
I realize that even though I like being alone
I don’t fancy being lonely.
Becoming a better activist and a better person....
anotherlgbttumblr:
The hardest part about becoming a better person is admitting that you have done the things you hate. You have discriminated, you have excluded, you have used words that you shouldn’t use. It may be out of ignorance but you did those things.
That’s a painful thing to know, but it’s a bridge we must all cross if we want to be better people. We even have to accept that no...
For Saying Yes: Feminine Identity →
kokytos:
amayaforever:
As a student in the field of sociology and gender and women’s studies, I have learned a great deal of the socialization of gender. I have learned about this binary category and the inequality that exist. I have learned about doing gender and gender expectations and constantly…
You break down binaries by not caring what stereotype the things you want to feel fill....
GPOY
Me when I go out: I should've stayed home
Me when I stay home: I should've gone out
“What is poetry? Poetry is clumps of words that make people feel something.”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Poetry FAQ. (via songfortheasking)
Truth.
