January 2012
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WatchAnd then, of course, there’s this.
December 2011
10 posts
Everyone has six names.
1. Your Real name: Marianne
2. Your detective name (Favorite color and favorite Animal): The Green Warthog
3. Your soap opera name (middle name and street you live on): Elizabeth Diversey
4. Your Star wars name (first three letters of last name, first two of middle name, last two of first, last three of last): Marelneidy
5. Superhero name (color of your shirt, first item to your immediate...
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November 2011
25 posts
The Girl's Guide to Staying Safe Online →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Schulz isn’t the only guy to discover the fun of Writing While Female. Choire Sicha, founder of The Awl, has written about the gender confusion around his own name. When he was writing the New York Times arts listings, he told me, “The letters and emails that arrived for ‘Ms. Sicha’ had that distinct variety of grand mansplaining tone — there was a way in which they ‘talked...
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'Cookie Monster' Offers Best Explanation Yet for... →
“Yes, there always going to be rich and poor. But we used to live in country where rich owned factory and make 30 times what factory worked make. Now we live in country where rich make money by lying about value of derivative bonds and make 3000 times what factory worker would make if factories hadn’t all moved to China. Capitalism great system. We won Cold War because people behind...
“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of...”
– Neil Gaiman (via dissentients)
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Watchuppercut:
My friends made this. They’re pretty talented you know.
Adam did all the drawings. He’s pretty talented you know.
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“There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you...”
– Mario Savio, Sproul Hall, Berkeley CA, 1964
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Lemony Snicket on Occupy Wall Street
Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance
1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.
2. “Fortune” is a word for having a lot of money and for having a lot of luck,...
“Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with...”
– ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid (via jessicamarjorie)
“Don’t ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking...”
– Neil Gaiman (via bookshavepores)
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“People who don’t want to lose an argument never lose an argument.”
– Lara Cassidy
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“ZOMBIES DON’T RUN!
I know it is absurd to debate the rules of a reality that...”
– Simon Pegg (via -pallasathena)
October 2011
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On Being a Female Nerd →
I have a new article up on The Good Men Project. I talk about being a nerd, being a girl and how those two things relate to each other for better or for worse.
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Longb'ox: A brief note on articulating issues... →
awyeahlongbox:
If your objection to Starfire’s new treatment is that she’s being objectified, then say that. If your objection is that her writing was fucking terrible, then say that. If your objection is that she seems to be completely divorced from the character she used to be, then say that.
If your objection to Catwoman #1 is that the art was male-gazey, then say that. If your objection...
