February 2012
47 posts
“I am what is called a sex-positive feminist. Or maybe a radical feminist, or,...”
– Liz Phair on “Why Lana Del Rey Scares Rock’s Boys Club,” in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal Speakeasy column (via sarahspy)
The best way to prepare for a bout?
Hyperventilating in your pajamas and eating multiple peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Obviously!
"The whole nutrition bar for women"
I love Nick for asking me to get him Chocolate Peppermint Stick Luna Bars at the grocery store.
BOUTING.
In one week and two days.
Scared/pumped.
vegansaurus!: PETA's "Boyfriend Went Vegan" ad... →
vegansaurus:
Let’s play a game. It’s called, “What’s wrong with this PETA ad?” Except it isn’t fun and everyone goes home a loser, even though the list of its faults is practically endless.
[Can’t see the video? Watch it on Vegansaurus!]
I live a life filled with questions, PETA. Your ad created…
THAT’S IT, PETA! No more! I am crossing to the other side of the street from now...
An open letter to Bruno Mars.
Dear Bruno Mars,
I know that you have a reputation as an innocent and unthreatening musician, with your radio jingle about your girlfriend who you love just the way she is, and that song about how you want to lay around in your Snuggie all day. You don’t have the reputation of, say, Chris Brown. But after my iPod adapter broke this week and I was forced to listen to your mess of a radio...
6-word short stories
For sale: baby shoes, never worn. -Ernest Hemingway
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time -Alan Moore
Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses. -Richard Powers
The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly. -Orson Scott Card
Longed for him. Got him. Shit. -Margaret Atwood
Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth. -Vernor Vinge
“All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic...”
– Haruki Murakami - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (via you-and-me-are-the-world)
“Haruki Murakami writes about love, earthquakes and mackerel raining from the...”
– Sunday Herald (via murakamistuff)
How can you not love Murakami.
"The Fast and the Environmentally Conscious:...
I just sent an email to schedule a test drive of an affordable Prius! And I have a Prius-owning derby referee to take along on my drive and ask all the important car owner questions I don’t know how to ask! So pumped!
Frances Perkins: Badass →
cbsundance:
“Frances Perkins was secretary of labor for the 12 years of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency and the first woman to hold a Cabinet post. She brought to her office a deep commitment to improving the lives of workers and creating a legitimate role for labor unions in American society, succeeding admirably on both counts. Always a consummate politician, Perkins profoundly influenced...
Batman is my favorite Disney Princess
thefrogman:
[xanderpants]
Fuck yeah, feminists!: Komen Just Released an... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
I’ll still forever side eye them, though. Never donating.
Check out what it says at their blog:
We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.
The events of this week have been deeply unsettling…
Jessica Valenti: Komen cuts grants for Planned... →
jessicavalenti:
I’m sure that most folks know by now that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity and advocacy organization, announced that they were cutting funding to Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings. In the last five years, the money from Komen allowed PP to providealmost 170,000…
By the way, I know a good nonprofit you can support if you’re looking for a...