January 2012
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Resolutions for the new year by a 2012 hopeful.
(Thanks, 2011. We had fun, but we both knew this day was coming.)
Actually write back
I’m proud to say that I actually have pen pals. And I usually pen something to them once every time the seasons change. No more. I’m so grateful for the exercise of writing and for the privilege to communicate with lovely people. No excuses: I have to do this more.
Slow down
Those who know me know that I go out...
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2011 was a fucking blast and a half. Thanks for...
I’m going to bake cookies and cry a little bit to bring in 2012.
December 2011
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“Visionary feminism is a wise and loving politics. It is rooted in the love of...”
– bell hooks
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“Verizon Wireless has decided it will not institute the fee for online or...”
– Verizon Wireless (cough, cough — we did it)
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Verizon is about to tack on a $2 charge to your... →
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It's not so much that I want to -be- Adele.
It’s that I -am- Adele.
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Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you, the 2012...
Michelle Bachmann: "Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” (2004)
Ron Paul: "The rate of AIDS infection is on the increase again. From the gay point of view, the reasons seem quite sensible. First, these men don't really see a reason to live past their fifties. They are not married, they have no children, and their lives are centered on new sexual partners... because sex is the center of their lives, they want it to be as pleasurable as possible, which means unprotected sex. Third, they enjoy the attention & pity that comes with being sick." (1995 in a newsletter)
Rick Perry: "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. " (2011 in a campaign ad)
Mitt Romney: "I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." (2011 while speaking to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million.)
Newt Gingrich: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." (1994, about his first wife)
Rick Santorum: "Is anyone saying same-sex couples can’t love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too?" (2008)
Michelle Bachmann: "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." (2009 during a debate)
Mitt Romney: "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (2006, when questioned about driving 12 hours with his dog in a cage strapped to the top of his car)
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Yes, let me just talk to three different people on...
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52/ 365: Al(most + ways)
She says not to worry about the future
To dwell on fate’s slow climb
We almost always land on our feet
The rest is up to time
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“There’s a conscious purpose to this sort of behavior. Joking about getting...”
– Why I Resigned from The Good Men Project (Hugo Schwyzer)
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“The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence,...”
– Why I Am A Male Feminist (via newwavefeminism)
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51 /365: Untitled
So you try to think of all the ways he hurt you,
alphabetically,
And you wait for time to make them smaller,
like grapes left out turn to raisins
And when they don’t, you rank them by severity,
so you can build up stamina once the
least lethal are out of the way,
And yet––when you think you’ve finished,
what you have are not non-memories
non-regrets, the opposite of pain, nor...
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Douchebags of Grindr →
Ever wanted to gather all the racist, agist, fat-hating, hyper-materialistic, femme-phobic, and down-right arrogant gay men in a room and watch them fight it out? This isn’t that, but it’ll work for the time being. You even get to rate who’s douchiest. Hot dog!
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“The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - on such short notice! Even if...”
– The Grinch (via curtismega)
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“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
– Alice Walker (via thegits)
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Scott Walker hates Planned Parenthood so much that... →
butnotinlove:
You, sir, are a despicable excuse for a human being.
Bye, Scott Walker. You’ve made your bed.
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If I wasn't prepared for one thing that happened...
It was when Katniss rips Peeta’s heart out. Really got to me. That, and how he believed she really loved him.
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Now that I'm done,
there’s just so much TV to watch. Where do I start?