March 2012
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Mar 1st
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"Oblivion," David Foster Wallace →
alightment: “The truth is you already know what it’s like. You already know the difference between the size and speed of everything that flashes through you and the tiny inadequate bit of it all you can ever let anyone know. As though inside you is this enormous room full of what seems like everything in the whole universe at one time or another and yet the only parts that get out...
Mar 1st
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February 2012
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occasionally pensive: black women & beauty (the... →
daniellemertina: Thinking of beauty & positive representation in the media, I think part of the persona of STRENGTH (when it comes to black women) is that we’re forced to take self esteem to a different level just to survive. I went to an India.Arie concert last night… and just thinking about the lyrics to her…
Feb 29th
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Feb 28th
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Feb 27th
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“In animation you can be anyone you want to be. If you’re a white man, you...”
– Chris Rock, presenting the winner for best animated feature.
Feb 27th
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conanofallon: billy crystal so far tonight has covered black jokes fat jokes old jokes woman jokes must be coming up next
Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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“Try to envision the mindset of a legislator who would enact a bill the sole...”
– The Republican War on Women: Invading the Vagina in Virginia (via abaldwin360)
Feb 23rd
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“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day: I...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via muddlet)
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Feb 22nd
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“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, that’s not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that’s not progress. The progress comes from healing the wound that the blow made. They haven’t even begun to pull the knife out. They won’t even admit the knife is there.” —Malcolm X
Feb 22nd
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David Foster Wallace essay archive - Harper's... →
Feb 22nd
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“I can go into an audition with my makeup and my hair and my lashes and come out...”
– Viola Davis on how people perceive her. (via nprfreshair )
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