January 2012
23 posts
6 tags
“4. He will really listen and this deep listening will make you say things you...”
– Sunday Rumpus Fiction: Ten Reasons Not To Sleep With A Poet - The Rumpus.net
6 tags
NY Times: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed?
Barney Frank: No.
NY Times: Why not?
Barney Frank: Why do you ask a question, then act surprised when I give an answer? Do you think I lie to people?
NY Times: I thought you might explain why you support decriminalizing it but don’t smoke it.
Barney Frank: Do you think I’ve ever had an abortion? I don’t play poker on the Internet, either.
4 tags
4 tags
4 tags
“11. Bring consent out of the bedroom. I think part of the reason we have trouble...”
– Holly over at The Pervocracy with an excellent 101 post on Consent Culture. Read the whole thing.
4 tags
5 tags
4 tags
4 tags
5 tags
5 tags
“Normally, only 10% of the writing process is actual writing. The other 90% is a...”
– Jesse Lasky; You’ve got a pitch meeting — now what?
5 tags
“Your body told me in a dream it’s never been afraid of anything.”
– Richard Siken; “Detail of the Woods”
4 tags
4 tags
“You are going to not going to connect with many people. Rejection/lack of...”
– CaptainAwkward;Question #162: Bad teeth and other dating dealbreakers.
4 tags
6 tags
4 tags
3 tags
“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.”
– Lois Wyse (via thoughtsdetained)
5 tags
“You bring a bag of homemade cookies to the beach, or make your best...”
– Aisha Tyler; Swerve: Reckless Observations of a Postmodern Girl
6 tags
4 tags
1 tag
December 2011
9 posts
3 tags
3 tags
“When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’, what she really means is, ‘There’s...”
– Caitlin Moran; How to be a Woman
3 tags
4 tags
5 tags
3 tags
5 tags
“Most of the time, when men say they prefer “natural beauty,” they...”
– Emily, XOJane; On Men Who Don’t Like Women in Makeup
3 tags
2 tags
“Facebook destroys the hierarchy of closeness, and also of the relevance of...”
– The Next Level of Facebook Etiquette: Public Meltdowns and Poking a Dead Person | xoJane
November 2011
4 posts
2 tags
“Addiction is a series of lines drawn, then crossed.”
– Emily; Addicted to Everything: Cocaine Blues
4 tags
8 tags
“You can’t have sexual relationships without messy, awkward, emotionally...”
– Jaclyn Friedman; The Trouble With ‘It Just Happened’
7 tags
“I was telling a true story, but very quickly the people became characters to me...”
– Aaron Sorkin; On The Social Network
October 2011
18 posts
4 tags
“The final shot shows a woman talking around a mouthful of cake, plaintively...”
– Lesley Kinzel; Thanks for the Food Guilt, Major Health Insurer! I Sure Feel Healthy Now.
3 tags
“The internet is carefully constructed to make everyone’s lives look better than...”
– Ryan O’Connell; What Your Ex Is Probably Doing Right Now
3 tags
5 tags
3 tags
“1. Expectations are a blessing.
When a lot is expected of you, it’s very easy...”
– Chris Shiflett (via unicornology)
4 tags
“It seems like the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street — there’s such tremendous...”
– Zachary QuintoNew York Magazine Interview
4 tags
3 tags
6 tags
“Life is messy and it is not black and white. There is no single, correct story...”
– Penelope Trunk; Resume Advice You Never Hear
4 tags
4 tags
6 tags
“You don’t get to have everything or everyone you want. And a lifetime of wanting...”
– Miranda July (via sundaymatineee)
4 tags
5 tags
“The person I am today is the sum of these mistakes, and I’m truly not...”
– Emily McCombs I Have No Idea What My Sex Number Is