June 2010
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I don’t think any woman’s “realness” should be judged on what she does to her...
– plus eyes: “Real Girl”
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We are islands all of us,
but we are also boats, our secrets flares,...
– Ilse Bendorf; Catch a Body
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The music is booming. You feel like you’re floating above the crowd. “Where are your friends tonight?” James Murphy croons, “Where are your friends tonight?” Wait, where ARE your friends? Your real friends. Do you have any real friends at all? What are you doing here? What are you doing with your life? It’s then that you realise that the pill has NOT kicked in but you ARE horribly drunk and...
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Thin people simply do not have a monopoly on feelings of sub-cultural...
– Lillian Behrendt; “Not Our Demographic”: American Apparel denies my existence
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The only curse in my life is me.
– Scarlett Thomas; The End Of Mr. Y
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I didn’t realise: ripping out your soul and offering to share it around...
– Scarlett Thomas; The End of Mr. Y
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Being alive is like reading the same sentence over and over,
and you never turn...
– halfsister