March 2012
20 posts
Diving into the Wreck →
libraryjournal:
Adrienne Rich
First having read the book of myths, and loaded the camera, and checked the edge of the knife-blade, I put on the body-armor of black rubber the absurd flippers the grave and awkward mask. I am having to do this not like Cousteau with his assiduous team aboard the sun-flooded schooner but here alone.
There is a ladder. The ladder is always there hanging innocently...
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SUN.
Blue sky.
Room for rent?
Hey, Seattle-area tumblrs: a friend is moving to the area and needs a room for rent/sublet for the spring and summer months.
He’s a non-smoker, childfree, gainfully employed, and wonderful. L and I would gladly jump at any opportunity to room with him, but we’re in a 1BD/1BA and the appeal of an air mattress wears off in three days tops. Truly, though, he’s a great guy and...
Oh yes I did
bricksandmortarandchewinggum:
I’m linking to Jezebel because this take down, by Lindy West, of the Esquire article, Why We Cheat: An Honest Appraisal, is so hilarious and awesome.
You will not be sorry you read it.
“Maybe I’m blonde and bitter and jealous and threatened and constantly toppling over in the middle of super gentile blowjobs.”
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Instead of equality at work and in the home, we settled for...
– That’s enough politeness - women need to rise up in anger
The men who run the world have become too used to not being afraid. Let’s make them afraid
by Laurie Penny
via Bitch
International Slutty Women's Day: A Story in GIFs →
jessicavalenti:
Brilliance from Ann Friedman. My favorite gif from her post (though there are so many to choose from!):