June 2012
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WatchHahahahaa this made me laugh so much.
See Part 2 here.
R.I.P. Maurice Sendak. The world misses you.
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“I can simultaneously be angry with white supremacy and love white people. I can...”
– thisiswhiteprivilege (via thearcofjustice)
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A note on the badassery of Ron Dellums
From Wikipedia:
Dellums was the first African American elected to Congress from Northern California and the first openly Socialist Congressman since World War II.[2] His politics earned him a place on President Nixon’s enemies list.
When President Ronald Reagan vetoed Dellums’ Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, aDemocratic-controlled House and a Republican-controlled Senate...
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“We deal with pornography every day. I think that it is pornographic to see...”
– Ron Dellums, Northern California’s first African American representative, defending Judy Chicago’s landmark feminist artwork The Dinner Party in 1990 House of Representatives debate against claims that the work was “obscene.”
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40 Best Taiwanese foods! →
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Pitchfork: Fiona Apple interview →
I might be in love with Fiona Apple…
I love everything she says in this interview.
She is so daring and different. She’s fierce and unapologetic and funny and smart and not afraid to be ugly and that’s really refreshing. Her album really testifies to that - she sounds like no one I have ever heard before. Her music often doesn’t even really sound like music, in an odd but...
Kumi Yamashita’s Shadow Art →
HOLYCRAP
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Fiona Apple's new album: The Idler Wheel →
FIONA APPLE
I am in love. This album. is. ridiculous.
“You can’t half-listen to a Fiona Apple album. You really have to work at it, analyzing the elliptical lyrics, carefully following piano runs that zig when you think they’ll zag. Her fourth full-length, which is called (deep breath!) The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More...
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How to plan a trip like a foodie →
When I'm alone at a party and then my best friend...
whatshouldwecallme:
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“If still?”
– Leopold Bloom in Ulysses
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Venus Transit June 5th →
In most basic terms, Venus will be moving across the face of the sun which will appear like a small black dot in front of the sun. This occurance is called a “Venus transit” and happens in pairs, with 8 years in between.
The first one (in our lifetime) occurred in 2004 and the second one is June 5th! We will not experience this again in our lifetime! This is considered a rare astronomical event...
“I love my mom so much. I don’t care if that’s corny to say. I think on my next...”
– The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (via petalsquotesandthorns) I have always thought it should be this way!
“I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching...”
– fully alive by dawna markova
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