February 2012
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My brother knows racism before he's even 16. Fuck...
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queerhairyvag:
Welp! That’s great! Gonna rant now! AS USUAL WHAT ELSE IS NEW
Before he was 8, things were fine and dandy and he’s a happy adorable snotrag!
He isn’t treated any differently and if he is, he’s too young to notice at the time.
He’s 10. He’s talented at creating animation and draws like a pro.
Early primary school; things are fine but he feels a little...
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I adore him.
Yet I adore also the drowse of mountains.
– Mary Oliver, from “Of Time” in Swan
Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
– Shakespeare, Macbeth, I, iv
In music, though, one doesn’t make the end of the composition the point of the...
– Alan Watts
A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the...
– Stephen Fry
How terrible it is when you say I love you and the person on the other end...
– J.D. Salinger (Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters)
Broom
To remember you’re alive visit the cemetery of your father at noon after you’ve made love and are still wrapped in a mammalian odor that you are forced to cherish. Under each stone is someone’s inevitable surprise, the unexpected death of their biology that struggled hard, as it must. Now to home without looking back, enough is enough. En route buy the best wine you can afford and a dozen stiff...
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A critique is not a matter of saying that things are not right as they are. It...
– Michel Foucault, “Practicing Criticism”
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i need that sun more than anything else in the world right now.
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Speaking purely as a male feminist...
stfuconservatives:
I have never met a feminist who hates men, though they all hate people who think that most feminists hate men. -Joe
Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond... →
1. You’ve Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock. 2. Diamonds are Priced Well Above Their Value The De Beers cartel has systematically held diamond prices at levels far greater than...
Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which...
– Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray