March 2012
249 posts
February 2012
140 posts
hipster animals: A Hipster Aesopimal Fable →
hipster-animals:
Several years after graduation, City Mouse got a message on Facebook from her best friend from high school, Country Mouse (who actually lived in a suburb). More out of a sense of obligation than anything else, City Mouse friended her.
When City Mouse was back in her hometown to visit her…
Male Feminists: John's Take: is "Bridesmaids"... →
malefeminists:
Silpa Kovvali, blogger for The Huffington Post and guest blogger at Feministing, criticized box office hit “Bridesmaids,” finding it less than progressive:
Bridesmaids was not just touted as a money maker, but celebrated as a feminist victory. I will grant that it challenged the…
!: My Dad →
manicmelly:
My entire life my Dad has worked harder than anyone I know to provide for my Mother and I. He started with his company thirty-three years ago on third shift because the extra money allowed my Mom to stay home and raise me. He worked weekends and holidays for the extra pay as well but we never did…
“Yes! I love ruining bus stop dynamics! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!”
– Junior Instigator, Grade 4
“The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence,...”
– Why I Am A Male Feminist (via fagsandsluts)
bmercc:
If you’re a “nice guy” to a girl up until you realize she doesn’t want to date you, then go on about how she’s a cold shrew that friendzoned you and how no girls date nice guys, like, nah mate, girls do date nice guys. You just aren’t a nice guy. You’re a passive aggressive beta with internalized misogyny and a serious victim complex.
As a former “nice guy who couldn’t get...
Writings, Rants, and Random Ramblings: NEWSFLASH:... →
religiousragings:
sorrowsongs:
Responding to comments he made last October on the issue, Santorum said on ‘This Week,’
“I don’t believe in an America where the separation of church and state are absolute,” he told ‘This Week’ host George Stephanopoulos. “The idea that the church…
Santorum comes from behind in Alabama three-way →
emptyage:
Goodness.
Goodness, goodness gracious.
I don’t even want to click through.
Top 10 Words That Need to Die, Immediately →
Yes to all of these.
Perez Hamilton: Dutch Have Officially Stolen New... →
perezhamilton:
Sayonara, British suckers!!!
After just one day of demanding the Brits surrender New York City, the Dutch have successfully taken back the capitol colony under the direction of Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Younger. We hear they have plans to rename the land “New Orange.”
…
On Books vs. E-books
But, you guys, if I use an e-reader to read books, how is everyone on the bus/at the café/in some public place going to know what book I’m reading and, by extension, how smart I am?*
*This debate has likely been played out, if it ever was a debate, but that’s not going to stop me from weighing in with what I consider a witticism.
Also, this is not my real opinion. My real opinion...
Nudity and Nerdery: THE GEORGE R.R. MARTIN FORMULA →
apio:
When a character hits 100 points, they’ll be killed off, crippled, imprisoned, or lose everything.
Does something noble = 70 pts
Is a Stark = 50 pts
Is a good human being = 50 pts
Is followed really closely for no apparent reason for more than two chapters = 50 pts
Looks…
Alright, Fine.
I’m fucking reading The Hunger Games. Shut up, already.
“Similarly, if you are starting a company and it is not a Pinterest clone, I feel...”
– Please Stop Making More Pinterests
