January 2011
63 posts
Mark Aguhar: Talking Points →
markaguhar:
My body is a matter of public discourse for both positive and negative reasons
I can’t stop people from making decisions about me based on my fat, my skin color, my gender variance, so I might as well take strong ownership of exactly how I get put into public
I’m influenced by other…
Ugly law →
bestofwikipedia:
From the late 1860s until the 1970s, several American cities had ugly laws making it illegal for persons with “unsightly or disgusting” disabilities to appear in public. Some of these laws were called Unsightly Beggar Ordinances. The goal of these laws was seemingly to preserve the quality of life for the community, similar in spirit to current homeowners association regulations...
Dividing up my books into the ones I will keep,...
Heartbreaking nostalgia.
“I’m fated to deal in mixtures, slumgullions… As soon as I hear a proposition I...”
– Donald Barthelme (via theparisreview)
While writing gives me such tremendous joy, I have...
I wish I were a painter.
artyucko:
NATALIE PORTMAN DORKY LAUGH
My tumblr has become nothing but a collection...
and I’m not entirely sure how I feel about that.
“— July 2008: A gunman named Jim David Adkisson, agitated at how “liberals” are...”
– Eighteen examples of right-wing domestic terrorism detailed by freelance journalist and author David Neiwert (via Digby)
I remember many of these. But of course each one happened in its own convenient vacuum. No need for society to turn a critical eye to itself, no siree.
(via tenderstatue)
Can...
