December 2011
2 posts
“when a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth...”
– adrienne rich
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
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“In response to a string of at least 10 unsolved sexual assaults in Brooklyn, New...”
– Oh, okay. (via synecdoche) (via missbananafish)
The New York City Police Department did not deny that officers were stopping women to talk to them about their clothing, but reasoned, “They are simply pointing out that as part of the pattern involving one or more men that the assailant(s) have...
2 tags
“One day, I received an SMS from a friend in New York — she was in a taxi on the...”
– Alber Elbaz
#slutwalk appropriate. i rarely miss being a fashion editor, but a little bit, today. this story is too good.
September 2011
1 post
5 tags
July 2011
4 posts
“In their terms, what does realism mean? It means “hard economics,” but that...”
– Mark Fisher | Full-Stop.net (via treblekicker)
June 2011
3 posts
May 2011
4 posts
“One hundred years ago, our great-great-grandparents were pushing America’s...”
– Joan Didion’s 8th Grade Graduation Speech from her book, Where I Was From
(via merylandmarina)
April 2011
1 post
“Dressing conscientiously is exalting in the act of being alive.”
– Gay Talese (via putthison)
February 2011
3 posts
January 2011
5 posts
two things: love & hate
A likely incomplete list of books read between January 1st, 2010 & December 31st, 2010.
loved
hated
1. Juliet Naked - Nick Hornby
2. The Children’s Book - A.S. Byatt
3. Changing My Mind - Zadie Smith
4. The Fortress of Solitude - Jonathan Lethem
5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
6. The Foreskin’s Lament - Shalom Auslander
7. The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yoko...
December 2010
4 posts
“There’s a common misunderstanding among all the human beings who have ever been...”
– Pema Chodron (via psychotherapy)
November 2010
7 posts
“My style is community-college librarian.”
– Zach Galifianakis
“Everything great that we know has come to us from neurotics. They alone have...”
– Marcel Proust
October 2010
6 posts
inescapable associations pt. 1
Washing my hands in warm water - Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen
Hearing “Punk Rock Girl” by the Dead Milkmen - an ill-advised teenage romance with a bald man
Smelling kitchen matches - lighting Hanukkah candles
Listening to “Horses” by Patti Smith - lying on a quilt near Lake Michigan
Burning my tongue on hot apple cider - Autumn
September 2010
3 posts
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...”
– Maurice Sendak (via forcessweetheart)
August 2010
6 posts
“I spent years trying to find a meaningful definition of the word “love,” and I...”
– bell hooks (via pbrfordinner)
