May 2013
1 post
March 2013
1 post
February 2013
2 posts
“We have a team of people who are responsible for organizing frequent employee...”
– What Your Culture Really Says - Pretty Little State Machine
T-Pain's hilariously awful Facebook tattoo →
LOLZ
January 2013
2 posts
““We live in a country where politicians call rape a “gift from God” and suggest...”
– - Jessica Valenti, The Nation (via missrep)
Jess breaking it down like a boss
December 2012
6 posts
August 2012
5 posts
“And then there’s Charlie Sheen. Sheen’s sordid history includes shooting Kelly...”
– Clementine Ford again, on the topic of why we seem to forget that Chris Brown is not the only famous person who has ever been abusive to women (via exportswede)
The Vacuous Article Template: Campaign Fundraising... →
Here is a primer on the vacuous article template, but for those unfamiliar with it, it consists of four key sections:
1. The existence of a difficult-to-prove trend is proposed. 2. The author quotes an expert in an attempt to support the existence of the trend, but the quote actually contains no real evidence. 3. One statistically insignificant person is introduced as evidence the proposed...
4 tags
best. news. ever
jocelyn: ahem
jocelyn: http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/2012/08/08/x-files-rumor-patrol-are-david-duchovny-gillian-anderson-a-couple/
me: oh i know
i have been tweeting about it
also i made a playlist for the ocassion
jocelyn: haha
i saw you listening to the gillian anderson song
lol
me: http://open.spotify.com/user/alicetiara/playlist/49lSSqOGfkZOgwUMPOuGpU
jocelyn: nice
so do we think it's really real?
me: there have been blind items for months
I WANT TO BELIEVE
jocelyn: lolololol
me: I am dying over this, seriously, it's the best news ever
i could not be happier
now i want them to release a sex tape
jocelyn: ha!
i'd settle for her guesting on californication
July 2012
4 posts
“Used politically in relationship to governments, the term decolonize means to...”
– bell hooks (via posttragicmulatto)
Truth
June 2012
6 posts
“If you want to witness the collision of poverty in America, sexual health...”
– Jessica Mack
from What One Week on an Abortion Fund Hotline Taught Me About the Economics of Stigma
(via pleonasticfantastic)
UNF. THIS QUOTE.
Love,
Rabble
(via rabbleprochoice)
May 2012
11 posts
Bargain Shopping for Amateurs, Part 1
There are many of us who love, love love fashion but have no money (or want to use our money for stuff like rent and student loans rather than the latest $300 blazer that will last one season). And many of us have established fairly elaborate routines and strategies to look hot while spending very little money. A few maxims:
1) If there’s a trend you adore (e.g. neon), buy a couple of...
on procrastination
“If you do this properly the last task in your chain will be the task you are resisting the most. This is important because a generalized feeling of overwhelm or paralysis often comes from your having high resistance to one particular task or project. No matter how much you try to deal with other work, the feeling of overwhelm will only go away when you tackle this highest resistance task....
April 2012
4 posts
“It’s easier to deride girls for being superficial and imprudent than to...”
– Susannah Stern: Girls Gone Wild? I don’t think so…
I’m on a panel with her in San Diego next week. I’m very excited.
March 2012
7 posts
“There is something extremely dissociative about Pinterest. I was browsing...”
– We Can Become Known - Weblog - Schmutzie.com
Things I feel like doing today
Sleeping
Thrifting (again)
Writing a talk that is due tomorrow
Lounging around wearing yoga pants drinking coffee
THINGS I WILL BE DOING TODAY
Lots of work meetings
Mandatory photo with entire research group
Taking a shower and looking professional
February 2012
11 posts
