February 2012
9 posts
“What you see, when you log on to your Tumblr, is a soul-exposing microblog,...”
– IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUUUUUUUUUE.
Rookie » The Five Stages of Fandom Grief
“I remember when I first saw my parents as real human beings, like not just...”
– Teen Wolf | My Ignorant Youth
“I went straight to iTunes and bought her new release “Born To Die” in toto (how...”
– Liz Phair on Why Lana Del Rey Scares Rock’s Boys Club - Speakeasy - WSJ
“It’s not the kind of drawing where you’re trying to get their eyes in the right...”
– David Shrigley interviewed by author Dave Eggers – Time Out London
January 2012
33 posts
“People are more likely to assume that a woman didn’t write her songs, or that...”
– Music columns | Everything Is Plastic - The Corrupting Ideal of Authenticity | COLLAPSE BOARD
“[W]hen I was studying monetary theory in the early 1990s, I never thought...”
– This is actually my favourite thing about my job. Although I’m very glad that monetary policy is only a (albeit the most difficult) part of it.
New masters of the media universe | feature | Business | The Observer
“I say – when nature has gifted you so perfect a metaphor, don’t fight it....”
– Lucy Mangan: Dong! Time’s running out for parliament | Life and style | The Guardian
“I like to think that there is kind of a Clark Kent thing going on with what I...”
– Craig Finn of the Hold Steady on ‘Clear Hearts, Full Eyes’ - NYTimes.com
“Molly works because, while Watson is “the audience”, Molly is every...”
– Louise Brealey: ‘I don’t think Molly is really Sherlock’s type’ | From the Observer | The Observer
LUV & HAT: TUMBLR →
luvandhat:
And who needs to have a single original thought when, with one click, you can reblog other people’s Doctor Who fan art and Adele lyrics that describe exactly how alienated you feel EXACTLY WHEN YOU FEEL IT? It saves precious eyeliner-application time AND allows you to degenerate into a brainless, sexually confused pink mush, constantly clicking the “reblog” button on arty photos...
“Lesley, I got married twice. Both times I was a lot older than those two, and...”
– Ron Swanson
“Why go to the cinema to watch a film about desperate, blighted lives, when...”
– Charlie Brooker: How to realise David Cameron’s vision for Britain’s film industry | Comment is free | The Guardian
“Of course, none of this matters to Chris, up there in his ivory tower. He’s...”
– Music blogs | Why. Music. Criticism. Still. Matters. (So. Go. Fuck. Yourselves. Spin Magazine.) | COLLAPSE BOARD
“As girls we are totally capable of completely imagining a whole slew of...”
– Words to live by from my guardian angel.
“There’s an old joke (told by a man) that goes: “If women could hear...”
– Being PC in this day and age | Books | The Observer
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you fucked up somewhere along the way. Who gives a donkey’s...”
– 25 Things Writers Should Stop Doing
(also applies to things that are not writing)
broadist: you look great! have you lost weight? →
broadist:
ATTN: “You look great! Have you lost weight?” is not a compliment. I know it has been the go-to praise-route towards many women since the inception of puberty, but I’d like to put an end to it. Why do I hear this like a broken record every holiday?
Some alternatives:
You look great! How are…
“I’ll give up all free drinks if you give up rape culture.”
– Forty Shades Of Grey: Female Privilege Checklist-agogo!
“During a period of three hundred years, how many people have been at once good...”
– The Prevention of Literature | The Orwell Prize
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My BEST posts of 2011
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And that’s “best” as in those with the most notes, which mean they’re probably reblogs from people far more popular than I, but it’s still a pretty collection to look at.
December 2011
22 posts
“IF IT’S BORING, DO NOT WRITE ABOUT IT. In fact, write that on a post-it note and...”
– Music journalism is the new boring | Andrew Dubber
“As indie rock continues to lower the charisma ante to depths hitherto unfathomed...”
– The 10 Best Albums of 2011 | Rob Sheffield | Rolling Stone
“If this city casts the shadow for the perfect crime it also casts the shadow for...”
– The Dr Rockawitz (Jesse Malin) email blog.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Loudon Wainwright III (15)
Okkervil River (2)
David Bazan (2)
Jesse Malin (2)
Liza Minnelli & Alan Cumming (2)
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