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Nov 20

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Nov 19

I really hate stuff like this, and am kicking myself for the fact that I am so pleased and amused that K. tweeted it. Also, I think it’s interesting that almost every conversation with a female acquaintance who has congratulated me since the wedding has gone, “Congratulations! Are you changing your name?” The answer is no, and oh! I’m not interested in being applauded or censured for my decision, or having my feminist credentials assessed as a result, thank you. But why do they want to know? Have I asked others? (I don’t think so but I don’t trust my memory here.) And could someone PLEASE ask K. that?? Sherman, I’m looking at you.

Nov 16

I finished Once in a Lifetime, a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri in Unaccustomed Earth, a few days ago, and I can’t stop thinking about it.

Nov 14

“Edelstein says that though the film’s message is that Precious is not an “object”, Daniels’ choices in how he’s filmed her make her appear as one. I would argue that it’s not the film that does this, but a culture in which we have no context for a truly fat, dark-skinned young Black woman to be a protagonist or a hero. Indeed, our culture would remove big pieces of Precious’ identifiable humanity for each of the two physical characteristics that make her different from most everyone else we see in leading roles: her fatness, and her Blackness. If it’s difficult to recognize Precious’ humanity, it isn’t because of the lighting or the angle at which the camera is seeing her; it’s because we’re not accustomed to seeing women who look like Precious portrayed as fully human. We’re used to seeing these women painted as ravenous animals, or the punch lines of jokes.”

Fatshionista (via ilovefat) (via tiredofbeingignored) (via bowfolk)

Click through and read the whole thing, than click all the links there and read them. Absorb.

(via robot-heart-politics)

FINALLY!!! God.

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(via katoleary) (via gauntlet)

I also liked this.

Nov 13

“The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.” Robert Brault (via simko)

robot-heart:

Facebook | Dozen Bake Shop & Dozen Cupcakes’s Photos - death by chocolate cupcakes (via)

Facebook, you’re killing me this morning.

@_mas You seriously work here? And get to eat this stuff every day? Come visit NOW.

robot-heart:

ru_glamour: Papilio (Wedding Dresses) 2010 by Marina Danilova

Oh, if only I didn’t already have my dress. (And if I did have ridiculous amounts of money to spend on dresses.)

I have never ever wanted to wear a white wedding dress but these are kind of awesome - maybe there’s somewhere to wear these…

Why is there no info on where and how to buy this???

Nov 12

robot-heart:

machinarium (via Mademoiselle Molly Fryxell)

BTW, it appears thank you cards with robots on them only come in packs of 6, 8, maybe 12 max. I need a lot more than that.

gauntlet:

From The New Yorker, via Feministe

Reblogging for the lovely Fatemeh Fakhraie, of the awesome Muslimah Media Watch (if you only visit one website that talks about Muslim women - and I know you have many choices - visit this one). Fatemeh Joon, I now substitute this for my Opening Act to your River of Life.

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