January 2012
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“This doesn’t mean that a “good man” is always in the wrong when he’s arguing...”
– - Hugo Schwyzer, in a blog post regarding his resignation from the Good Men Project following founder Tom Matlack’s revelation that he’s not so good.
This is just one part of a very good article. I recommend reading it, and if you can stomach the defensiveness of a fauxminist dude, the entire...
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“I believe that sex-positive feminism is about the belief that sex can be...”
– Clarisse Thorn (via fatmolly)
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“The reason is straightforward: these [how to not get raped] “tips” are actually...”
– Amanda Marcotte, pandagon.net. (via lord-kitschener)
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Preparing to for my trip on Friday is making me especially cranky. Things that are pissing me off right now:
The plague vector mentioned in my last post
The super changing the lock on my mailbox while I was at work today and then not being home when I tried to contact him for the key (so now I can’t get my mail)
The laundromat not finishing my laundry by 6pm today (dropped off at 8am), so...
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That woman who came in to work the last few days looking like death warmed over and sounding like she had pneumonia better not have gotten me sick. Probably the only thing worse than flying would be flying with the plague. (Or maybe the illness would distract me from the terror? Well, I still don’t want to be sick at the beginning of my vacation anyway.)
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allthingsanonymous:
omfg scrolling your dash in public is like playing russian roulette with a gun made of gay porn
Certainly true for my dash!
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So! I shaved my pits for the first time in…what…3 months? Now they look weird to me! All fleshy and undefined. And I think the naked skin makes my arms look fatter. Disconcerting.
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Someone please turn the heat off! It’s been on all day and even with the windows open the cats and I are baking. Why do you cancel out the wonderful cold weather by making it seem like hated summer in here??
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Despite owning over 450 ebooks, I really fucking hate them right now. Here are some reasons why:
In order to backup and preserve my ebooks, and to read them on my reader of choice, I have to go through an incredibly arduous process of file conversion, editing, and tedious file transfers (which I think I have described previously).
When I upgraded my computer recently, I somehow broke the...
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Man, somehow I achieved the perfect level of drunkenness on 2 glasses of cheap white wine at the company holiday party. Score!
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Dear internets:
My building just got a new super. I haven’t met him yet, and am unlikely to meet him before the holidays. Am I still obligated to dip into my emergency savings account to give him a holiday tip?
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One of my coworkers said something about “nice, preppy girls” today and gestured toward me. I was kind of offended.
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So, today was our department holiday party. Of course, it was as awkward and tedious as one would expect (though at least they had wine this time). At some point, I ended up standing around with a group of coworkers I like and admire, and the topic turned to romance novels. Naturally, there was much romance-novel bashing—about how formulaic they are, how anyone could write one to make a...
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“Let’s put this shit to bed right now: Women don’t lose their minds when they...”
– Shakesville (x)
Am I the only man who appreciates moody outbursts? Yes? Alright.
(via victoriouswanderer)
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Watchcracked:
Rick Perry’s Really Gay Creekside Christmas Party
YouTube took our Rick Perry video down again, so here it is in our own video player so you can watch it whenever and forever. We will not remove it. It only took YouTube an hour to remove it the second time. We are baffled by this for two reasons, one being that we know that thousands of people have already flagged the original video,...
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Me: Cat, I have to get up and get dressed soon.
Loki: *curls up in a tighter ball on my lap, covering his face with a paw*
Me: D'awwww.
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Hurray for lidocaine.
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masterpieceofass:
i’d still tap it.
Ha, I just happen to be watching some Poirot right now. Mastercoincidence??
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“When girls tell other girls to “have some self respect” in response to their...”
– Unknown (via femalesexpositive)
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We All Have a Story: stratifiedsquamousepithelium:... →
stratifiedsquamousepithelium:
Beyond the Between: Hardwired
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“Well, women are just hardwired that way.”
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that. I don’t know how many timesyou’ve heard that. However I do know that all those other times, I wasn’t quite…
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Controversy with my college's Gay-Straight...
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sui-ren:
tl;dr: Vote in the poll at the bottom of this!
I’m the treasurer in my college’s Gay-Straight Alliance. To raise awareness for AIDS and World AIDS Day, our club put up a tree in our student activity center with free condoms decorating its branches. Beside the tree, we placed a sign that stated the condoms were free for anyone as well as an informational sheet about AIDS...
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The Best Book and Booze Pairings →
Kind of awesome, if a little heavy on the beers and ales. I’ll take a mint julep with Man o’ War, please!
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The Male Vamp: Edward Cullen, Tate Langdon, and...
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When I first learned about Theda Bara, the legendary silent film actress for whom the term “vamp,” was coined, I made the assumption that because of her vampiric reputation, all of her films were horror films. When I finally was able to watch A Fool There Was, the movie that created her “vamp” image and launched her to stardom, a movie in which her character is only known as “The...
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Revamped 'Cinderella' Aiming for Broadway | NY... →
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“Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” based on the 1957 television musical starring Julie Andrews, will be reconceived with the intent of bringing it to Broadway in 2012.
I guess everyone saw there were no musicals and decided to pull out whatever was close in their pipeline.
I wanted to say this could be fun, then I read this:
Ms. Goodman said that the biggest twist was...
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America's Test Kitchen: Foolproof Pie Dough →
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noraleah:
The secret is swapping out half the water for vodka. Yes. Vodka. The way it works is the liquid of the vodka helps you roll out a smooth, moist crust, but half that liquid (i.e., the alcohol) evaporates in the oven, leaving a dry and flaky crust. The alcohol also prevents too much gluten development when you’re rolling it out, which makes for a tough crust —...
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I’m supposed to be baking cookies for the office cookie exchange (yeahhh) tomorrow, but I’d rather be formatting and prettifying the recipe printout I’m supposed to bring in case anyone wants the to make the cookies themselves.
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“Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct;...”
– From Hillary Clinton’s awe-inspiring speech on Human Rights Day. Read/watch the whole thing here. Sometimes everything doesn’t suck. (via likeapairofbottlerockets)
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So, I randomly stumbled upon J. Peterman today. My initial thoughts were that some of the clothes (and luggage) are cute, albeit way out of my price range. Then I came upon this:
Called, hilariously, “Lizzy B.’s Dress.” Now, it’s not hideous in and of itself (except for that fringed applique on the neckline). The problem is the description. It’s all “Lizzy...
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