May 2012
And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,...
– Excerpt from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot
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When I was 8 I moved from Washington D.C. to California and drove across the country in 2 weeks with my parents. I was so afraid that as we travelled from state to state I would become less and less “me,” so I spent the entire two weeks trying to catch my reflection in every possible place I could to see that I hadn’t changed. When I read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close I...
But most of all, stop thinking that what people so loathingly refer to as the...
– Taylor Callobre, The “Good Guy” Myth (via ellielamothe)
STOP IT.
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Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet - to rise anew!
We caught...
– We Shall Keep the Faith
The reader is smarter than you. The reader is always smarter than you. And the...
– Rant News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - io9
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Greg Rucka on writing women
dcwomenkickingass:
On Tuesday I shared with you some of the thoughts Greg Rucka had about Hollywood, comics and women. Today he’s has an essay on io9 where he talks about writing female characters.
Here’s a sample:
Gender isn’t simply a biological trait; it’s a societal one. The female experience is different from that of the male, and if, as a male writer, you cannot accept that basic...
If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers, we call him...
– B. Lester (via barbiehighheels)
‘At least Black Widow will be good.’ THAT’S WHAT EVERYONE SAID THE MOMENT THEY...
– Film Crit Hulk (via fuckyeahblackwidow)
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On April 28th the Northwest Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas, NV...
– Being Gay Is Problematic « Everything is Problematic (via everythingisproblematic)
That teacher is an ass.
While all words may be created equal, the way in which they’re assembled...
– Uncreative Writing - The Chronicle Review
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The awesome DVD collection I'm compiling is...
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Being (Over) Rated Is Problematic: Has Jack White... →
If you don’t know about Tumblr then you are not supposed to know about Tumblr....
– John Green
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No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your...
– President Barack Obama
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Pretty sure I'm going to have some kind of costume...
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Everything we do is a choice. Oatmeal or cereal. Highway or side streets. Kiss...
– Ned the Pie Maker // Pushing Daisies
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She read about people she could never be, on adventures she would never have.
– Pushing Daisies