March 2012
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February 2012
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Can't breathe. Can't...perfect. Just perfect...
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“fuck genderswapping, i hereby demand all cast and characters of any future Sherlock remake be replaced with cats and kittens.”
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John Watkittens
Sherlockitty Holmes
Meowcroft Holmes
James Pawiarty
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xoJane: I →
People have these complex and amazing discussions in fannish spaces, and here is something else about people in my corner of fandom: They arewicked smart. I can turn to them with a question about pretty muchanything and not only will someone have an answer, but someone else will have Opinions and there will be a whole complicated discussion on the subject that quickly surpasses my knowledge and...
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This is me. Yukon Girl.: Sherman Alexie's ... →
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“On the Amtrak from Boston to NYC”
The white woman across the aisle from me says ‘Look, look at all the history, that house on the hill there is over two hundred years old, ‘ as she points out the window past me into what she has been taught. I have learned little more about American history during my few days back East than what I expected and far less of what we should all...
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7 worst international aid ideas →
“6. Making food aid the same colour as cluster munitions.
Probably the most devastating screw-up in the history of helping was the decisions that lead to cluster munitions and daily food ration packets both being coloured canary yellow.
Each yellow BLU-97 bomblet is the size of a soda can and is capable of killing anyone within a 50 meter radius and severely injuring anyone within 100...
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Making balsamic chicken tonight with "a gourmet...
and I’m panicking about the rice. A. it was effing expensive, but I thought I deserved something unabashedly healthy after my last couple of meals (which involved lots of chips and cheese and crackers). B. Everytime I have to make rice I burn it or undercook it or something. Mel always laughed at me for this, when we lived together. I just can’t handle the mad skillz needed to make...
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xoJane: Women Need To Start Talking About Money →
There’s this sort of culture built up around Not Talking About Money for women, and I’d argue that culture is incredibly persistent and also incredibly damaging. Grown-ass women have a hard time talking about money, women have trouble mentoring each other through money problems, and young women often get limited financial education and are just sort of thrown into a shark-infested pool2 and left...
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Fat and the Ivy: Some things I don't understand →
Why is it accepted that some people who eat a ton of food can stay thin, but not accepted that some people who eat a small amount of food can be fat?
Since thin people get diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure, why is becoming thin suggested as a cure?
Why bother using BMI as a…
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Six LGBT Movies The Oscars Ignored This Year (But... →
etiquette-etc:
via Queerty
These look so amazing.
UPDATE: I’ve totally downloaded Gigola, but then realized the version I have has no subtitles. Guess I’m going to have to learn French for this movie.
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Pub Crawl = Dress-up times
I dressed up as a post-apocalyptic Nymphadora Tonks for the pub crawl. Basically, this means I looked really bad ass. :)
I couldn’t decide between Alice from the third Resident Evil movies or Tonks, so I thought, “I’ll have my cake and eat it, too!” and just did a bit of both. woot.
(I don’t think anyone got it, but I felt super awesome and I still got complements...
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Sex Work: A Feminist Legal Perspective →
etiquette-etc:
“… sex work is not inherently violent or degrading. The exchange of money for sex does not hurt women; violent people, discrimination and dangerous laws do.”
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Aboriginal Doula Training to Be Offered →
etiquette-etc:
The first training session of the year for aboriginal doulas will take place from March 4 through 8 in Port Alberni, British Columbia. Training, travel, accommodations and course materials will be provided. February 24 is the deadline to apply.
Training will take place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on March 4 and from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. from the fifth through the eighth.
The goal is...
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10 Ways to Love Others →
terramantra:
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real questions. Share your real beliefs. Go for your real dreams. Tell your truth.
3. Don’t confuse...
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How New York Pay Phones Became Guerilla Libraries →
John Locke thinks people should read more. So in the past few months, the Columbia architecture grad has slipped around Manhattan with a sack of books and custom-made shelves, converting old pay phones into pop-up libraries.
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In The Family: The Queer Rolodex →
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About a month ago, one of my closest friends had a pretty major health scare. Being the good West Coast queer I am, one of the first things I did was call a friend and ask her to whip up a batch of her herbal Trauma Tea to tamper the side effects of his medication and make him laugh at how woo I’d become. She literally lives across the street but I rarely see...
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Adulthood, Delayed: What Has the Recession Done to... →
The circumstances surrounding the Millennial generation are particularly strange. Many came of age in the longest economic expansion of the 20th century and graduated into the worst recession since the 1930s. The abrupt contraction of opportunity has left a mark. Unemployment among 18- to 24-year-olds was 16% in 2011, twice as high as the national average. Median earnings fell more for the...
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Watchetiquette-etc:
This is so nice! I thank my roomie, Natalovin’ for a constant feed of all things nice.
Also, support the project and click here!
This is the best movie about a book ever. Also, it has subtitles! Woot. I can’t wait to see it when it’s done.
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An Apology, Of Sorts (& An Explanation)
Dear J,
I like to think that I’m a good friend and that the more I learn about love and friendship, the better a friend I become. But I got your email today and all I felt when I saw your name in my inbox was fear and sadness.
This is the first email from you in a long time. I’ve been half waiting for it and half expecting it to never come. There is such a tangle of feelings in me –...
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“Better to follow your heart, if you can find it. If you can’t find it, just jump...”
– Osho Zen Tarot, “Schizophrenia” (via etiquette-etc)
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an online collection of queer love poems just... →
Can’t wait to go through them and read them all.
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“Do you really love me? means, Will you accept me in process? Will you embrace...”
– Angela Thomas (via newanddifferentsun)
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How To: Apply For “Sex-Unspecified” Canadian... →
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Budget Bytes: Cinnamon Pecan Granola →
So, I am making a batch of this, but I’ve accidentally burnt a quarter of it. Now my place smells like burnt granola, which, in case you are wondering, is the smell of sadness on a rainy, dreary day.
Luckily, them majority of it has escaped burning and is toasting nicely in the oven as I type.
P.S. Budget Bytes is awesome! Delicious food for cheap! Go! Look! Feed yourself! (Could I have...
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“We’re all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take...”
– Libba Bray (via 4mbivalent)
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HandmadeRyanGosling →
I have just died laughing.
I’ve just spent the past forty-five minutes on it.
Too funny. Oh, Ryan Gosling. You are just so perfect for ridiculous memes.
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“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was...”
– Michel de Montaigne