January 2012
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Notice.
I used to pretend like I was very sophisticated, posting only about world events and fashion and intellectualism. But let’s be honest. The most important things to me are not limited to the things that blogger personalities typically showcase. These are what get me through bad nights—Father Ted with a cup of milky earl grey, or a half-hour of dancing around the kitchen singing the Buffy...
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“You want a job, a vacation, heath insurance, validation, a back rub, a scalp...”
– Ryan O’Connell
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“In truth, there are more black men in the grip of the criminal-justice system—in...”
– Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
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North Korea To Punish Mourners Who Were Insincere →
Newser reports that mourners who came off as insincere have already been sent to join the 200,000 other North Koreans already in labor camps. An Amnesty International report published in May 2011 paints a dark picture of what’s in store at those camps — estimates suggest that 40 percent of inmates die of malnutrition.
Please explain to me then why the “journalist” who...
August 2011
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“We’ve taken huge steps back in the past 10 years with the portrayal of women in...”
– Romola Garai (via fuckyeahromolagarai)
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July 2011
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The Menace Within →
What happened in the basement of the psych building 40 years ago shocked the world. How do the guards, prisoners and researchers in the Stanford Prison Experiment feel about it now?
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looking through the eyes of soldiers →
The veterans project of Brooklyn-based photographer Jennifer Karady uses the narrative, set-up shots of art photography to address real people and events more typically treated by photojournalists. In 2004 she began reading about the profound effects of combat stress and eventually decided she wanted to make photos with veterans to stage their war stories. When she discovered that post-traumatic...
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Paintings by Cy Twombly, who died from cancer yesterday, 5 June 2011.
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drinking chocolate milk may help your workout →
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June 2011
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