May 2013
5 posts
April 2013
18 posts
“After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If...”
– Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be. (via awelltraveledwoman)
“I’m the guy who just can’t jump into something if I don’t know what’s gonna...”
– Nick Miller (new girl)
“At forty-five, I feel grateful almost daily to be the adult I wished I could be...”
– Jonathan Franzen (via nogreatillusion: via gildamehraban)
Change 45 to 31 and yeeeep. That’s me.
(via sequinsandsideeye)
“What we’ve said to the girls is, if you guys ever decide to get a tattoo, then...”
– President Barack Obama
DAAAAAAAA-AAADDDDDDD!
(via rachelfershleiser)
Rebellious: Getting a tattoo
Maybe not as rebellious: Getting a tattoo that your parents will match
Most rebellious: Getting a tattoo that your parents will match even though it says “Haters off my diiiiiiiick” and shows a...
“I am excited to see a generation of women who will raise their boys to be good...”
– Date By Numbers (via meggannn)
Leave It To Patton Oswalt To Put The Boston... →
lizlemon:
Patton Oswalt, in addition to being one of the funniest humans on the planet, is also one of the wisest and most eloquent.
“So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, “The good outnumber you, and we always will.”
March 2013
21 posts
“I am a mother of three girls, ages 2, 6, and 8. Two of them are Sandy Hook...”
– Excerpt from a letter by CARRIE LENDROTH BATTAGLIA, the mother of two children who survived the Sandy Hook school massacre.
I dare the Republican members of Congress to take a meeting with her, or any other parent of the victim of gun violence.
(via inothernews)
“the most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets. and a...”
– andré leon talley is never wrong (never. wrong.)
“…On the Statue of Liberty, it says, ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled...”
– Harvey Milk (via lovelyredpanda)
Adventures in shenanigans: Steubenville's Jane Doe... →
michelledean:
createourownlight:
I’ve never asked anyone to reblog anything before, and I probably won’t again. But I am now - because this matters.
The Steubenville rape victim, when offered money for her legal expenses or counselling, asked that people donated to a shelter for…
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold;...”
– Charles Dickens, Great Expectations (via youngfolksociety)
“I’ll tell you this… religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality. And the...”
– Jon Stewart (via cameronchristopher)
February 2013
11 posts
“Look, I like going out and I like being single, but a growing part of me would...”
– Aziz Ansari
Sounds like a perfect night to me!
[via whatthehale:jodilyn]
(via tallgirltales)
