February 2012
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WELP.
There was a stomach bug that pretty much incapacitated 5 or 6 members of our school staff this past weekend. I thought I just had a cold, BUT NO. THAT WOULD BE TOO EASY.
Woke up at 3am to proceed to vomit all over the place. Well, actually, I am a trained singer, so I sucked up my nausea long enough to walk downstairs, drink a full glass of milk so I didn’t burn my vocal chords and grab one...
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“I’m glad that you played the Rachel Maddow clip because I think she is the best...”
– A Fox pundit, acting like a first grader. Take a guess, did anyone at the Conservative Political Action Conference condemn the comment? (via think-progress)
DO HO HO, UGLY PEOPLE ARE UGLY! LAWL! - Fox News
I find this appalling.
(via stfuconservatives)
I really, really hate the “performative” voice. Like, when people add that extra rich quality to the lilt and weight of their tone? I HATE IT. I hate the “HEAR YE, HEAR YE I AM NOW PUTTING ON AIRS” voice. It makes me want to stab things.
THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE, I’m not denying that. When I give speeches, I employ the performative voice, to a degree. Clearly...
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go to bed housemates
gooo toooo beeeed
it’s after 9:00pm
I’m tired
you are falling on things and knocking them over and being loud and I am sick
ugh
please?
please go to bed?
I am sick. Again.
My speducator friend told me to get a primary care physician so that I can start keeping track of when I get sick and why. Hahaha, that is what I have Tumblr for, amirite?
Anyway, there is no secret reason why I am suddenly sick all the time, I think. We can chalk it up to (1) staying up late on the internet in the dark, so that (2) I only get 3-4 hours of sleep a night during the week that is...
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A pro-choice Democratic legislator has taken a...
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abaldwin360:
State Senator Constance Johnson of Oklahoma City has introduced a measure that calls to mind the famous Monty Python “Every Sperm is Sacred” sketch from the 1983 film “The Meaning of Life.”
The concept of “personhood” defines human life as beginning at the moment of conception and, in the case of Oklahoma’s pending Senate Bill 1433, says that the resulting fetus “at...
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wardoscleaners:
andrew garfield does this really annoying thing
where he exists
#jesse eisenberg seems to follow this trend as well #and it angers me
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abaldwin360:
““Today, unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of California who voted to protect traditional marriage. This decision does not end this fight, and I expect it to go to the Supreme Court. That prospect underscores the vital importance of this election and the movement to preserve our values. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and, as president, I will protect...
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“At KIPP, we BELIEVE.
We believe in the creation of inspired lives produced by...”
– As an organization, we say this before every major get-together of adults (“big KIPPsters”). The PTA says it; when we start our family information sessions, we say it; and when thousands of us have gathered together for our national conference, we all link hands at the beginning of the...
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“In the summer of 1900, in London, Puccini saw the American playwright and...”
– met program notes for madame butterfly. PUCCINI JUST HAS A LOT OF FEEEEELIIIIIIINGS (via isabelthespy)
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isabelthespy:
How Knitting Behind Bars Transformed Maryland Convicts
inspiremekaelri:
fragmentsshoredagainstmyruin:
In late 2009, Lynn Zwerling stood in front of 600 male prisoners at the Pre-Release Unit in Jessup, Maryland. “Who wants to knit?” she asked the burly crowd. They looked at her like she was crazy.
Yet almost two years later, Zwerling and her associates have taught more...
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“People in AA meetings often talk about struggling with the littlest things:...”
– caroline knapp, drinking: a love story. (via isabelthespy)
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IMBROGLIO: Alternatives to Self Harm →
threadspinner | grumpyspaceprincess | hollow-gram
Alternatives to Self Harm
Disclaimer: Below is a list of things to do instead of cutting, burning, bruising, or any other form of self harm. Please keep in mind that unfortunately, not everything on this list will work for everyone. So, if you try something and it doesn’t work for you, don’t get discouraged!
This is a really, really...
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“Alexander, a 16-year-old student who was brought here [to the South Bronx] by...”
– jonathan kozol talking to students at morris high school in the south bronx, in savage inequalities, 1991. look at all that truth-bombing going on coming from these children; and then read what comes after:
One of the counselors, who sits nearby, looks at me and then at Alexander. Later he says,...
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I have the weirdest tastes.
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The Untrustworthy Speaker - Louise Gluck
isabelthespy:
Don’t listen to me; my heart’s been broken. I don’t see anything objectively.
I know myself; I’ve learned to hear like a psychiatrist. When I speak passionately, that’s when I’m least to be trusted.
It’s very sad, really: all my life, I’ve been praised for my intelligence, my powers of language, of insight. In the end, they’re wasted—
I never see myself, standing on the front...
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passivity is corrosive to the soul
isabelthespy:
is my motto for 2012.
the reason i picked up caroline knapp’s drinking: a love story to reread when i did was because of what i remembered her saying about the difficulty and necessity of flexing emotional muscles long out of use or perhaps never fully developed. what kept her and what she used to keep herself from needing to make the choices that built them up over time was...
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Today I am the opposite of neurotypical.
I have basically been crying in bed all day, when I wasn’t sleeping, or staring off into space.
How the fuck do people who are neurotypical waste so much fucking time? If I could function normally I would be busy all goddamned day. Moving and doing things. And not eternally having negative thoughts.
The only productive thing i can thing to do is...
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Need to plan some mini-lessons for Black History...
adiemtocarpe:
What have you guys been doing?
My favorite, tried and true social studies unit that I created in my first year and have played with ever since: African American Artists. It leans heavily on musicians, because that’s super accessible in kindergarten, but we talk about children’s book authors (Donald Crews and family!!), sculptors and painters (John Scott! George...
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hellyeahcoldplay:
We Found Love | Coldplay...
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Monday, AMIRITE?
vastderp:
extrawiggleroom:
An Open Letter to American Apparel, RE: the next BIG model search fiasco By Leyna Rynearson
Dear American Apparel,
This must have been a hard week for your ego.
Being the subject of an international discussion about the “right” way to expand your empire
to include the expansive,
well,
let’s just say, I bet Alexander the Great
has some stories about elephants
...
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Just — just to clarify. I don’t actually watch Greys? I watch it the same way I watch the Kardashians, The Bachelor, Sister Wives, Jersey Shore and any number of other shitty reality television shows, which is when my roommate is in charge of the remote and I am too sad to get off of the couch.
I also ate raw cookie dough and 1/3 of a can of refried beans and looked at artificial...
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Tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy:
fanfiction!
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kelsium:
I can’t believe today wasn’t Friday.
This is my life story.
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