Dylan made me a great gif incorporating what I’ve come to find out from people who hear me speak is something I say pretty frequently. A man could have a worse catchphrase, I suppose.
WHAT’S BEST IN LIFE?
favorite sad note from the porn convention
- Guy: "I just saw my favorite porn star ever."
- Me: "Which one?"
- Guy: "I don't know her name."
Publicly, we view porn as a danger to itself, and to us. But privately, well, we view porn.
—I wrote about pornography, condoms, and you.
So … what did you guys do this weekend?
When you’re learning about something and dissecting it, I don’t think you’re really through until you don’t understand anything about it. If you study something and you find all this stuff about it, you just went skin deep, so if you keep going and going, you should be left with a fucking mess of unanswered questions. If you take any subject and keep asking, “Why,” without stopping, you’ll get to a point where there really isn’t any clear answers. It can be a bit painful and scary, so I think that’s a fun way to come at it.
—Louis CK, journalism mentor.
sexists pls try harder, this gender commentary shit is getting boring
So, What IS This About?
A few months ago, as I was flipping through an issue of Harpers Bazaar UK with King Bey (I call her that) on the cover, I read a snippet where she was asked if she was a feminist. Beyonce replied:
“‘I don’t really feel that it’s necessary to define it. It’s just something that’s kind of natural for me, and I feel like…you know…it’s, like, what I live for.
‘I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like Bootylicious.’”
What’s so wrong with ‘feminist’ Bey?
For many women of color, especially young women, the word ‘feminist’ provokes an image that is antiquated, overtly-aggressive, anti-male and white. In some cases, feminism can also be seen as divisive as demonstrated in the recent SlutWalk demonstrations (see here) that led to some women justifying the use of the word “nigger” as a term of solidarity. But I thought we were all sisters?
Given this divisiveness and a long history of miscommunication and misunderstanding over feminist thought and practice in our own communities, it is no wonder that the basic, simple tenets of feminism are lost on many young black and brown women.
We have so much foreign influence today. I’m looking at a Coke can with a polar bear on it. Where do we go from here?
—Pepsi?
(Source: soupsoup, via reagan-was-a-horrible-president)
Put A Egg On It is an alternative to the many lifestyle food magazines out there. Published from Brooklyn, it shares the joy of social eating with friends and family – here is real food as enjoyed by real people. It’s attitude is summed up by its choice of a green paper stock – no food will look perfect here. Instead, essays, photo reportage and practical cooking tips bring to life everyday enjoyment of food.
good:
“Drunk people are kind of like sad, confused pilots on the ground: When they ingest too much alcohol, the fluid in their inner ears plays tricks on them.”
—lifestyle editor Amanda Hess on why alcohol makes us think we’re spinning around and around
I need a drink.
good:
“No one wants to date a real-life Billy Madison.” Gaby Dunn tells of her fling at summer camp—a man-child counselor who thought vaginas were “icky,” made friends with his campers, and couldn’t stop quoting The Phantom Menace.
Gaby Dunn is great.
