February 2012
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I didn’t want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you...
– Ernest Hemingway (via scout) in a letter to Hadley Richardson, December 23, 1920. (via teaforonesvp)
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If I Miss Things That Never Happened
thefrenemy:
It is cold enough to walk around without gloves for no more than six minutes. Breath is visible, but I am (always) searching for a slice of pizza and must not fail. I am missing summer, I think, exactly in the way a freezing person might think that.
At first, I picture the sweat that sticks to the back of the neck, the forty-seven gulps of water in desperate relief, the ice cubes...
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On Hope
thefrenemy:
Somebody asked me what made me feel hopeful. Here’s my answer:
Days I wake up and feel happy even though I have nothing to look forward to
Days I wake up and know exactly why I feel happy and that’s the best
The tiny, ridiculous victory of not sending a drunk text
A free drink, bought by a friend or given by a bartender and not some shitbag in Dockers trying to get in your pants...
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read my article for the District Bean! →
He [Rick Santorum] is a staunch opponent of abortion, even in the case of rape....
– John Oliver on Rick Santorum, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
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flirtingwithparadox:
the salem bitch trials: Just, seriously, are we still having this conversation:
chonklatime:ayries:
Shit that is not sexist re: Irene’s portrayal in Sherlock:
She is a sexual person
She is a sex worker
She is gay/a lesbian
She is not 100% perfect 100% of the time
She does not do literally every single thing on her own
Shit that is just generally not automatically...
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anonemouse asked: It'd be completely appropriate to bring that up, but be prepared for a lot of potential ignorant derping about how it's just a word/expression/metaphor/joke/etc.
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People at work use the word “raped” all the fucking time to describe things that are not, well, rape.
Would it be inappropriate to bring this up at a staff meeting (as a problem that I’d like to fix)?