July 2011
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“This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down.”
– Ben Okri. It’s never been more apt.
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“And how dare that you say you will call?
When I’m doing all that I can do...”
– Elephants | Rachael Yamagata
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“Rape is bad. No one’s denying that, but that doesn’t mean you should be allowed...”
– Michele Bachmann, 2009 speech at a battered women’s shelter in Winterport, ME. (via actualmichelebachmannquotes)
Some brown person.
(via brittanibotulism)
…What the ever loving fuck? How on earth do you say something that fucking racist and stupid, run for president, and not have every fucking...
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You are tired, (I think) Of the always puzzle of living and doing; And so am I. Come with me, then, And we’ll leave it far and far away— (Only you and I, understand!) You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and— Just tired. So am I. But I come with a dream in my eyes tonight, And knock with a rose at the...
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“you were everything for a little while
but I broke it, I broke it, I broke it,...”
– 100 Round the Bends | Missy Higgins
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Mac Stores Tell Workers, Instead of Giving You...
Just another way that people’s work is exploited. Framing it as an experience. Because being part of a corporate machine is The Dream. Of course.
fuckyeahfeminists:
A Bay Area employee described what happened last year when he and about a dozen co-workers realized employees with years of service were being paid less than new hires doing the same work. Agitated about the situation...
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“There’s an excellent Mexican wave tradition that’s developed at Lord’s: the wave...”
– David Mitchell, The Observer
