July 2010
29 posts
“My name is Ivan. You can call me she. For the first time in my life, this really...”
– An absolute must-read from Ivan Coyote on gender identity - A word’s worth
“In Perry’s idealized world, gay people conveniently do not exist, and as...”
– Pam’s House Blend:: Tyler Perry Misses The Opportunity to Explore Black, Christian & Gay
“Privileged bodies, whose mobility is unrestricted worldwide, get to decide where...”
– Tassja, “Different Kind of Border Patrol” (via tart-tart) (via dendroica)
“Fiction has very, very real consequences for readers, writers, and cultures....”
– from the Fiction Theory livejournal community
June 2010
51 posts
“Come on, big guy. The two of you are making eye contact. Edward’s been a...”
– From Roger Ebert’s review of Eclipse: the Twilight Saga
“Vampires, I think, should be outsiders. They should probably be sexual...”
– Neil Gaiman on vampires
“Senator Byrd’s life — like most of ours — has been the...”
– President Barack Obama, recalling the first time he met Sen. Robert Byrd (D - West Virginia)
“We spent all weekend chasing Lauryn Hill, hoping to have this conversation about...”
– Lauryn Hill: Interview : NPR
“Looking out the window of his Santa Monica home, Norwood Fisher looks nearly...”
– Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone < PopMatters
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
The National (15)
The Big Pink (1)
The xx (1)
Discovery (1)
Phoenix (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“When you go on a date with someone in a car, you’re tied together and only one...”
– Momentum Magazine’s Amy Walker, on why cyclists are sexier
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman
“Here’s how I like to think about buying gasoline … Every time we go...”
– Ask Umbra comes up empty on enviro-friendly gas stations | Grist
WatchThe Ocean on Bicycles
“Withholding distorts reality. It makes the people who do the withholding ugly...”
– YES.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #41: Like An Iron Bell - The Rumpus.net
(via ayse)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Bloc Party (13)
LCD Soundsystem (11)
The Temper Trap (4)
Phoenix (3)
Passion Pit (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Jesus. That was like watching two dozen fraggles wrestling in a pit of molasses.”
– Warren Ellis » England vs USA on Twitter
“Banning the trumpets now would be the worst signal that FIFA could send to the...”
– German newspaper Die Welt weighs in on the vuvuzela controversy.
“Until some technology arrives that eliminates the need for people, there will...”
– The Effing Librarian, http://effinglibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/06/librarianship-is-people.html
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-6) →
Burial (2)
Lali Puna (2)
Goldfrapp (1)
Emiliana Torrini (1)
Portishead (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Never stop dreaming. Never stop challenging “how its done.” Never stop looking...”
– Never Stop Looking Ahead - 52 Weeks of UX
“I believe at some point in the development of healthy people there must come a...”
– How do they get to be that way? - Roger Ebert’s Journal
“We’re in a country where white is considered normative; it’s a country where...”
– Junot Diaz on the faux colorlessness of American literature, via Racialicious. (via abbyjean) (via amandaw) (via robot-heart-politics) (via loveandzombies) (via dendroica)
“Despite the fact that Beyoncé and Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift and Rihanna are all...”
– Shani Hilton (from PostBourgie) discusses Lilith Fair in Renaissance Fair - The American Prospect
“There are three happiness killers - doing work you do not love and are not...”
– Richard Florida, The Happiness Project: “Cycling, Writing, Walking — and Living in the Right City.”
“Oil companies do not value our life; they want us to all die.”
– Commmunity leader Williams Mkpa, commenting on the Nigerian oil spill tragedy in Nigeria’s agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it - The Observer
As if I needed another reason to commute by bike.
“Baking is wonderful. It’s like science for hungry people!”
– Questionable Content
WatchI hear bad things about what life is like for Black folk in Montreal, but I’m fascinated by the city and would like to visit for an extended period.
