March 2012
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“I’m very much interested in the place of biography in poetry and in...”
– Adrienne Rich
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“The economics of saying you get a credit if you... →
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“One man said my politics trivialized my poetry. I don’t think politics is...”
– Adrienne Rich, 1929-2012
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Watchnprmusic:
Composed of two young Swedish sisters whose charming, folk-infused pop music lulls and enchants, First Aid Kit nods to late-’60s and early-’70s bands like Crosby, Stills & Nash. Watch the pair perform three songs from The Lion’s Roar.
I’ll be your Emmylou and I’ll be your June / If you’ll be my Gram and my Johnny too. / No, I’m not asking much of you / Just sing...
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“There’s all this stuff that got in there about creating commerce in order to...”
– Charles Fried, law professor at Harvard University and Ronald Reagan’s solicitor general
go read all of this. i wish he had argued the government’s case.
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“The great missing debate in contemporary politics is about the role and reach of...”
– Michael J. Sandel, on how market thinking so permeates our lives, we barely notice it anymore.
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"A private hairdresser was paid $150,000 a year to... →
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"When two people become a couple, the
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love infects ;)
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“I thought I was going to throw up. I thought I was going to be sent to...”
– Pascal Abidor, an American PhD candidate in Islamic Studies at McGill, who was detained and interrogated last year crossing from Montreal to New York because of his choice of academic study and his travels overseas to Jordan and Lebanon.
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Watcha million (four) years ago in j-school i did some broadcast training, which i put to good use in this first business news segment on occupy wall street - my debut professional on-air appearance.
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producermatthew replied to your link: sometimes the puns write themselves
You are super excited about that headline.
yes! tho not as excited as the Ohio Art spokeslady about her press release ;)
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sometimes the puns write themselves →
Etch A Sketch draws investors
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“Isn’t it possible that too many men in Hollywood are overvaluing the pulp and...”
– From David Denby’s review of John Carter in this week’s New Yorker. I want to know why Hollywood can’t make good screwball comedies anymore a la Bringing up Baby with grown up characters who make you laugh without being crude. (via shannybasar)
completely agree. modern romantic comedies are nearly...
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“The point is that, for anyone—but especially for girls— it can be very hard to...”
– Sady Doyle, On Taking Yourself Seriously
thank goodness for Rookie, and for Sady.
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comelycreatures replied to your photoset: now mine!
oh man that’s beautiful.
thank you! i think so too. it’s nearly as old as i am and in really lovely condition. i’m completely in love with it to the annoying degree that at the moment i’m like, “LOOK A BIKE I INVENTED BIKES!!!”