November 2012
1 post
October 2012
11 posts
"Can I Buy You A Coffee?" - An Essay On Street... →
sainthannah:
“Excuse me,” she asked. “Can I buy you a coffee?”
It was a nice surprise. Most people don’t buy me cups of coffee, and I was just sitting at the Starbucks trying to plot my novel. So it was kind of charming, to have a cute girl offer to buy me a free drink. I told her sure.
She brought me a nice iced chai, and sat down next to me, and then asked, “So have you heard about...
13 Best Online Reviews Of The Bible →
“Main character is too full of himself, not relateable.”
June 2012
12 posts
: The Excuse →
samspratt:
You’ve heard it before.
It’s been said by parents, friends, teachers, role models, athletes, celebrities, and maybe even yourself at some point or another. It has manifested itself into a series of popular quotes, even more popular corporate slogans, and is related to universally, even if we…
10 Things I've Learned In The 2 Years Since I... →
samspratt:
I graduated from art school 2 years ago, here are some things I think I’ve learned. In the words of my current client, Donald Glover: “I’m not saying this thing is true or not, I’m just saying it’s what I learned.”
“Creativity Is Recession Proof” were the words plastered over the novelty…
“Consider the following proposition: An employer has two equally talented and...”
– Anne Marie Slaughter
“I would teach how science works as much as what science knows. I would assert...”
– Neil DeGrasse Tyson
May 2012
19 posts
“I cannot hide my anger to spare you guilt, nor hurt feelings, nor answering...”
– The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism by Audre Lorde
“As you certainly know by now, in “The Hunger Games,” Katniss Everdeen is a...”
– The sexual politics of “The Hunger Games” - Salon.com (via becoming-wave)
“Women are expected to be nice and sweet, to make other people feel comfortable....”
Explaining Gay Rights
lgbtlaughs:
[by nevermoreFTW @ Reddit]
“Gender reaches into disability; disability wraps around class; class strains...”
– (via lunar-lust)
“She hated the namelessness of women in stories, as if they lived and died so...”
– Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding (via fissionaccomplished)
“What men mean when they talk about their “crazy” ex-girlfriend is often that she...”
– Lady, You Really Aren’t “Crazy” (via crookedindifference)
A guy in my psychology class said he thought...
Me: Okay so if orientation is a choice, choose to be gay, right now.
Him: No.
Me: Why not?
Him: Because I don't find men attractive
Me: So CHOOSE to find them attractive
Him: ....... I can't.
Me: Sorry, WHAT was that? You CAN'T????
April 2012
9 posts
