January 2012
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To be clear!!!
fishingboatproceeds:
I have not read a single post on tumblr with an accurate spoiler. So don’t feel like the book has been spoiled for you or whatever.
But the IDEA that people are intentionally trying to shape other people’s reading experiences really bothers me. Why would you do that? How does it help you? What purpose does it serve? In what way is it entertaining? The whole affair strikes...
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Why I like this cover
absolumentmoderne:
Hi folks,
I thought I’d take a minute to let you know why I think the cover design for John’s new book The Fault in our Stars is brilliant. I am almost as dismayed by the negative responses to the cover as I was impressed by the amazingly wonderful designs submitted by many of you earlier this year. While I respect that aesthetic judgments are highly subjective, there are...
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“Oppression also refers to the systemic contraints on groups that are not...”
– Iris Young
“I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it’s really...”
– Agnetha Faltskog (via hermionejg)
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2012
Be less verbally apologetic and thankful.
We'll Sleep When We're Dead: Charlavail Sugar... →
rhiannio:
So as I said a while ago I had another extra skull and was thinking about giving it away so here it is! I had a lot of offers from people to buy it but honestly I don’t want money for it and it wouldn’t give everyone a fair chance. This time it’s a bit different on how you enter.
To enter…
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John Green's tumblr: To be clear!!! →
fishingboatproceeds:
I have not read a single post on tumblr with an accurate spoiler. So don’t feel like the book has been spoiled for you or whatever.
But the IDEA that people are intentionally trying to shape other people’s reading experiences really bothers me. Why would you do that? How does it help you? What…
December 2011
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One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
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Life
My biggest and only nightmare about living abroad is happening sooner than I have somehow anticipated. It’s one of a few things that I think about constantly, for its volume and universality.
Since this living abroad thing is on its third round, it’s safe to call myself a veteran at moving and returning. As my experience tells me, a destination with a goal is going to ensue the...
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Getting it out of my system
Zooey Deschanel, coach buses, The Only Exception, Almost Lover, cheap chapstick, The Orpheum, Denny’s, Inception, Toy Story 3, Despicable Me, English Bay, Metrotown library, dance choreography, elementary schools on the weekends, horror movies, white hair, Portland.
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People—like auto-correct—love to distort your words.
November 2011
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5 Things That Deeply Offend Me →
3. Being glued to your smart phone when we’re having one-on-one time
When my best friends decided to get smart phones, I didn’t realize I would be competing with it for their attention. I didn’t know that they would be texting at the table, even when I’m spilling my guts about something. I like to think of myself as being a swanky steakhouse with the # 1 rule being “NO CELL PHONES IN THE...
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“The Occupy Wall Street librarians tweeted the eviction all night: “NYPD...”
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Occupy Wall Street Library Reportedly Thrown Away By NYPD
(via koolthings)
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Friendship 101
Families: “Families are like democracy: really rubbish, but better than the alternative” —Outnumbered
Friends: “Can be rubbish too, but I don’t have to keep them!”—Me
I have standards—Friendship 101, bitch.
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“Organized business, in these years, showed itself well aware not only of the...”
– Jane Humphries’s “Women: Scapegoats and Safety Valves in the Great Depression” (1976)
October 2011
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“And a child with a loving family is always full of confidence and...”
– Eileen Chang’s “Jasmine Tea”
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“It took me a minute to recover, and then I remember saying something like...”
– Will Sampson of Thomas King’s Medicine River (unfairly taken out of context; this is not a romance novel)
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“Assumptions are a dangerous thing. They are especially dangerous when we do not...”
– from “Godzilla vs. Post-Colonial” by Thomas King
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Thing that pisses me off #492850
I’m so tired of people saying: “She’s so smart and she’s really nice too … AND she’s pretty.”
“OMG he’s so hot, AND smart and nice at the same time! How is that possible?!?!” is equally annoying. Smart is great. Nice is great. Take pretty out of the damn equation already! A comment often made publicly between ladies/girls as a seemingly...
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