December 2009
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The coolest things I did in the 2000s, as divided...
2000: Fell in love for the first time, not counting Taylor Hanson. (This would also qualify as the crappiest thing I did that year.) 2001: Started a band, bringing my previously accoustic tunes to life. Quit band at the end of the year for Gwen Stefani circa 1997-esque reasons. 2002: Edited the student magazine, and all the amazing doors that opened because of that. 2003: Ran for student union on...
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“It appears that adults are reacting to young people in early and latter...”
– One of my favourite quotes from Gagnon and Simon’s classic sociological text, Sexual Conduct: the Social Sources of Human Sexuality.
Or in less academic terms, much of the panic surrounding the sexual behaviour of teenagers and young adults is a self-confirming figment of adults’...
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“I think that I’ve always known might happen
I think that all women know
After...”
– A powerful poem from We are the wave. Not so keen on “raping anyone back”, but I think the general message of not viewing oneself as a victim is a good one. It reminds me of Sharon Marcus’s excellent essay, ‘Fighting Bodies, Fighting Words: A Theory and Politics of Rape...
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Quick FYI: I did the whole 'New Years Eve out of... →
Was planning to fill you in on the plans today… and then the airline I’m flying with went on strike.
Just so you don’t think I’m holding out on you/stealing your ideas and throwing you to the curbside or anything. ;)
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“The “Professional Me” and the “Personal Me” are one in...”
– From the bio of one of my fave Tumblrs, Lani Pauli.
Beautiful - and my first thought was “I agree!” - but also, I suspect, a luxury of the representation-based professions.
Those of us who spend a lot of time online - and especially those of us who read marketing blogs - spend a lot of...
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The internet means never having to be by your...
As is well known, the internet and I are in the midst of a 12-year love affair (surpassed in duration only by my Care Bear - and, uh, my parents), but I related to this passage from The Observer’s Tim Adams:
Lee Siegel, meanwhile, author of Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob, extends this argument into an entertaining and sustained rant against the...
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Watchabbyjean writes:
amazing fan made vid to Britney’s ‘Piece of Me’ by obsessive24. it made me cry (yes really) and also made me want to find brit and give her a big hug. and ban paparazzi.
Worth watching.
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