February 2010
11 posts
MANSPLAINING
sexismandthecity:
chanceler:
Mansplaining isn’t just the act of explaining while male, of course; many men manage to explain things every day without in the least insulting their listeners. Mansplaining is when a dude tells you, a woman, how to do something you already know how to do, or how you are wrong about something you are actually right about, or miscellaneous and inaccurate “facts”...
January 2010
12 posts
WatchNot to be really lame or anything, but this is my new pastime.
I just finished (5 minutes ago) the application process for studying abroad in Paris this summer by mailing my recommendation letters! YAY! Now all I do is wait for them to tell me I’m accepted (hopefully!).
Ann Reynolds’ class is amazing. Anyone who needs a fine arts credit or more art histories should take one of her classes. She is incredibly smart and has a refreshing style of...
Thoughts on awareness
apsies:
abbyjean:meloukhia:
Let me tell you how aware I am of breast cancer.
Among the many toxic legacies I inherited from my mother’s family is variant BRCA1 and BRCA2. It’s waiting. In every cell. Coiled. Patient. Someday it may strike. Or it may not.
I am pretty fucking aware of breast cancer. I’m also pretty fucking aware of cancer in general. But most particularly, breast cancer....
“Around 4 p.m., I saw a weird Facebook status update from a friend, a journalist...”
– In which Mary Carmichael is at once racy and reproachful. (via newsweek)
“Coming back to New York from Paris, I heard about a group of artists and writers...”
– Nancy Spero
