May 2013
1 post
April 2013
2 posts
“All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.”
– from Michael Chabon’s essay “Fan Fictions: On Sherlock Holmes,” collected in his book Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands (via nympheline)
March 2013
1 post
February 2013
3 posts
“When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… grow up, get a job, get married, get...”
– Doctor Who (Love and Monsters)
I need this framed on my wall.
(via owlett)
January 2013
4 posts
December 2012
2 posts
In an oppressive system, the very act of speaking... →
feminishblog:
dearcissexism:
sourcedumal:
People blogging and finding others who are like minded and finding community?
THAT IS ACTIVISM
Because I guarantee that I’ve learned a whole lot simply by BLOGGING ON THE INTERNET.
I’ve found more resources to help me do what I need to do BY BLOGGING ON…
Yeah, I’ve heard it all - slacktivism, clicktivism… They try to tell you you’re doing...
November 2012
6 posts
“What was Mr. Rubio’s complaint about science teaching? That it might undermine...”
– Paul Krugman (via wilwheaton)
“Being a geek is all about your own personal level of enthusiasm, not how your...”
– The Mary Sue defines what it means to be a geek — and I couldn’t have said it better myself.
(via)
October 2012
5 posts
“Privilege is not something I take and which I therefore have the option of not...”
– Harry Brod, “Privilege, Power, and Difference” (via heartmarten)
September 2012
10 posts
Please, reblog if you're among the BBC Sherlock...
lokis-army-at-221b:
lokihorcruxes:
brightandbakerstreet:
I really want to see these numbers.
Reblog if you respect Moffat.
“We need to acknowledge that we cannot know what it’s like to be an oppressed...”
– White Feminists: It’s Time to Put Up or Shut Up on Race (via fromonesurvivortoanother)
“If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire, if immigrants...”
– Michelle Obama, speaking at the Democratic National Convention. (via pantslessprogressive)
August 2012
6 posts
“Over the last 12 months both Facebook and Twitter have quietly removed RSS links...”
– It’s interesting that seemingly small decisions like eliminating RSS links can have huge consequences for users.
Apple joins the war on RSS Gerd Leonhard comments: the ever increasing death of The Commons - this can’t be a good thing for the majority of users… (via futuristgerd)
FJP:...
How to Get Out From Under an Email Avalanche →
the-how-to:
by Cathie LeBlanc
I became the chair of my department a little over a year ago and within a few months, I found myself completely overwhelmed by email. Emails started to get buried in my inbox, either read and then forgotten or never read at all. I realized that I needed to use part of the summer break from teaching to develop a new system for dealing with the volume of emails that...
July 2012
5 posts
The How-To Issue: The How-To Issue →
the-how-to:
This weekend, the New York Times Book Review ran its how-to issue, which is a rather nifty idea. The cover of the How-To issue lists eight pieces, two of which are by women. The cover reads, in part, “Judith Warner on How to Raise Your Kids” and “Kate Christensen on How to Cook a Clam.”…
June 2012
6 posts
WatchWell, that is brilliant!
marmosette:
smishle:
religiousragings:
somewriterchick:
minimarshmellow:
ingram2:
itsexclusive:
jamtastik:
anomaly1:
dgtaldeception:
theshoutingendoflife:
darthmarion:
youhavethatrumble:
its-funnierinenochian:
drowningalaska:
BEST THING EVER
WATCH IT. YOU WON’T REGRET IT.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING WITH ME.
OH. MY. GOD!!!!!
oh.
Now...
