Thursday May 03, 2012 at 13:30
“Are you fucking 6 years old? Do you still think mom made you clean up your room because she was mean? In the adult world, we get asked to do things because shit needs to get done. It has nothing to do with fairness, it has nothing to do with judging you. It has nothing to do with you at all. There’s a whole world out there, with people who need helping and projects that need accomplishing.
You’re only being asked to pitch in because you have the resources. You’re not a tall person who us dwarfs are jealously trying to cut down to size. You’re a tall person being asked to get something down from a very tall shelf because nobody else can fucking reach it.
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On rich people acting as if higher taxes is punishing them. Read the whole post.
(via sodisarmingdarling)
(via sippor)
Wednesday May 02, 2012 at 13:28
“The sexual warmth is definitely there — but the rest of it has sharp edges and I’m finding it all unsettling and finding myself wanting to withdraw from it all. I have to admit that I am feeling anger at him for some reason, multi-stranded reasons. His warmth can be deceptive. Tho he speaks sweet words and can be open and trusting, there is also that coolness — and I begin to have an inkling of some things about him that could get to me.”
— President Obama’s ex-girlfriend Genevieve Cook, in her journals during their early 1980s courtship, via 16 Revelations About Young Barack Obama From His Ex-Girlfriends
Wednesday May 02, 2012 at 10:41
“What is an activist? I’ve never really understood. Is it somebody who votes? It’s going to set you apart from a lot of the populace if you do…. There are also professional activists. That’s their job. They’re involved with an organization. They have an agenda. That’s their job. That’s fine. I’m not one of those people, although I’m frequently called upon to front this or that. And there’s a very good reason for that: I don’t have a job, so I can’t get fired. So people like me, who are freelancers, are often called upon for that reason. So you’re put in that position by the mere fact of having the freedom—which it is—not to be subject to the strictures of your place of employment.” - Margaret Atwood on being a political writer and scholar on the frontlines of activism, a description she dismissed.
Tuesday May 01, 2012 at 16:08
Thanks so much to everyone who came out to Storychord’s 50th Issue Release party last night at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe! Past contributing photographer Jessica Brookes-Parkhill (Issue 37) snapped this pic of me in the middle of all the hoopla. :)
Monday April 30, 2012 at 11:45
NYC, YOU ARE INVITED to celebrate Storychord.com’s 50th issue release on Monday, April 30, from 7-9pm at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe. The birthday-party themed evening will feature art, readings, and live music from past contributors.
Admission is FREE, and all food/drink/book purchase proceeds will benefit Housing Works’ mission to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS. Also: free Butter Lane cupcakes to the first 24 attendees to arrive!
Monday April 30, 2012 at 11:05
Thursday April 26, 2012 at 16:07
“Couple playing footsies on a subway” 1946 photograph by Stanley Kubrick, from Life and Love on the New York City Subway, now on display at the Museum of the City of New York
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