February 2012
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“That’s the best kind. If there’s sand on something, it comes with a...”
– my friend Jess.
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landlessness:
“Don’t lose heart: plug yourself into despair and sing it for us.” -Samuel Beckett in a letter to Robert Pinget, 1956. (via)
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what race are you?
black people: black
white people: 2% Greek, 9.1% German, .0000032% Russian, 92% Irish, 49% French, 100% blue eyed devil
white people: my great great grandmother was a Cherokee princess
white people: my great great grandmother was a susquehanna princess and now there's a tattoo on my foot.
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“Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There’s a strong streak of...”
– David Foster Wallace [source] (via naranzarian)
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Go west.
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One Town's War on Gay Teens
yamino:
Trigger warning for descriptions of suicide, bullying, self-harm:
In Michele Bachmann’s home district, evangelicals have created an extreme anti-gay climate. After a rash of suicides, the kids are fighting back. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/one-towns-war-on-gay-teens-20120202#ixzz1lKlJTAua
This is a really heartbreaking article, but important to signal-boost.