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clambistro:

I always thought that Dog With A Blog was some sort of theoretical construct/statement about the End Of Ideas, but then I was in the pizza shop tonight and it was on the TV and the dog was writing its blog after the humans had gone to bed and now I think I need to lie down

It’s actually a really bad show.

Jun 20, 201318 notes

Jun 19, 20136 notes

younghoneyblood:

In 2011, WHY? embarked on their latest studio effort, “Mumps, etc.” The drama that ensued is a story worth telling.

Okay, so WHY? has been filming for this documentary for YEARS and its been so held up due to funding that we have resorted to kickstarter to meet the demands of the company producing/editing it. We would LOVE your support.

If you have any questions, I can answer as much as possible. Feel free to share this link like wildfire! Also, any clever title suggestions can be directed to my inbox to be passed along the proper channels ;)

and above all else, we LOVE you and are more than appreciative of any support (monetary, or through sharing, or just by listening to the music in general). We are very excited about this endeavor and hope that it happens!

Jun 19, 201337 notes

Jun 18, 20133 notes

Play

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Play

Jun 18, 2013661 notes

#video games #lgbtq

Play

Jun 18, 201314 notes

#anamanaguchi #chiptune

Unlearn Shannon and The Clams

Jun 18, 20131 note

#shannon and the clams

Jun 18, 2013277 notes

“I didn’t expect the Mad Men episode to generate as much interest—after all, the scene, despite more clearly depicting a lack of consent, is far less explicit than the one in Girls. But I did anticipate general acknowledgement from writers and critics that Dick had been, if not raped, at least violated or mistreated by Aimee. That didn’t happen. To my surprise and dismay, I found that the vast majority of responses (including The Atlantic’s) glossed over the encounter, benignly describing Dick as “losing his virginity” or having his virginity “taken” by Aimee. Even more disturbing were those that portrayed the exchange as something positive, even empowering. According to one participant in a roundtable discussion at The Wall Street Journal, Aimee “guides [Dick] through his first sexual experience.” A recap at The Daily Mail, despite recounting Dick’s protestations, underplays the interaction as a mere “tryst.” —Don Draper Was Raped - Abigail Rine - The Atlantic (via clambistro)

Jun 18, 201340 notes

ACLU <3 Rapgenius

onemanbandstand:

adamserwer:

This is so great:

More here.

i’m gonna be real with you guys: i did not see this coming.

Jun 18, 201328 notes

“April 27. Incapable of living with people, of speaking. Complete immersion in myself, thinking of myself. Apathetic, witless, fearful. I have nothing to say to anyone - never.” —

Franz Kafka, Diaries of Franz Kafka (via delicateswans)

ugh kafka what a narcissist god go take a selfie

Jun 18, 20133,093 notes

“Rap music is so diverse in its themes, its style, its content but when it becomes a vehicle to be talked about in mainstream news, the rap that gets in national news is always the rap music that perpetuates misogyny that is most obscene in its lyrics and then this comes to stand for what rap is. Really its for me the perfect paradigm of colonialism, that is to say, we think of rap music as a little third-world country, that young white consumers are able to go to and take out of it whatever they want. We would have to acknowledge that what young white consumers, primarily male, oftentimes suburban, most got energized by in rap music was misogyny, obscenity, pugilistic eroticism and therefore that form of rap began to make the largest sums of money.” —

bell hooks, cultural criticism — rap: authentic expression or market construct? (via descroissants)

bell hooks kilin it as per ushe

(via fake-it-real)

Jun 18, 20137,395 notes

“Her narratives are chronological and often feel like an assemblage of notes and dialogue with no arc or character development. The men in her vignettes are particularly thin — some by necessity, because they’re strangers and what she knows about them is already limited — but mostly because the narrator is only concerned with her own feelings and reactions. The men exist only as mirrors upon which she can view herself; they are not whole, three-dimensional people but aggregations of reactions to Marie Calloway.” —From Elizabeth Spiers piece on Marie Calloway over at Flavorwire. The thing that sticks out to me here is how the criticism of Calloway’s male characters is identical to that which is frequently used to describe women (especially women that male protagonists sleep with) in books written by men. It seems an obvious point, but I can’t help but wonder how different the reaction to and criticism of Calloway’s work would be if she was a man. Also absent from this piece is the idea that perhaps she had larger intentions that are manifesting themselves in the persona of “Marie Calloway,” which I’m not sure I believe, but her work does seem more than a little performative, and she is too insightful about gender and too aware of people’s perceptions of her to not be doing some of this on purpose (but I guess still none of those things address “is it good?”). I feel like a male equivalent for Marie is David Shapiro of Pitchfork Reviews Reviews, who now writes for the Wall Street Journal and at least for awhile was going to have a movie made based on his life. I can’t remember people criticizing him to nearly the extent that is happening here. Watching Marie’s Tumblr and Facebook, a theme that she has pointed out herself in the criticism surrounding her book is people actively wishing she and her writing not exist. That’s a pretty intense level of discomfort with an author and their work. I feel like if people’s only objection was that it was “bad,” they probably wouldn’t get so worked up about it existing in the first place.

Jun 18, 201310 notes

#marie calloway #feminism #writing #gender

“Jesse and Celine’s original dilemma wouldn’t exist today, and the gently ironic, numerous references to digital relationships make this very apparent. But it’s also clear that genuine contact between people is difficult, or absent. As he watches his daughters play in the sea, Jesse receives a text from his father that his grandmother has died. The news is instantaneous, but the ability to be physically present in that crucial moment is impossible. And doesn’t knowing something the minute it happens, yet being completely helpless in the face of it, seem like even more of an injustice?” —Nice piece on This Recording about Before Midnight.

Jun 17, 20139 notes

#before midnight #richard linklater

Jun 17, 2013409 notes

“Given that black sexuality was also something that was first regulated by slavery and then by systemically racist post-slavery laws in combination with a deluge of stereotypes in mass media that persist until now, an album which puts fucking white women on the same level as calling out the prison industrial complex makes sense, and isn’t wholly unique to Kanye.” —insightful stuff about Yeezus over here

Jun 17, 20137 notes

#kanye west #yeezus #gender #sexuality #race

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Jun 17, 2013992 notes

#yessss

Jun 17, 201311,887 notes

#p much