February 2012
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“She showed me how fucking cool it is to be a FEMALE.”
– rookiemag, on Beyonce
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Oscar Voters are primarily old white dudes, study says
A Los Angeles Times study found that academy voters are markedly less diverse than the moviegoing public, and even more monolithic than many in the film industry may suspect. Oscar voters are nearly 94% Caucasian and 77% male, The Times found. Blacks are about 2% of the academy, and Latinos are less than 2%.
Oscar voters have a median...
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50 Ways To Say "You're Awesome" →
You astonish me.
When did you get so wise, woman?
I’m honored to share even a minuscule fraction of your miraculous DNA.
You’re simply… beyond.
Your ebullience is infectious.
You remind me what ‘possible’ feels like.
I love this!
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What I Say Vs. What I Think →
By Thought Catalog.
I feel personally identified with the following:
What I Say: “I sent you that email yesterday. Yeah… It must not have gone through.” What I Think: “Oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god.”
What I Say: “Yeah, I don’t know if I’m gonna go to the club tonight. Kinda not feeling well.” What I Think: “I live in a world where I have to justify not wanting to spend 12 dollars a...
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“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who...”
– Amy Poehler
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“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be...”
– C. S. Lewis
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“I’m grateful for anything that reminds me of what’s possible in this life. Books...”
– Johnathon Safran Foer
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"Endless Love" by Scott Spencer
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Rookiemag: Owning Up To Weird Obsessions →
“None of these things is a “guilty pleasure”—I don’t think anyone should feel guilty about feeling pleasure—[…]”
“There is nothing more exciting than being surrounded by people who are freaking out collectively about a piece of culture.”
“Is there some official document that declares what’s respectable and what’s trashy? NO! That document does not...
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
– Plato
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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.”
– David Foster Wallace
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“Maybe I would have been something you’d be good at.
Maybe you would have...”
– Tegan and Sara, “Call It Off”
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“Why are you sad?”
“Because you speak to me in words, and I look at you with...”
– Anna Karina, Pierrot Le Fou
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I am officially dedicating this year to traveling and activism and overall just being amazing.
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“I have been astonished that men could die martyrs
for their religion—
I have...”
– John Keats (via 35bit)
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