May 2013
May 23rd
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Today was awful
There is no better motivation to start your 5k training than having an old russian lady ask when your baby is coming on your way to work.
May 20th
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HAHA
I tried to post that photo from my phone TWO WEEKS AGO to show off my new bridesmaid shoes (and the obviously excellent outfit choice for internet photos). That photo basically traveled through time to get to us today!
May 7th
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May 7th
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The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries →
brevetcaptain: edumeme: To revamp our education system, blame teachers less and pay them more. Via The New York Times Good read by Dave Eggers.
May 7th
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April 2013
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nell from the movie nell.: start planning a trip... →
unicornfandancing: start planning a trip to europe. realize that it won’t happen for more than a year and a half from now and get sad. decide to just GO WITH IT and plan the kind of vacation you would take if you were one of those people who seem to be on vacation ALL THE TIME in beautifully lit locales and you’ve… this THIS this all this
Apr 30th
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uggggggghhhhh feelings
I am having all kinds of awful feelings about work. Uncertain, gotta make some major career decisions, awful hurty feelings. 
Apr 30th
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Apr 28th
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The best explanation of and advice on rape culture →
towheegordon: http://captainawkward.com/2012/08/07/322-323-my-friend-group-has-a-case-of-the-creepy-dude-how-do-we-clear-that-up/ Read it. Wow, please share this ladies. 
Apr 25th
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womens colleges unite!
I just learned that at Smith, if you are being dance-creeped on by a guy at a party/bar/whatever, you make the Loser sign with your hands and other Smith women are traditionally obligated to form a dance circle around you to block out the creep. They call it the Loser Dance.  
Apr 25th
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apparently I no longer no how to use tumblr
I just realized that my blog “bio” or whatever still says I’m 24…. and I have NO idea how to change it. How does the internet work again?
Apr 25th
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yuppies
boyfriend: I got my 401k statement
boyfriend: Hahaha!!!! Ah ahaha all the money
Apr 24th
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Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
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Apr 17th
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“My lawyer gives the same speech to everyone who wants to do business with me...”
– Nicki Minaj, Elle, April 2013 (via suvetar) Adding partial source. (via andyhutchins) Awesome life advice from a surprising source. 
Apr 17th
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Apr 16th
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“My daughter wasn’t bullied to death, she was disappointed to death. Disappointed...”
– Glen Canning, father of Rehtaeh Parsons • In a new op-ed/statement published by the Huffington Post on Thursday. Parsons died on Sunday night, following a suicide attempt which is believed to have been the result of extensive post-rape bullying. Be warned, while we definitely think more people...
Apr 16th
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Apr 15th
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“Rape jokes are not jokes. Woman-hating jokes are not jokes. These guys are...”
– Thomas Millar, Meet the Predators (via textualcategory)
Apr 13th
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I'm on a roll today
me: I lost an orange in the bed, sorry
boyfriend: bed prizes! we'll be happy when we find it saturday morning
Apr 12th
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In related news of wearing weird shit and eating cheese:  currently wearing the polo shirt from my stint as an amusement park rides operator, and munching on some sharp cheddar with saltines
Apr 12th
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it gets better
mum: ha ha ha Daddy took her for a pet therapy visit to mrs homa (our 99 year old neighbor). He told her that her name is Olive and she wanted to know if it was olive oil or olive garden, and then proceeded to call her bubbles the rest of the time
Apr 12th
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my mum has the flu
mum: cat petting helps too. Olive has been in the bed or at my side this whole time.
me: Harvey was glued to me all morning. Cats know when something is up!
me: a lot of people have the flu. it's going around. Pet Olive hello from me.
mum: lol she is purring from your telepets
Apr 12th
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Apr 10th
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let's all make cheese together →
I just bought a cheese making kit! I am going to make so much cheese! You can make cheese too!
Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 8th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 6th
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texts to the pregnant woman's sister
me: I'm writing my baby shower gift card to elizabeth and just thought "are we on a first name basis"? when I went to sign the card
me: I went with Sarah ******, that baby don't know me
Apr 6th
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what I am doing right now
having a lot of ‘listening to emery’ related feelings eating old carrots dipped in caesar dressing waiting for my onions to caramelize and beets to roast so I can eat a beet/carmelized onion/goat cheese grilled sandwich avoiding sending an email to my adviser about registering for classes eyeballin the wine rack
Apr 4th
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need more beer
boyfriend: I can get you some I just went to the six pack shop an hour ago
me: I would love you for one more year than I was already planning to
Apr 3rd
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first sip
I’m not exaggerating. This beer tastes like gold. 
Apr 3rd
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Apr 3rd
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conveys: i just realized that the voice in my head when i read things isn’t my own voice omg whose is it
Apr 2nd
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March 2013
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I’m eating a block of Wisconsin sharp cheddar and wearing a bathing suit cover up as pajamas. 
Mar 29th
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I think my biological clock is starting to get...
I have been catching myself SMILING at young children’s antics on the bus. I am actually delighted by children.  This is new and unusual and I do not like where it is going one bit. 
Mar 28th
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hulu plus won't load on my ipad
so I can watch tv while I write a paper on my laptop. 
Mar 28th
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lets-have-awkward-sex: mickjaggerstinytodger: *gets the urge to delete all my social network accounts, drop out of school and live in the woods* you can’t just thoreau your life away like that
Mar 27th
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That's What She Said.: It's not her fault, it... →
annetdonahue: I rarely ever write this personally. But okay. When I was four, a kid in my neighbourhood took me into his room and pulled down my pants (twice) when I went over to play. I went home, told my mom, and she walked right over to that neighbour’s house, where she and that kid’s mom raised all kinds…
Mar 22nd
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“It has been noted that the boys who stood by and either filmed or said nothing...”
– The Steubenville Rape Verdict And Why You Should Hate CNN. (via radiofortheblind)
Mar 19th
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“Here’s the thing - when you argue that it’s impossible to teach men not to rape,...”
– Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope, my latest at The Nation (via jessicavalenti)
Mar 13th
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Mar 9th
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I found a container in my freezer that my dad labeled “4 balls” He means meatballs obviously but that doesn’t make it any better. 
Mar 8th
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“Epitaph When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that...”
–  Noticing this morning’s reblog from Humans of New York, our producer Phyllis Myers was reminded of this poem, which is a favorite of hers, and it’s so lovely I wanted to pass it along to the rest of you. (via nprfreshair)
Mar 6th
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what is my life
I just fell for a joke that my boyfriend was playing on the cat. 
Mar 6th
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“Men in sleep aren’t boys, but aren’t exactly men, either— they...”
– From “The Merchant of the Picaresque,” a poem in Fair Copy by Rebecca Hazelton, reviewed at The Rumpus by Tory Adkisson. (via therumpus) It’s weird to have a ~thing~ for guys when they are asleep, right? (via whatwhatwhat) I swear to you my boyfriend morphs into a baby bear cub when he is asleep...
Mar 5th
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Mar 4th
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